Clerk’s defence statement in mat lajak case was a bare denial


PETALING JAYA: The conviction of Sam Ke Ting by the High Court for reckless driving that led to the deaths of eight teenagers came about as she failed to put up a defence at the prosecution stage of her trial.

High Court judge Datuk Abu Bakar Katar said the Magistrate’s Court had previously erred in accepting Sam’s unsworn defence statement.

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