KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 -- A 32-year-old man who drove against the flow of traffic along Old Klang Road in Kuala Lumpur, in an act that went viral online, has been jailed for three days and fined RM6,000 after pleading guilty to reckless and dangerous driving.

According to national daily The Star, Wong Kok Kong was sentenced by Magistrate Tg Syazwany Yasmyn Tuan Roslan at the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur today under Section 42(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. His driving licence was also suspended for five years.

He paid the fine.

The case stems from a widely shared video showing a car being driven against traffic from the Old Klang Road/Jalan Sepadu intersection to the Jalan Kuchai Lama intersection.

Wong had surrende...