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.
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