Van driver charged for causing death of 20-year-old biker in Seremban

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A 44-year-old trader claimed trial in the Magistrate's Court in Seremban on Wednesday (May 7) to a reckless driving charge which led to the death of a 20-year-old motorcyclist.  P. Mohan pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to him before magistrate Nurul Farha Sulaiman.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3nvs4uhf  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 44-year-old trader claimed trial in the Seremban magistrate's court on Wednesday

00:04to a reckless driving charge, which led to the death of a 20-year-old motorcyclist.

00:10P. Mohan, who was driving a van at the scene, was charged with causing the death of Muhammad

00:15Anas, Iskandar, Muhammad, Khairi at the Matahari Heights traffic light junction

00:22along Jalan Persiaran, Senawang Satu at around 11.59 p.m. on May 3.

00:28He was charged under Section 41, subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987, which carries

00:36a jail term of between 5 and 10 years and a fine of between 20,000 ringgit and 50,000 ringgit

00:42upon conviction.

00:43Those convicted will also be barred from holding a driver's license for a minimum of five years.

00:49Deputy Public Prosecutor Nadia Ezati Mohamed Zainal asked for bail to be set at 15,000 ringgit

00:55with one surety.

00:56Mohan's counsel, Rajandar Singh, asked for a lower amount of 15,000 ringgit, as the accused

01:02earns less than 3,500 ringgit a month and has to provide for his two children who are still

01:08studying.

01:09The court set bail at 7,000 ringgit with one surety and ordered the accused's license to

01:16be suspended till the case is disposed of.

01:19July 3 was fixed for mention for the Chemistry, Forensic and Puspacom reports.

01:26The court set bail at 7,000 ringgit with one surety and ordered the

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