A private university student pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court today to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol and crashing into a security barrier at Gate 2 of Istana Negara.

M Kajen, 22, entered the plea when the charge was read out to him before magistrate Khairunnisak Hassni.

According to the charge, he was alleged to have driven a Toyota Vios with...