MARAN – A man who led police on a 70km chase last Thursday was sentenced to jail and fined by the magistrates’ court here today after he pleaded guilty to three charges, including obstructing civil servants on duty.
Magistrate Nur Syafiqah Noorinda sentenced Mohamad Asyraf Haniff Ramlee, 25, of Felda Ulu Jempol here to 24 months’ jail and a RM5,000 fine in default of 10 months’ jail, and ordered that his driving licence be suspended for two years, for driving in a reckless and dangerous manner.
He was also sentenced to 20 months’ jail for obstructing traffic policeman Corporal D. Kalaiselvan from carrying out his duties and another three months’ imprisonment for ramming into a car due to negligence.
The accused was charged with committing the offences at 4.30pm on March 11 at the Maran toll plaza traffic light junction here.
He was ordered to serve the jail sentences concurrently from the date of arrest.
The offences were committed when the accused tried to flee in a Honda Odyssey vehicle after Kalaiselvan ordered him to stop at Jalan Tanah Putih, Kuantan, for using his phone while driving and having a car registration plate that is not according to specifications.
The accused continued speeding towards Jalan Gambang-Kuantan, and Kalaiselvan was forced to call for help from the Kuantan IPD, which then dispatched patrol vehicles (MPVs) to go after the accused, who was driving towards Maran.
The accused then rammed into a Toyota driven by a man and also made a dangerous U-turn after realising that a roadblock has been mounted at the main road leading to the toll plaza.
Police then fired two shots at the left front tyre of the accused’s vehicle, but he still refused to stop and continued towards Kuantan, with Kalaiselvan and four police MPVs in hot pursuit.
The accused was finally arrested after his car skidded near an oil palm plantation at Felda New Zealand. – Bernama, March 15, 2021
