BUKIT MERTAJAM – The magistrates’ court here has postponed its decision in the case of a widely reported accident on Penang Bridge in 2019.
Sessions court judge Ahzah Fariz Ahmad Khairuddin, presiding as the magistrate, set next Wednesday to deliver the decision.
The postponement comes after counsel K. Paramanathan told the court that the deputy public prosecutor emailed the prosecution’s written submission only last night, and he did not have time to go through it.
DPP Mohammad Nazri Abdul Rahim said he submitted the written submission to the counsel on August 28.
M.K. Vaitheswaran, 21, is alleged to have crashed into a Mazda CX-5 SUV driven by college student Moey Yun Peng, 20.
In the incident that took place at Km4 of Penang Bridge (mainland-bound), at 2.54am on January 20, 2019, Vaitheswaran, who was driving a Toyota Vios, purportedly collided with Moey’s vehicle, causing it to plunge into the North Channel.
Moey’s body was found in his car, which rescuers retrieved from the seabed.
Moey and Vaitheswaran were childhood friends returning home to Bukit Mertajam after attending a birthday party at a bar in George Town’s Love Lane.
A total of 12 prosecution witnesses testified during the proceedings. – The Vibes, September 24, 2021
