KUALA LUMPUR: A golf caddie has been sentenced to a month’s jail and fined RM16,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here for driving recklessly and using a fake vehicle registration number.

       Magistrate Fardiana Haryanti Ahmad Razali sentenced M. Yuvarajan, 32, to one month in jail and a fine of RM8,000 after he pleaded guilty yesterday to driving in a reckless manner.

       The court ordered Yuvarajan to serve his jail term from yesterday, in addition to being disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for five years.

       He was charged under Section 42 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 and punishable under the same law, which carries a maximum jail term of five years and a fine of not less than RM5,000 and a maximum of RM15,000, as well as disqualification from holding or obtaining a driving licence for not less than five years.

       Fardiana Haryanti also imposed a fine of RM8,000 on Yuvarajan for using a fake vehicle registration number, according to Section 108 (3) (e) of the Road Transport Act 1987. The offence is punishable under the same law, which carries a fine of not less than RM5,000 and a maximum of RM20,000, or imprisonment of not less than one year and a maximum of five years, or both, upon conviction.

       He was accused of having committed both offences on the Middle Ring Road 2, at 5.30 pm on May 7.

       Bernama reported that the court also ordered Yuvarajan to serve another four months in jail if he failed to pay the RM16,000 fine.

       Yuvarajan, who was not represented, appealed for leniency as he was supporting his wife and a child, apart from the fact that he was not under the influence of alcohol during the time of the incident.

       Deputy public prosecutor Siti Nursyuhada Abd Rauf pressed for a just sentence to serve as a lesson.