tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post6451111513733659805..comments2023-05-22T17:24:30.332+08:00Comments on Cycling in Singapore: Update on the Benjamin Mok hit and run case - suspect charged in courtSivasothihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602079103603710402noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-49894697998871671612012-05-25T20:56:53.377+08:002012-05-25T20:56:53.377+08:00http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelo...http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1203498/1/.html<br /><br />Doctor gets jail, driving ban for causing cyclist's death<br />By Alvina Soh | Posted: 25 May 2012 1329 hrs<br /> <br />SINGAPORE: A doctor who caused the death of a cyclist and seriously injured another was on Friday jailed four weeks and banned from driving for five years. <br /><br />64-year-old Teo Tiong Kiat admitted to causing the death of 35-year-old Mok Chee Kong along Clementi Road towards Upper Bukit Timah Road on March 21, 2010.<br /><br />Teo pleaded guilty to five charges, including failing to keep a proper lookout, causing grievious hurt and failing to render assistance to the victims.<br /><br />The court heard that Teo, who runs his own clinic at Clementi, had a glass of red wine before the accident.<br /><br />Investigations revealed that Mok, along with two others -- 24-year-old Bertram Leong Poh Meng and 18-year-old Douglas Sim Chun Ya -- were cycling on the extreme left lane of a four-lane road. <br /><br />Teo was driving in the second lane when he suddenly swerved into the cyclists' lane.<br /><br />Teo then collided into the back of the bicycles which Mok and Leong were riding, throwing both men onto the bonnet of his car. <br /><br />The court heard that Mok and Leong flipped over the car's roof and landed on the road.<br /><br />Teo left the scene after the accident and returned less than an hour later. <br /><br />He then informed a police officer at the scene that he was the driver.<br /><br />Mok, who was sent to hospital unconscious, passed away three days later from multiple injuries, including severe head injury. <br /><br />His friend, Leong, suffered serious head and neck injuries.<br /><br />Speaking to the media after the sentence was passed, Teo said he was remorseful and asked for forgiveness from the victims' families. <br /><br />- CNA/wmSivasothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602079103603710402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-50280163939293916992012-05-25T20:56:48.430+08:002012-05-25T20:56:48.430+08:00http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelo...http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1203498/1/.html<br /><br />Doctor gets jail, driving ban for causing cyclist's death<br />By Alvina Soh | Posted: 25 May 2012 1329 hrs<br /> <br />SINGAPORE: A doctor who caused the death of a cyclist and seriously injured another was on Friday jailed four weeks and banned from driving for five years. <br /><br />64-year-old Teo Tiong Kiat admitted to causing the death of 35-year-old Mok Chee Kong along Clementi Road towards Upper Bukit Timah Road on March 21, 2010.<br /><br />Teo pleaded guilty to five charges, including failing to keep a proper lookout, causing grievious hurt and failing to render assistance to the victims.<br /><br />The court heard that Teo, who runs his own clinic at Clementi, had a glass of red wine before the accident.<br /><br />Investigations revealed that Mok, along with two others -- 24-year-old Bertram Leong Poh Meng and 18-year-old Douglas Sim Chun Ya -- were cycling on the extreme left lane of a four-lane road. <br /><br />Teo was driving in the second lane when he suddenly swerved into the cyclists' lane.<br /><br />Teo then collided into the back of the bicycles which Mok and Leong were riding, throwing both men onto the bonnet of his car. <br /><br />The court heard that Mok and Leong flipped over the car's roof and landed on the road.<br /><br />Teo left the scene after the accident and returned less than an hour later. <br /><br />He then informed a police officer at the scene that he was the driver.<br /><br />Mok, who was sent to hospital unconscious, passed away three days later from multiple injuries, including severe head injury. <br /><br />His friend, Leong, suffered serious head and neck injuries.<br /><br />Speaking to the media after the sentence was passed, Teo said he was remorseful and asked for forgiveness from the victims' families. <br /><br />- CNA/wmSivasothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602079103603710402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-1793727399103317462012-05-25T16:42:58.644+08:002012-05-25T16:42:58.644+08:00He got 4 week jail sentence, yeah you see it right...He got 4 week jail sentence, yeah you see it right... 4 weeks. What justice. gixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-92209281217742086552012-04-26T11:24:29.304+08:002012-04-26T11:24:29.304+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sivasothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602079103603710402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-37983392722523516722012-04-26T11:24:18.419+08:002012-04-26T11:24:18.419+08:00The Straits Times, 26 Apr 2012
GP guilty of 3 offe...The Straits Times, 26 Apr 2012<br />GP guilty of 3 offences in fatal hit-and-run<br /> <br />A GENERAL practitioner was yesterday found guilty of three traffic offences related to a hit-and-run incident on Clementi Road which claimed the life of a cyclist two years ago.<br />Teo Tiong Kiat, 64, who runs a clinic in Clementi, had been charged with failing to stop after the accident, failing to render help, and removing his car from the scene.<br />He admitted that his negligence caused the death of freelance writer Mok Chee Kong, 35, and grievously injured Mr Mok's friend, Mr Bertram Leong Poh Meng, 24, who was also cycling that evening of March 21, 2010.<br />Teo, who had had a glass of wine over dinner but whose breath specimen was below the prescribed legal limit for drink driving, had veered from the centre lane to the left lane, hitting the cyclists. The pair hit the windscreen of Teo's car, flipped over its roof and landed on the road.<br />Teo had said in his defence that he had fallen asleep at the wheel and was unaware that he had been in an accident.<br />Convicting him of the three charges, District Judge John Ng said the doctor had failed to prove this. The car was very badly damaged and evidence given by experts on what must have been a forceful impact from the collision made his claim to being unaware impossible to accept, he said.<br />Teo's mitigation plea will be made on May 25.<br />ELENA CHONGSivasothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602079103603710402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-39425985717351063912012-03-28T02:06:19.354+08:002012-03-28T02:06:19.354+08:00"Doctor said he did not know he had hit 2 cyc..."Doctor said he did not know he had hit 2 cyclists," by Elena Chong. The Straits Times, 27 Mar 2012<br /> <br />A general practitioner - who claimed trial to failing to stop his car, rendering help to two cyclists after an accident and removing his vehicle without authority - said in his defence that he did not know that he was involved in an accident.<br /><br />Teo Tiong Kiat, 64, told the court on Tuesday that he only came to know that his car must have hit the two cyclists later on when he walked back to the accident scene along Clementi Road on March 21, 2010.<br /><br />He admitted last Friday to causing the death of freelance writer Benjamin Mok Chee Kong, 35, and injuring another cyclist, Bertram Leong Poh Meng, 24, by failing to keep a proper lookout when swerving from the centre lane into the left lane, hitting the back of the two cyclists travelling in front of him.<br /><br />He will not be sentenced until after the end of his trial.<br /><br />Teo, who has since stopped driving, testified that he was driving along Clementi Road on his way home after dinner when he felt the car swerving to the left and the car wobbling. He lost control of the car and heard a loud sound.<br /><br />He was desperately trying to bring his car under control. When he finally did so, he drove down the slip road to Upper Bukit Timah Road and parked at the carpark.<br /><br />When he got down to check, he was shocked to see the damage to the car's bonnet, windscreen and roof.<br /><br />He met a man called Michael Teo, who was having dinner with his family. He told Mr Teo that it was amazing that his car was so badly damaged and he did not have any injury.<br /><br />Later on, his office manager came to the carpark and pointed out the missing front number plate. He then decided to walk back to the scene where he saw police and his number plate by the side of the road.<br /><br />Teo said had he known that he was involved in an accident and caused injury to the cyclists at the time, he would have rendered aid.<br /><br />'I also want to add that as a doctor, it is my duty and my training to render assistance to the poor, and to the sick, all the more so if I had known that I had caused injury to somebody, I would have definitely rendered my assistance,' he said.Sivasothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602079103603710402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-77900238130389904102012-03-25T16:26:26.966+08:002012-03-25T16:26:26.966+08:00"Drink driving caused doctor to run down cycl..."Drink driving caused doctor to run down cyclist"<br /><br />The 64-year-old stands accused of hit-and-run for the Clementi Road accident at about 9.25pm on March 21, 2010. -AsiaOne <br /><br />The Straits Times, 24 Mar 2012<br /><br />SINGAPORE - Dr Teo Tiong Kiat admitted in court on Friday to causing the death of a pedal cyclist and injuring another when he suddenly swerved from the centre to the left lane of the road.<br /><br />The 64-year-old stands accused of hit-and-run for the Clementi Road accident at about 9.25pm on March 21, 2010.<br /><br />The careless driving caused the death of Mr Mok Chee Kong, 35, when Dr Teo hit the back of the freelance writer's bicycle. He also injured Mr Bertram Leong Poh Meng, 24, a fellow cyclist.<br /><br />The court heard that he had a glass of red wine before the accident.<br /><br />Dr Teo is pleading guilty to two charges. As for the three remaining charges of failing to stop and provide assistance after the accident, as well as removing his car without lawful authority, Mr Teo is claiming trial.<br /><br />Mr Teo returned to the scene after half an hour and told the traffic police that he was the driver of the car.<br /><br />He smelled of alcohol and his face was flushed, said the corporal present at the scene of the crime.<br /><br />Dr Teo's second breathalyser test on the scene recorded a 'warning' reading. At the Traffic Police headquarters, he was required to take another test, which he passed.<br /><br />The test recorded about half the prescribed legal limit of 35mcg per 100ml.<br /><br />The trial continues next week.Sivasothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602079103603710402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-65616931246649707342012-02-09T13:13:05.996+08:002012-02-09T13:13:05.996+08:00No updates on this?No updates on this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-10188989283471956932011-07-23T13:43:29.562+08:002011-07-23T13:43:29.562+08:00"The maximum penalty for not stopping after a..."The maximum penalty for not stopping after an accident and removing a vehicle without authority is a $1,000 fine or three months' jail on each charge."<br /><br />I find this very strange. A cyclist can get fined $1000 for merely riding a bike on an pedestrian over/underpass.Bryan MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359800166180108192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-677546131013640652011-06-10T14:46:00.893+08:002011-06-10T14:46:00.893+08:00Yes, I do want to see how this turns out. There ar...Yes, I do want to see how this turns out. There are witnesses who observed the driver's behavior at the scene.<br /><br />But I also appreciate the danger posed by ungracious or reckless cyclists on footpaths to pedestrians. My interest is in eliminating both dangers. <br /><br />Drunk drivers are a special problem since nothing can protect cyclists or pedestrians from them. Many years ago, a couple walking back from a nature outing early one morning were run down by a drunk driver. They were on the footpath along Lornie Road. It is now protected by a barrier, almost as symbolically as a ghost bike. Who would have known?<br /><br />How does the deterrence penetrate the foggy mind of a inebriated driver during that short struggle to insert the car key into its lock? Celebrities with DUI citations overseas do mot appear embarrassed about this.Sivasothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602079103603710402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999911.post-56528360975548886762011-06-10T14:12:48.859+08:002011-06-10T14:12:48.859+08:00so the max penalty is potentially:
death: 2years
...so the max penalty is potentially:<br /><br />death: 2years<br />grievous hurt: 2 years<br />not stopping: 3 months<br />removing vehicle: 3 months<br />failure to render assistance: 1 year<br /><br />total: 5.5 years.<br /><br />it will be interesting to see what he actually gets, given that previous convictions for similar offences have (unbelievably) included no jail time at all. i'd wager he'll get 6 months or less.<br /><br />but by all means, continue to whinge about being dinged by cyclists on the footpath.thomaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13256215776243558031noreply@blogger.com