THE Court of Appeal in Putrajaya has set May 11 for case management of an appeal by a female clerk who received a six-year jail sentence and a RM6,000 fine for reckless driving, which resulted in the deaths of eight teenagers on modified bicycles, commonly known as “basikal lajak”, five years ago.

Lawyer Muhammad Faizal Mokhtar, representing appellant Sam Ke Ting, 27, said this when contacted today.

Proceedings would be held before Court of Appeal deputy registrar Mohd Khairi Haron via Zoom.

Last April 18, the appeals court allowed Sam’s application to stay the jail sentence and fine imposed by the High Court last April 13 and also released her on bail of RM10,000 with one surety pending the hearing of her appeal.

High Court judge Abu Bakar Katar, who meted out the jail sentence and fine on Sam, also ordered the woman to be jailed for six months if she failed to pay the fine and a three-year driving ban upon completion of her prison term.

The court handed down the decision after allowing the prosecution’s appeal to set aside the magistrates’ court decision on October 10 last year, which acquitted and discharged the woman.

Sam, who was 22 years’ old at the time of the incident, was charged with committing the offence at Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, Johor Baru, Johor at 3.20am on February 18, 2017.

The eight teenagers killed in the incident were Mohamad Azrie Danish Zulkefli, 14; Muhamad Shahrul Izzwan Azzuraimie, 14; Muhammad Firdauz Danish Mohd Azhar, 16; Fauzan Halmijan, 13; Mohamad Azhar Amir, 16; Muhammad Harith Iskandar Abdullah, 14; Muhammad Shahrul Nizam Marudin, 14 and Haizad Kasrin, 16. – Bernama, April 26, 2022.