00:00A 30-year-old restaurant worker has claimed trial to a charge of driving under the influence of drugs,
00:06causing injury to five other road users.
00:09Anuar Baharin's plea of not guilty was recorded before Magistrate Sharda Shienha Mohamed Suleiman in Ayer Kero on Monday.
00:17According to the charge sheet, the accused, who was driving a four-wheel drive,
00:21tested positive for methamphetamine in a preliminary urine screening.
00:25The alleged offense occurred at 6.35 a.m. on September 25 along the Alor-Gaja-Malaka-Tenga-Jasin Highway AMJ at Malim in the Malaka-Tenga district.
00:38A dashboard camera recording of the incident went viral,
00:41showing a four-wheel drive crashing into several vehicles at a traffic light junction along AMJ.
00:46Anuar was charged under Section 44.1a, subsection A of the Road Transport Act, 1987,
00:55which carries a maximum jail term of up to 10 years, a fine of not more than 50,000 ringgit,
01:00and disqualification from driving for at least 10 years upon conviction.
01:06The court granted bail of 5,000 ringgit with one surety,
01:09ordered the suspension of the accused's driving license pending disposal of the case.
01:14The next mention date was fixed on November 4.
01:17The next mention date was fixed on November 4.
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