Hisyam Teh Poh Teik now heads the defence team of motorist Sam Ke Ting who is seeking to quash her guilty verdict as well as a six-year jail sentence and RM6,000 fine for reckless driving that killed eight teen cyclists in Johor in 2017.

The veteran lawyer of over four decades confirmed this to the media in relation to his client’s upcoming appeal set to be heard by the Court of Appeal on March 31.

Hisyam said that he would be leading counsel...