00:00The lorry driver involved in the crash that killed nine FRU personnel on Tuesday has been
00:07remanded for four days. The remand order against the 45-year-old man was issued by Magistrate
00:13Naidatul Athira Azman on Wednesday. The man is being investigated under Section 41 of the Road
00:21Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving. Those convicted face
00:27imprisonment for two to ten years, along with a fine of up to 50,000 ringgit, and also be disqualified
00:34from holding or obtaining a driving license for not less than five years. The crash occurred at about
00:418.50 a.m. on Tuesday, when a truck carrying 18 FRU personnel returning to Ipo from an assignment
00:48in Teluk, Intan, was rammed by a gravel-laden lorry along Jalan Chiku, Sungai Lampam. The FRU vehicle
00:56was part of a seven-vehicle convoy. Preliminary investigations revealed that the lorry had a
01:01malfunction that caused its steering system to fail. The lorry driver also has six prior criminal cases
01:08against him, mostly related to narcotics, as well as multiple outstanding traffic summonses.
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