Singapore teen among three fined $1,100 under Malaysia’s new illegal racing law
JOHOR BAHRU — A 19-year-old Singaporean man was among three individuals fined RM3,500 each under the newly amended law against illegal racing by the Magistrate’s Court here today.The three, Syajahan Alfian Abdullah, 19; Muhammad Daniel Hakim Mohamad Rashid, 24; and Gonzales Mckhovicanak George, 18, pleaded guilty to engaging in illegal racing and riding their motorcycles in a dangerous manner on the Second Link Expressway last month.They entered their guilty pleas after the charges were read out to them individually before Magistrate Nur Fatin Mohamad Farid.The court also ordered all three to serve four months in prison if they failed to pay their fines.According to the charge sheet, Singaporean national serviceman Syajahan Alfian was accused of riding a motorcycle at high speed and participating in a speed contest at Kilometre 12.5 of the southbound section of the Second Link Expressway at 2.10am on Oct 18.He was charged under Section 42A(2) of the Road Transport Act 1987, as amended in 2026, which carries a fine of between RM2,000 and RM10,000, imprisonment for up to two years, or both, upon conviction.