A SHOP assistant was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined RM30,000 by the Magistrate’s Court in Johor Baru today after pleading guilty to driving recklessly or in a dangerous manner, resulting in death of a policeman, last Sunday.

Mohamad Syafiq Lokman, 25, made the plea after the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Mohd Zaki Abd Rahman.

He also lost his eligibility to apply for a driving licence for five years.

Syafiq, who was driving a Perodua Myvi, was charged under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987with committing the offence at 6am on November 1.

He was also fined RM1,800 in lieu of three months in prison after he also pled guilty to driving without a valid licence, an offence under Section 26(1) (Act 333/87) of the same act.

In a separate court, Magistrate Nurasidah Rahman sentenced him to 12 months in prison and fined him RM5,000 for obstructing a civil servant from carrying out his duty.

He was also jailed for eight months and placed under observation for two years after he pled guilty consumption of amphetamine and methamphetamine, under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

All sentences will run consecutively.

Norasidah also sentenced Syafiq’s friend Siti Noor Ashikin Muhammad Arifin, 26, to eight months in prison after she pled guilty to the same offence.

The single mother was fined RM1,000, in lieu of six months in prison for allowing her boyfriend Muhamad Syahrihudin Abdul Majid, 24, to drive the car.

He was fined RM1,000, and ordered to serve three months in prison if he failed to pay the fine, for driving without a valid licence.

In another court, Muhamad Aiman Romli, 24, who was also in the Perodua Myvi, was sentenced to eight months in prison by Magistrate R. Salini for consumption of amphetamine and methamphetamine.

Deputy public prosecutors Tengku Amir Zaki Tengku Abd Rahman and Noridayu Md Kassim appeared for the prosecution.

In the incident on Sunday, a policeman was killed and another seriously injured in a road accident when their patrol car crashed into an SUV and overturned, while pursuing the defendants on Jalan Kangkar Tebrau/Jalan Tun Teja.

Constable Nicholester Dadup Unggat, 20, died after suffering severe head injuries while his partner, who was driving the MPV, L/Cpl Mohammad Fadhirul Musa, 32, was severely injured. – Bernama, November 8, 2020.