Man who drove into Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth gets jail, driving ban
A 58-year-old Singaporean man, Then Shing Chong, was sentenced to five weeks in jail and a 30-month driving ban after crashing his Porsche into Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth. The court rejected a defense request for a mandatory treatment order related to depression, citing alcohol impairment as the primary factor in the dangerous driving incident.
Why it matters
The case highlights the legal consequences of impaired driving in Singapore and underscores the judiciary's focus on public safety over psychiatric mitigation when alcohol consumption is involved in traffic offenses.
Then Shing Chong had drunk a litre of beer over six hours before the crash.
An overturned car at Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth. (Photo: Singapore Taxi Driver Facebook group/Seah Kok Yong Francis)
Lydia Lam 14 Jul 2026 04:15PM (Updated: 14 Jul 2026 07:01PM) Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Read a summary of this article on FAST. Get bite-sized news via a new cards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST SINGAPORE: A man drank a litre of beer over six hours before crashing his Porsche through a barricade and into Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth.
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