: The company of the tour bus involved in a crash which claimed two lives at Jalan Genting Highlands two months ago was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today with two counts of allowing a driver to drive the bus without licence and using a bus with an expired permit.
For the first charge, the company was alleged to have allowed the driver, S. Anand Kumar, 32, to drive the bus without licence and in a reckless manner to the extent of causing the death of two passengers in the crash at KM16.5 Jalan Genting Highlands here at 10.20 am on June 29.The charges, framed under Section 41 and of the Land Public Transport Act 2010 , carry a maximum fine of RM500,000 or jail term of two years, or both, if convicted.
Bentong District police chief Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar reportedly said the 32-year-old bus driver did not own a driving licence besides having 27 past traffic summonses involving various offences.