Strange Case of Woffles: Police still 'investigating' speeding cases in 2005 & 2006!
Woffles Wu pays fine, but speeding probe is ongoing
By ROYSTON SIM and POON CHIAN HUI
WELL-KNOWN plastic surgeon Woffles Wu Tze Liang paid a $1,000 fine on Tuesday, but he is not out of the woods yet.
Although the 52-year-old was penalised with the maximum fine - for getting an employee to take the rap for two speeding offences -
the police said yesterday that they are still investigating the cases.
He had pleaded guilty in a district court to abetting Mr Kuan Yit Wah, 83, in providing misleading information to the police in November 2006.
He committed the other offence on Sept 11, 2005.
Responding to queries on why action was not recommended against Dr Wu for the speeding offences, a police spokesman yesterday said:
'Investigations into the cases are ongoing and have not concluded.' (But they managed to nail him on the imposter matter. Really don't understand this - either he sped or he did not. Open/shut case. Black/white, presumably based on photographic evidence).
In 2005, the surgeon got Mr Kuan, then 76, to tell the police that he was the driver of a car speeding at 95kmh along Lornie Road.
In the second incident, on Nov10, 2006, Mr Kuan was said to have lied again that he was driving a car travelling at 91kmh along Adam Road.
He was a maintenance technician in Dr Wu's clinic then.
Dr Wu's car was involved on both occasions, where the speed limit was 70kmh.
Court papers did not state who the actual driver was. [COLOR="#FF0000 (THIS is interesting....)[/COLOR]
Speaking after the sentencing on Wednesday, Dr Wu said he was sorry for this 'silly mistake' and that this episode had taught him to be more mindful of the law.
[U]'I believe many people similarly did not know that this is an offence,' he said.[/U] [COLOR="#FF0000"](Woffles and his accomplice Mr Kuan would be about the only guys who do not know that it is wrong!)[/COLOR]
When asked if he was the driver during the incidents, he said the point was 'immaterial' for this case.
He pointed out that the identity of the driver was never stated in the court documents and added that he could not comment further without compromising the outcome of the case.
'I was fined for providing the name of someone who was not driving the car, and it was a silly thing I did,' he said, adding that he felt the fine was fair.
The Traffic Police said such cases of furnishing misleading information have been low.
The police have handled only five cases since 2009 - two that year and three in 2010.
Currently, drivers will have their licences suspended if they chalk up 24 demerit points within a two-year period.
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