KUALA LUMPUR – A maintenance worker was jailed for 12 days and fined RM10,000 by two separate magistrates’ courts here today, for obstructing a VIP convoy and driving recklessly along the Sultan Iskandar Highway here last Friday.
Magistrate Aina Azahra Arifin sentenced Erdy Errwan Hamdan, 36, to seven days in jail and a fine of RM3,000, and three months’ jail in default, after he pleaded guilty to obstructing police officer Mohd Azwar Iqbal Chinang from carrying out his duties while escorting the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak and his convoy on May 6 at 11.30pm.
In another court, magistrate Amanina Mohamad Anuar slapped the accused with five days’ jail and a RM7,000 fine, in default five months’ jail, after he pleaded guilty to driving in a reckless manner on the same date and at the same location at about 10pm.
His driving licence was also suspended for not more than five years.
The accused was ordered to serve the seven-day jail sentence from the date of arrest on May 7 and the five-day jail sentence will run from today.
According to the facts of the case, on the day of the incident, when the convoy was passing through the Sultan Iskandar Highway towards the Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim exit, a Honda Civic car overtook the convoy through the left lane and grazed another vehicle.
Based on dashboard camera footage, the Honda Civic was speeding as it overtook the convoy through the emergency lane and ignored a signal given by a police outrider to give way to the convoy. – Bernama, May 10, 2022
