Please do not do this to this poor girl - She is a slow leaner

Why is first case dismissed because urine test for drugs negative and why charge 2nd case for driving under influence of drugs

Penang 'wrong way' accident: Teen released by courts after testing negative for drugs


AUDREY DERMAWAN

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Nineteen-year-old Ng Pei Ven, who claimed trial to a charge of administering drugs into her body after a fatal road accident which killed a man in March, was released by the magistrate's court today.

This comes after the deputy public prosecutor told the court that Ng's urine test came back negative.

"Your urine test came out negative.

"You have been acquitted and discharged. You can take back the bail money," Magistrate Jamaliah Abd Manap told Ng.

Ng, dress in all black with her hair tied up in a ponytail, appeared blank before the court interpreter had to repeat the findings to her in Mandarin.

On March 17, Ng had claimed trial to the charge under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952, also punishable under Section 15(1) of the same Act, which carries a fine of up to RM5,000 or a jail term of up to two years.

In the March 14 incident, Ng had drove her car at high speed against the flow of traffic along the North-South Expressway after the Sungai Dua toll on mainland Butterworth and triggered a multi-vehicle collision.

(File pix) Nineteen-year-old Ng Pei Ven, who claimed trial to a charge of administering drugs into her body after a fatal road accident which killed a man in March, was released by the Bukit Mertajam magistrate's court today. Pix by Ramdzan Masiam

Her Proton Gen 2 struck a Perodua Kelisa driven by Mohamad Fandi Rosli, 26, which led to a chain of collisions. Fandi died at the scene.

Ng and the drivers of four other vehicles sustained minor injuries.

Video footage of her driving against the flow of traffic had gone viral on social media.

Ng is also facing another charge of allegedly driving under the influence of drugs to the extent of being incapable of controlling her vehicle and causing the death of Fandi.

She claimed trial to the charge under Section 44(1)(a) of the Road Transport Act 1987.

If convicted, she could be jailed between three and 10 years, fined between RM8,000 and RM20,000, and have her driving licence suspended for five years.

Jamaliah has fixed July 5 for mention of the second case.