Lorry driver pleads not guilty
Accused claims trial after crash kills special officer to Perak exco man
PARIT: A lorry driver has pleaded not guilty in a magistrate’s court here to reckless driving, which allegedly caused the deaths of three family members last week.
Syakirul Nazif Amrah, 25, made the plea after the charge was read to him before magistrate Mohd Fitri Sadarudin.
The accused is alleged to have driven recklessly to the extent of causing the deaths of Ahmad Nor Al-Zaidin Ahmad Azzudin, 35, his wife Nor Haslina Abdul Razak, 27, and his sister Nor Azira Ahmad Azzudin, 24, at about 6.30am at KM35 Bota Kanan-Teluk Intan road on Dec 13.
He was charged under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 and faces a jail term of up to 10 years and a fine not exceeding RM20,000.
Harbans Kaur, from the National Legal Aid Foundation, pleaded for the court to set bail for the accused at RM2,000, saying that her client only earned RM1,000 a month and was supporting his mother and a younger sibling.
Mohd Fitri then set bail at RM5,000 in one surety and for the accused’s driving licence to be surrendered to the court until the case is disposed of, and fixed Jan 17 for case mention.
On Dec 13, the three victims died on the spot after a collision with a lorry coming from the opposite direction.
The car landed in a nearby canal from the impact of the crash.
Ahmad Nor Al-Zaidin, who was a special officer to Perak state executive councillor and Sungai Manik assemblyman Datuk Zainol Fadzi Paharudin, and Nor Haslina had a four-year-old daughter. — Bernama