Maserati Driver Who Dragged TP Officer Missed His Sentencing 3 Times All Due to MCs From Same Clinic

Most people are not chao-kenging now, because if you do it, you’d have to be swabbed and you might be given five-day MC when all you want is to sleep in for a day.

But what if you need to head to court to face your sentencing? Would you make a trip to a clinic?

Reader Bao: What are you implying?

Nothing, of course. No one will chao keng during this period, this person must have a weak immune system.

Though I’m thinking of buying 0104, 3006 and 2107 for this week 4D.

Incident Back in 2017

Lest you’ve forgotten, something happened back in November 2017.

On 17 Nov 2017, Staff Sergeant Khairulanwar Abd Kahar noticed that the driver of a Maserati wasn’t wearing his seatbelt.

He tried to stop the car but the driver refused to comply.

It was only when the lights turned red that the car stopped, and SSG Khairulanwar parked his motorcycle in the Maserati’s way.

He went to the driver’s side and the driver wound down his window.

However, when the lights turned green, the driver suddenly reversed and drove off. Unfortunately, the TP officer’s arm was trapped at the window and got dragged along for the ride.

At the time, the driver was driving at a speed between 79 and 84km/h.

SSG Khairulanwar was dragged for 124 metres before he got free and rolled to the side of the road.

A nearby class 2B motorcycle saw the incident and gave chase immediately.

The pillion rider, who was an “ex-SCDF officer”, made a call to the police to update on the location of the Maserati.

The chase took place from Bedok to Eunos, Still Road to Joo Chiat to Crane Road, Haig Road to Geylang Road (which was caught on video), Lor 23, Sims, Aljunied to Upper Aljunied, Serangoon and finally Wan Tho, where the pursuers lost sight of the car.

During the chase, the Maserati broke multiple traffic laws including beating red lights and driving against traffic.

Driver Charged & Found Guilty Last Year

In October last year, the driver, identified as 36-year-old Lee Cheng Yan, claimed that it wasn’t him who drove the car even when he’s bought the $175,000 car. During the time of the incident, he was banned from driving, and had lent the car to a friend called “Kelvin” who happened to look like him.

But Kelvin didn’t appear anywhere, and in December last year, he was found guilty with 10 charges including voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a public servant, failing to stop after an accident and obstructing justice.

So how many years would he be spending in prison, considering that we now know a man was jailed for six weeks just for having Bak Kut Teh in public when he should be at home?

Well, it’s July now, and we still didn’t know because Lee has a weak immune system.

Maserati Driver Who Dragged TP Officer Missed His Sentencing 3 Times All Due to MCs From Same Clinic

Lee was supposed to be sentenced on 1 April 2020, but he had a 5-day MC. Usually, you still need to attend court even with an MC, because this line would be printed bigly on most MCs: “This certificate is not valid for absence from court attendance.”

You can only avoid heading down to the court if you’ve a Medical Certificate (MC) with the words “Unfit to attend Court”.

But this year, the world has changed, and you can’t even go out to buy bubble tea if you’ve a 5-day MC, so Lee probably had a valid MC on 1 April lah.

The next sentencing was on 30 June 2020, and once again, he was on a 5-day MC—from the same clinic.

So that was postponed to today, 21 July 2020…and he’s still sick, with an MC from 20 July to 23 July for acute respiratory illness…from the same clinic again.

But.

He can leave the house if he’s swabbed and tested negative for COVID-19.

After all, remember: from 1 July 2020, if you’ve an acute respiratory illness, you’d be swabbed if you’re 13 and above

The prosecutor said Lee could’ve have gone to get tested 24 hours after he received a referral letter from his doctor.

But Lee didn’t, and the prosecutor said that his actions were “disappointing but not surprising.”

And so, the prosecution wanted to add new bail conditions: if Lee cannot attend court for medical reason, he must report to a Government clinic for a medical consultation and not a private one, as one can get swabbed immediately in a Government clinic while a private one would provide a referral letter instead.

Lee’s sentencing is now moved to 28 July 2020.

Note to self: the next 4D number to buy is 2807.