Two students ordered to do 240-hour community service for riding recklessly

KUALA LUMPUR: Two students of a skill training institution were ordered to do community service for 240 hours by the magistrate's court here today for riding their motorcycles recklessly by zig-zagging in high speed in between moving vehicles, last month.
Magistrate Maizatul Munirah Abdul Rahman meted out the punishment to Fahmin Ulumuddin Hamzah and Abdullah Mu'az Ismail, both 19 after they pleaded guilty to the offences committed at Jalan Raja Laut here at 10.14pm on Jan 20.
The two accused, both second-semester students, were also ordered to pay RM1,500 as deposit and to complete the 240-hour of community service in two years, apart from their licences to be revoked and they were barred from applying for a new licence for three years.
They were charged under Section 42 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, which provides a maximum jail term of five years and a minimum of RM5,000 fine as well as revocation of the offender's driving licence upon conviction.
Earlier, the accused, who was unrepresented, appealed to the court not to be sentenced to jail on the grounds that they were still studying, while prosecuting officer Inspector Abdullah B Khazali pressed for a heavier sentence to serve as a lesson to them. — Bernama