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  • 6/17/2025
A 15-year-old boy was ordered to undergo six years of rehabilitation at the Henry Gurney School for causing the deaths of five individuals in a road crash in Kuching earlier this year.

Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan imposed the order until the teen reaches the age of 21, and further fined him RM1,500 or two months imprisonment in default, for driving underage.

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00:00A 15-year-old boy was ordered to undergo six years of rehabilitation at the Henry Gurney
00:07School for causing the deaths of five individuals in a road crash in Kuching earlier this year.
00:13Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan imposed the order until the teen reaches the age of 21 and further
00:19fined him 1,500 ringgit or two months imprisonment in default for driving underage. The sentence
00:27was handed down after the magistrate's court received a report from the Social Welfare Department
00:32and submissions from Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamed Filani Siji. The teenager, who was
00:40unrepresented, pleaded guilty on May 14 to two charges under the Road Transport Act 1987 for
00:48causing death by reckless or dangerous driving and for driving while under the age of 16.
00:54Speaking to reporters, Mohamed Filani said the prosecution had sought a custodial sentence
00:59in light of the loss of five lives, adding that such cases should serve as a deterrent amid the
01:06rising number of road accidents in Kuching. On May 14, the teen's 35-year-old father also pleaded
01:13guilty to a charge under the Child Act 2001 for permitting his son to drive without proper
01:19supervision. He was fined 15,000 ringgit in default, 12 months imprisonment, and ordered to perform
01:26100 hours of community service within six months.

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