JOHOR BAHRU: Nine individuals, including a woman, were among the first in the country to be charged in the magistrates’ court here today under the newly gazetted Road Transport (Amendment) Act which came into force last Friday.
All the accused, aged between 25 and 55, were charged with driving under the influence of alcohol exceeding the permitted limit of 50mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood. The offence took place in Johor Bahru between Oct 23 and Oct 25.
Eight of them, including the woman, pleaded guilty while another man claimed trial after the charges were read out before Magistrate Nur Asidah A Rahman.
The offence carries a jail term of up to two years, a maximum fine of RM30,000 and revocation of driving licences for two years or more.
Nur Asidah sentenced each of the eight accused to seven days’ jail from today and fined them RM10,000 each or 10 months’ jail.
The court also ordered their driving licences to be suspended for two years.
For the accused who claimed trial, the court allowed bail at RM13,000 and fixed Nov 26 for mention of the case.
All the accused were unrepresented. - FMT
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