Real estate agent remanded over crash that killed two friends
GEORGE TOWN: A real estate agent has been remanded for two days to facilitate investigations into a fatal crash that killed two friends along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway.
GEORGE TOWN - A real estate agent has been ordered to spend two days in custody while police investigate a fatal crash along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway which claimed the lives of two friends. Magistrate Nurhanisah S H Sahul Hamid granted the two-day remand after the police applied for it. The 23-year-old suspect's lawyer revealed that the police had initially sought a four-day remand under Section 44 of the Road Transport Act 1987, which deals with driving under the influence causing injury or death.
The lawyer explained that his client had fully complied with the police, providing his statement and visiting the station voluntarily. The law entitles arrested individuals to remain silent and not make statements if they choose. As a result, the court decided on the two-day remand. The suspect's 22-year-old male passenger and 20-year-old female passenger, both from Padang Serai, Kedah, died at the scene of the crash.
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