Lorry driver charged with causing woman's death while on drugs

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A 30-year-old lorry driver claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Seremban to a charge of causing the death of a woman while driving under the influence of drugs.  Jimhar Albasar pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to him before Sessions judge Meor Sulaiman Ahmad Tarmizi on Tuesday (Oct 1).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/43z5c29w  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 30-year-old lorry driver claimed trial at the Seremban Sessions Court on Tuesday to

00:07a charge of causing the death of a woman while driving under the influence of drugs.

00:11Jimhar Albasar was charged with causing the death of the 31-year-old woman on Jalan Persiara

00:18Negeri by crashing his sand-laden lorry into her vehicle at around 4.15pm last Friday.

00:26He also allegedly ploughed into four other vehicles in the crash.

00:30A urine check conducted on the accused came back positive for methamphetamine.

00:35Charged, under Section 44, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987, Jimhar faces

00:43imprisonment of between 10 and 15 years and a fine of 50,000 ringgit to 100,000 ringgit

00:50if convicted.

00:51He can also be barred from holding a driving licence for 10 years.

00:55DPP Nur Shafina Mohamed Radzuan told the court the prosecution was not offering bail

01:00to the accused.

01:01Jimhar's counsel, A. Pathiban, however, asked the court to allow bail as the accused

01:07had to provide for his pregnant wife and two young children.

01:11Judge Mio Sulaiman then allowed the accused to be released on 10,000 ringgit bail with

01:16one surety and fixed November 25 for next mention.

01:22In a separate court, Jimhar claimed trial to a drug abuse charge under Section 15,

01:27Subsection 1A of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

01:32The offence was allegedly committed at around 11.55pm on September 27 at the Nilai Police

01:39Station.

01:40The charge carries a fine of not more than 5,000 ringgit or a jail term not exceeding

01:46two years upon conviction.

01:48The court allowed bail at 2,500 ringgit with one surety and fixed next mention on November

01:5425.

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