00:00A 53-year-old express bus driver who drove under the influence of drugs while carrying 15 passengers
00:07has been sentenced to seven months' jail and fined 8,000 ringgit by the magistrate's court in Alor Gaja.
00:15Magistrate Dr. Teo Shuyi meted out the sentence after Mohamed Tahmrin Ibrahim pleaded guilty to dangerous driving while under the
00:24influence of drugs.
00:25He was charged with driving a bus in a manner dangerous to the public at kilometre 196.1 of the
00:34North-South Expressway southbound near the Ayer-Kero interchange at about 3.50 a.m. on April 15th.
00:42The offence, under Section 42, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987, Amendment 2020, read with Section 34 of
00:52the Penal Code, carries up to five years' jail, a fine of 5,000 ringgit to 15,000 ringgit and
01:00a minimum five-year driving ban upon conviction.
01:03According to case facts, the accused drove dangerously by leaning back in his seat and steering with one hand while
01:10under the influence of drugs, putting his passengers and other road users at risk.
01:15The incident, recorded by a passenger, went viral on social media.
01:20Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamed Ehsan Nasaruddin urged the court to impose at least 12 months' jail, citing the seriousness of
01:29the offence and its widespread circulation.
01:31Defence counsel Kamaria Madhyussov sought leniency, saying the accused is a widower earning about 2,500 ringgit a month and
01:41suffers from asthma.
01:43The court also ordered him to serve an additional five-months' jail in default of payment and disqualified him from
01:50holding or obtaining a driving licence for five years from the date of conviction.
01:54Police tracked down the driver on April 16 after a 1-minute, 20-second video showed him driving one-handed
02:02while leaning back.
02:03Alor Gaja O, CPD Superintendent Ahmad Abu Bakar said the man tested positive for Shabu and admitted taking the drug
02:12before the journey.
02:13The bus was travelling from Ipoh to Johor Bahru at the time.
02:24Ipoh tostellen a few
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