After the dreadful Basikal Lajak case in February 2017, the Court of Appeal finally discharged the reckless driving charge on Sam Ke Ting that caused the death of eight children in Johor Baru.

Insight:

• The conversations on Basikal Lajak Case for the past 7 days garnered around 1.4K mentions with 232.3K social interactions. This mentions potentially reaching 5.6M online users.
• Netizens applauded the Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn the sentence against Sam Ke Ting, thus freeing her from the Basikal Lajak case as the reckless driving charges could not be proven.
• People were pleased as she can walk free after six traumatic years of struggling to win the case.
• Despite that, some highlighted that the children’s families were not given a fair trial due to their lack of resources to hire good lawyers to win the case. Few also cited that the government should also be blamed for its failure to provide a safe environment for both children and other road users.
• Notwithstanding, the overall public was satisfied that the case has finally come to a close end. They acclaimed the judges as well as Sam Ke Ting over her public apology to the victims’ families.