Immigration ‘Black Maria’ driver pleads not guilty to five charges over fatal Maju Junction crash that killed three

An Immigration Department 'Black Maria' lorry driver was present in the Magistrate’s Court in Kuala Lumpur, pleading not guilty to five charges associated with a fatal crash that claimed the lives of a father and his two daughters. Mohd Akbar Zainol, 43, was charged with dangerous driving, failure to comply with a traffic signal, and driving without due care and attention.

Prosecutors sought bail but were denied, with the accused required to post RM12,000 bail for each charge and surrender his passport until the case concluded. The crash happened when the lorry, en route to Chow Kit for an immigration operation, ran a red light at the Jalan Sultan Ismail intersection, colliding with a Proton Saga and an Inokom Matrix.

The three victims, Shaik Mohd Firdaus Shaikh Yahya, 53, and his daughters, Siti Norshazlin, 24, and Siti Darwisyah Auni, 12, were killed, while the woman, Nor Hayati Rozali, 55, sustained injuries.