Van driver fined RM8,000 for damaging seven vehicles at Ipoh railway station

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A 43-year-old company van driver was fined RM8,000 on Thursday (Oct 9) for damaging seven vehicles at the Ipoh Railway Station in Ipoh, Perak.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/594keb4h  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 43-year-old company van driver was fined 8,000 ringgit by the Magistrate's Court in

00:07Ipoh for damaging seven vehicles at the Ipoh railway station earlier this week.

00:13R. Vikneswaran pleaded guilty before Magistrate Anis Hanini Abdullah on Thursday to driving

00:20without due care and attention at the KTM Ipoh station compound around 2.54 a.m. on October

00:275. He was charged under Section 43, subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987, which carries

00:36a fine of 5,000 to 10,000 ringgit, up to 12 months jail or both. Deputy Public Prosecutor

00:43Amal Azima Abdkohar urged the court to impose the maximum penalty, noting that the incident

00:49caused extensive damage to seven vehicles and occurred in a public area. Vikneswaran, who

00:55was unrepresented, appealed for leniency, saying he is the sole breadwinner for his family,

01:01supporting two school-going children and elderly parents. The court fined him 8,000 ringgit in

01:08default two months jail and ordered the offence to be recorded on his driving licence. He paid

01:13the fine. Case facts showed he lost control of the van and crashed into six parked vehicles

01:19and his own company van. Ipoh OCPD Assistant Commissioner Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said

01:26the driver lost control while turning into a junction. No injuries were reported and he tested negative

01:32for drugs. Videos of the damaged cars have since gone viral on social media.

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