Drunk driver gets 17 years in jail for causing death of four men

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The accused (second left) and Deputy Public Prosecutor Wan Muhammad Fitri Wan Azizan (second right) leaving the courtroom.


TAWAU: The Session Court here sentenced a 34-year-old woman to a total seventeen years jail and fined a total RM39,000 on two counts for causing the death of four men and another man with a broken left leg in a fatal accident on July 8, 2018.

The accused, Olivia Chong Oi Yun, who was the Sri Tanjong candidate for STAR in 2013 General Election was found guilty on both charges under Section 44(1)(b) Road Transport Act 1987 (Act 333) which provides imprisonment not less than 3 years and not more than 10 years and fine not less RM8,000 and not more than RM20,000.

Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud sentenced the accused to ten years jail and RM20,000 fine in default six months jail on the first charge for causing death to four victims and seven years and RM19,000 fine in default six months jail on the second charge for causing injury to a victim, and ordered the sentences to run separately.

The accused was charged for causing the death of four men and injuring another at about 1.20am on July 8, 2018 at Jalan Chong Thien Vun in front of BDC Commercial Center (1 Arena), while driving under the influenced of alcohol.

The victims that died were Hiew Nyuk Wei, 30, Clawence Wong Vui Kit, 21, Dicson Lim Kien Shing, 16 and Chung Vui Chan, 21, while the seriously injured victim was Ching Guan Xiong, 21.

The accused was defended by counsel Abdul Gani Zelika, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Wan Muhammad Fitri Wan Azizan prosecutes the case.