Samoa's prime minister says he has told his Attorney General to draft an amendment that would give harsher penalties for boy racers.
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Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi was reacting to the discharge without conviction of two men who were accused of racing around the streets of Apia.
Tuilaepa called the defendants rich young men who endangered lives with "rich spoiled antics".
Two supposed boy racers charged with reckless driving have been discharged without conviction after District Court Judge Alalatoa Rosella Viane Papali'i questioned the rationale behind the charges.
The police in Samoa have charged five young men with reckless driving.
Police in Samoa have stepped up an operation launched a week ago to stop road racing in different parts of Apia.
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