The “Biaoqi Yeben accident involving 8 deaths and 8 injuries” was overturned in the High Court retrial. The female driver Sam Ke Ting involved was found guilty and was sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of RM6,000.
A large number of media were waiting at the Palace of Justice early this morning to cover the case, which attracted national attention.
According to the reporter's observation, at about 8:10 in the morning, Sam Ke Ting's lawyer Faiza and the prosecution representative in charge of the case entered the court of appeal one after another. Well-known senior lawyer Tan Sri Shafee also arrived at the Court of Appeal at about 8.30am. Well-known senior lawyer Tan Sri Shafee also applied to be an “amicus curiae” in Sam Ke Ting's case.
Representatives of political parties to the Court of Appeal for hearing
Sam Ke Ting's appeal case was heard at the Putrajaya Court of Appeal at 9:00 this morning, and some political party leaders appeared in the court to pay attention to the progress of the case.
According to the observation of a reporter from the “Oriental Daily”, at about 8:50 in the morning, Zhang Nianqun, the National Propaganda Secretary of the Democratic Action Party and member of the Kulai Congress, arrived at the Court of Appeal.
At the same time, the general secretary of Ma Qing, Hu Weihao, and the head of Ma Qing, Wang Xiaoting, also entered the Court of Appeal at 9:00 a.m. to prepare for a hearing.
Hu Weihao pointed out to the media that the MCA lawyers have entered the court hearing.
Despite multiple applications to be sit-in lawyers and amicus curiae in the case, the three divisions of the Court of Appeal have only approved the application to represent the Malaysian Bar.
Rave Singh, who represents the Malaysian Law Society, said the Law Society made the application based on the public interest in the case.
In addition, the court rejected applications by the director of the MCA Civil Society Movement Bureau, Wu Jiannan, the director of the Maqing Civil Society Movement Bureau, Xing Zhili, and the director of the Legal Bureau, He Guosheng, to become hearing lawyers.
Sam Ke Ting was also suspended and released on bail pending trial
At the same time, the third division of the Court of Appeal also approved Sam Ke Ting's application for a stay order, allowing Sam Ke Ting to suspend the execution of her sentence, so that she could be released from prison immediately and be released on bail pending trial. The case was heard by three divisions of the Court of Appeal headed by Dato Ravidlan, and the other two divisions were Datuk Li Xingchang (transliteration) and Datuk Nazlan
