Nightclub deejay pleads not guilty to obstructing cops on duty

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A 26-year-old nightclub deejay claimed trial at a Magistrate's Court in Ayer Keroh to to a charge of obstructing police officers from carrying out their duties.  The plea of the accused, Ngo Wei Kian, was recorded before Magistrate Khairunnisak Hassni on Monday (June 24).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/32fe4rx7  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A nightclub DJ claimed trial at a magistrate's court in Ayer Kero on Monday to a charge of

00:06obstructing police officers from carrying out their duties.

00:09Ngo Wei Kian entered the plea before Magistrate Kairunisak Hasni.

00:14Based on the charge sheet, the 26-year-old allegedly obstructed the police officers from

00:19performing their duties as public servants by speeding off in a car to evade arrest after

00:25being instructed to stop.

00:27The offence was allegedly committed in Tenkera at around 1.20am on June 21.

00:34The charge was framed under Section 186 of the Penal Code, which carries up to two years

00:39imprisonment or a fine of up to 10,000 ringgit, or both, upon conviction.

00:47During mitigation, Lawyer Kashin Anthony, representing Ngo, told the court that his

00:51client was a passenger in the car driven by his elder brother before the vehicle was stopped

00:55at a police roadblock and a summons was issued to the driver.

00:59He said Ngo alighted from the car to inquire about the summons before being allegedly assaulted

01:05by the policeman and leaving him requiring medical treatment.

01:10Anthony also told the court that his client would be filing a separate report on the incident

01:15to the police's Integrity and Standards Compliance Department.

01:19The court granted bail at 2,500 ringgit, with one surety, and set July 24 as the next

01:26mention date.

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