00:01A flight attendant pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court on Monday
00:06to two charges of driving under the influence of alcohol,
00:10one causing the death of a supervisor and the other injuring a lorry driver
00:15in an accident on Leburaya Sultan Iskandar, Kuala Lumpur.
00:19Muhammad Iman Nafis Fong Muhammad Sabirin, 26,
00:22is accused of driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 64 mg per 100 ml of blood
00:29exceeding the legal limit of 50 mg per 100 ml
00:33and causing the death of Faris Irfan Fazli, 29, on Leburaya Sultan Iskandar
00:39heading towards Jalan Parlimen at about 4.09am on Saturday.
00:44The charge, under Section 44.1b of the Road Transport Act 1987,
00:50carries a maximum jail term of 15 years and a fine of up to RM100,000
00:55along with a minimum 10-year driving ban.
00:58He also faces a second charge of causing injury to Ahmad Zakyamani Zakaria,
01:04alias Yusuf, 49, in the same incident.
01:07Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammad Fadli Muhammad Zamri
01:10proposed bail of RM25,000 for each charge,
01:14as well as the suspension of the accused's driving licence
01:17and the impounding of his passport,
01:19taking into account that he works as a flight attendant
01:22and could pose a flight risk.
01:24Defence counsel Muhammad Anif Rafi applied for the bail to be reduced
01:28to RM15,000 for each charge.
01:31He did not object to the suspension of the accused's driving licence
01:35but opposed the requirement to surrender his passport.
01:38Magistrate Atika Muhammad, alias Muhammad Saim,
01:41granted bail of RM35,000 for both charges
01:44and ordered his driving licence to be suspended until the case is concluded.
01:49She also ordered him to report to the nearest police station once a month.
01:53The case has been fixed for mention on November 30th.
