00:02A 51-year-old lorry driver pleaded not guilty at the Shah Alam Magistrates Court on Tuesday
00:07to charges of driving against traffic under the influence of drugs and injuring four people in
00:13a crash last week. C. Aguilan is accused of driving a lorry while under the influence of
00:19methamphetamine and amphetamine, leaving him unable to control the vehicle and causing injuries to
00:25four people aged between 17 and 58. The alleged offence took place at about 4.30 p.m. on
00:33Oct. 9 along Perziaran Mokhtar Dahari. He was charged under section 44 subsection 1 A subsection
00:41A of the Road Transport Act, 1987, which carries a maximum of 10 years jail and a 50,000 ringgit
00:49fine upon conviction. Deputy Public Prosecutor Alia Anissa Kairus Maznan requested bail of
00:5615,000 ringgit and applied for Aguilan's driving license to be surrendered. In mitigation, lawyer
01:02Rohan Singh sought a lower bail, saying his client earns about 1,700 ringgit a month and has to
01:10support his unemployed wife and 11-year-old child. Magistrate Amira Mastura Kamis granted bail of
01:179,000 ringgit on the first charge and suspended Aguilan's driving license until the conclusion
01:23of the case. In another case before Magistrate 1 Noorah Nisan Gadirin, Aguilan also pleaded
01:29not guilty to a charge of self-administering methamphetamine and amphetamine on the same
01:34day of the alleged offence. Bail for this charge was set at 3,900 ringgit. The cases have been
01:42fixed for mention on December 22 and January 11, 2027 respectively. It was previously reported
01:51that four people were injured, one seriously, after a 10-ton lorry travelling against the flow
01:57of traffic crashed into 11 vehicles at the Alam Budiman traffic lights along Perjaran Mokhtar
02:04Dahari on October 9.
