Man jailed over cop death in drink-driving case


Day in court: Kalaichelvan being led away after sentencing.

KAJANG: A businessman was sentenced to four years in jail and fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court here after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving which caused the death of a policeman who was manning a roadblock.

Sessions Court judge Sayani Mohd Nor imposed the jail sentence on K. Kalaichelvan and fined him RM10,000 in default of five months’ jail for driving under the influence of alcohol and causing the death of Kpl Safwan Mohamad Ismail, 31, at the MCO roadblock on the Kajang-Seremban Highway at 2.10am on May 3, 2020.

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