Longer jail time, higher fines for drink driving if proposed amendments given green light


KUALA LUMPUR: Drunk drivers will be looking at longer mandatory jail time and higher fines if proposed amendments to the law is given the nod when tabled in Dewan Rakyat soon.

Among the proposed amendments include increasing prison sentences for those causing death or injury due to drink driving, from 10 to 15 years and increasing fines up to RM100,000.

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