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  • 3rd Drink Driving Conviction But Rich Shaw Family Scion Gets Away With 8 Weeks Jail And Paltry $10,000 Only

    3rd Drink Driving Conviction But Rich Shaw Family Scion Gets Away With 8 Weeks Jail And Paltry $10,000 Only

    Shaw family scion Howard Shaw was on Thursday (May 25) sentenced to eight weeks’ jail and fined S$10,000 for his third drink driving conviction.

    Shaw, who pleaded guilty to the charge, was also banned from driving for eight years.

    The 46-year-old was charged in February after driving in the early hours of Jan 31 along Whitley Road, with 88 microgrammes of alcohol – more than double the allowed limit.

    The grandson of the Shaw cinemas founder has two previous convictions for drink driving in 1997 and 2006. He was fined S$3,000 and disqualified from driving for two years in the first case, and in the second, he was jailed a week, fined S$8,000 and disqualified from driving for four years.

    Recalcitrant offenders can be jailed up to three years and fined up to S$30,000.

    Shaw, who was previously the Singapore Environment Council’s executive director, was also sentenced to three months’ jail in 2012 for having paid sex with an underage girl.

     

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • 33 Year Old Certis Cisco Officer Died On Duty In Drink-Driving Accident, Malaysian Driver Arrested

    33 Year Old Certis Cisco Officer Died On Duty In Drink-Driving Accident, Malaysian Driver Arrested

    A 33-year-old on-duty Certis Cisco officer died on Friday morning (Feb 10) after he was knocked down by a car while trying to divert traffic at Tuas Checkpoint.

    The accident happened at about 2.30am, and Lance Corporal (Auxiliary Police Force) Norman Samri was taken conscious to the National University Hospital where he died an hour later from his injuries.

    A police spokesman said the 28-year-old male driver of the car was arrested for causing death by rash act and investigations are ongoing.

    The Malaysian driver, who is believed to have been drink-driving, was arrested on the spot.

    The Straits Times understands that when the accident happened, LCP Norman and two other auxiliary police officers (APOs) had been diverting traffic from the first lane of the three-lane road of the departure viaduct as a minor accident had occurred there.

    The car was believed to have been speeding and swerving between lanes and did not slow down when it approached the APOs.

    ST understands the trio tried to jump out of the car’s way, but LCP Norman was hit and landed a distance away.

    He suffered head injuries and died later in hospital.

    When contacted, an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) spokesman said: “The ICA extends our deepest condolences to the family of the late officer and is working with Certis Cisco to provide necessary assistance to the family.”

    The ICA spokesman added that she was unable to comment further on details of the accident as police investigations are ongoing.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com