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PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has allowed clerk Sam Ke Ting to be freed on bail of RM10,000 in one surety, pending her bid for leave to appeal against her conviction and sentence in the modified bicycle, or “basikal lajak”, case.

Judge Ravinthran Paramaguru granted her bail application today after deputy public prosecutor Manoj Kurup told the court the prosecution did not have any objections.

Last week, the Johor Bahru High Court sentenced Sam to six years’ jail and fined her RM6,000, or six months’ jail in default, for dangerous driving causing the death of eight teenagers, who were riding the modified bicycles in Johor Bahru in 2017.

Sam, who had been charged with causing the death of eight cyclists at Jalan Lingkaran Dalam in Johor Bahru at 3.20am on Feb 18, 2017, was acquitted and discharged by the magistrates’ court on Oct 28, 2019 at the end of the prosecution’s case without her defence being called.

However, on Feb 18, 2021, the Johor Bahru High Court sent the case back to the magistrates’ court asking her to enter her defence after allowing an appeal by the prosecution.

On Oct 10, 2021, the magistrates’ court again acquitted and discharged her. The prosecution then appealed again to the High Court.