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27 November 2015
Star
November 27, 2015 MYT 3:12:44 PM
Police: Porsche driver ‘cooperative’
SIBU: Police say the driver of the Porsche which rammed and killed a motorcyclist has been very cooperative with their investigation of the case.
In the Monday incident in Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, Ting Yew Kui, 50, died on the spot following the collision.
The driver of the Porsche sustained broken bones on his shoulder.
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Rumours had been circulating that the driver had gone outstation after the incident and also that his family members were influencing the police in their investigation.
http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/11/27/Police-Porsche-driver-cooperative/
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24 November 2015
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BorneoPost Online
50-year-old motorcyclist killed in collision with sports car
A motorcyclist died on the spot after colliding with a sports car in front of St John’s Church at Tun Abang Haji Openg Road, Sibu.
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SIBU: A motorcyclist was killed when he crashed into a black sports car in front of St John’s Church at Tun Abang Haji Openg Road this evening (Nov 23).
It is unclear how the 6.20pm accident occurred, but the police believe the forceful collision sent both vehicles into the church fence, bringing down a section of the concrete wall.
The result of the impact flung the body of the rider and his motorcycle into the cemetery in front of the church.
Police have identified the dead rider as that of Ting Yew Kui, 50, from Brooke Drive 31. Ting died on the spot.
It is said the black sports car involved in the fatal accident belongs to a son of a prominent corporate figure in Sibu.
When the traffic police arrived, the driver was not there and it is believed that he had left the scene.
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BorneoPost Online
Porsche driver to be investigated for reckless driving
SIBU: Sibu deputy police chief Supt Martin Koo confirmed that the driver of the black Porsche involved in an accident on Monday evening outside St John’s Anglican Church was arrested today (Nov 24).
He said the man in his 30s was apprehended as he was discharged from a medical clinic, and that the driver had suffered broken shoulder bones in the accident.
The police had recorded his statement and released him thereafter because he was still under medical care.
“The traffic police are investigating the case under Section 41 of the Road Traffic Act – reckless driving that causes death. We believe in our initial investigation that the Porsche driver had lost control behind the wheel.”
He said the driver could have consequently hit the rider, sending both motorcycle and sports car into the church perimeter wall, bringing the concrete wall down.
Koo said police was still investigating how the Porsche had come to a halt so far from the church wall and that he believed the sports car did not stop after slamming into the wall but could have rebounded.
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BorneoPost Online
Prayer session held at St John’s Anglican church following accident
A prayer session was held at St John’s Anglican Church at Tun Abang Haji Openg Road this afternoon following the damage to the cemetery from Monday’s fatal road accident.
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SIBU: A prayer session was held at St John’s Anglican Church at Tun Abang Haji Openg Road this afternoon following the damage to the cemetery from Monday’s fatal road accident.
The session was conducted by the church vicar, Archdeacon Jamal Senada.
Prior to the accident, Jamal said he was preparing a meal for dinner on Monday evening at his church residence when he heard a loud noise followed by what he likened to a firecracker sound. He was then informed of the accident by the church clerk who was at the church.
Speaking at the press conference, Jamal said he had lodged a police report at Sg. Merah police station on the accident which had damaged part of the fence of the church compound, four tombstones, five lamp posts and five flower pots. He had requested claims for the damage, stating that he could not assess the extent of the damage at the present time.
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Ting Yew Kui’s family members want a thorough and fair probe into his fatal accident with a sports car yesterday at Tun Abang Haji Openg Road. …
SIBU: A family member of 50-year-old accident victim Ting Yew Kui wants the police to conduct a thorough and fair probe into the collision which claimed his life Monday evening (Nov 23).
Dudong assemblyman Yap Hoi Liong, representing the family, claimed that at about 7pm after the incident, someone approached the victim’s wife and gave her Ting’s MyKad.
“The family members are not happy as to why a third party has the victim’s MyKad in their possession,” he said, stressing the importance of preserving all exhibits belonging to the victims and that investigations be conducted transparently and in full accordance of the law.
Ting, a spare parts worker with an oil palm plantation, was believed to be on his way to buy rations at Sing Kwong Supermarket at Kin Orient Building when the collision with the black Porsche sports car occurred at 6.20pm in front of St John’s Anglican Church on Tun Abang Haji Openg Road.
He is survived by his wife, Ting Leh Ung, a primary school teacher, and a 10-year-old son.
Deputy Sibu police chief Supt Martin Koo confirmed that the police had detained the driver, in his 30s, immediately after the fatal accident, taking a statement from him before releasing him on police bail.
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