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<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Woman accused of agreeing to be 'fall guy'
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>She was allegedly paid $1,000 to say she had run a red light </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Khushwant Singh
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Leung Man Kwan, who is out on bail, could be jailed for up to seven years and fined if she is convicted. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A WOMAN who allegedly accepted $1,000 in payment for taking the fall for someone else over a traffic infringement was charged in court yesterday.
Property agent Leung Man Kwan, 33, was accused of perverting the course of justice.
Student Evangeline Tay Su Ann, 20, is said to have run a red light at the junction of Lornie Road and Sime Road while driving a friend's Nissan Cefiro in January last year. After the incident, she allegedly approached then police officer Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 38, to find someone to take the rap.
Mr Choo is said to have roped in his then girlfriend, Leung, an associate director of HSR International Realtors, to do so.
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said the owner of the car eventually submitted Leung's particulars to the Traffic Police.
The money was then said to have been transferred into Leung's bank account.
Her lawyer Roy Yeo Kan Kiang asked for an adjournment as he had only been briefed on Wednesday and needed time to discuss the matter with prosecutors from the Attorney-General's Chambers.
The case will come before the court again on July 23.
Leung is out on bail of $5,000. If convicted, she could be jailed for up to seven years and fined.
A car workshop manager said that despite the stiff penalties, motorists are known to still try to get others to take the blame for their traffic offences.
They do this to evade getting demerit points, said Mr William Nam, 50, referring to the 12 points and $200 fine for running a red light.
'Many people can afford the fine, but anyone who collects 24 points or more within two years will be disqualified from driving - and this is what makes some motorists get others to take the rap,' he said.
CPIB declined to comment on whether Ms Tay and Mr Choo will also be charged.
Mr Choo was a deputy police superintendent with the Criminal Investigation Department when he resigned last June. [email protected]
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>She was allegedly paid $1,000 to say she had run a red light </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Khushwant Singh
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Leung Man Kwan, who is out on bail, could be jailed for up to seven years and fined if she is convicted. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->A WOMAN who allegedly accepted $1,000 in payment for taking the fall for someone else over a traffic infringement was charged in court yesterday.
Property agent Leung Man Kwan, 33, was accused of perverting the course of justice.
Student Evangeline Tay Su Ann, 20, is said to have run a red light at the junction of Lornie Road and Sime Road while driving a friend's Nissan Cefiro in January last year. After the incident, she allegedly approached then police officer Kelvin Choo Yew Beng, 38, to find someone to take the rap.
Mr Choo is said to have roped in his then girlfriend, Leung, an associate director of HSR International Realtors, to do so.
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said the owner of the car eventually submitted Leung's particulars to the Traffic Police.
The money was then said to have been transferred into Leung's bank account.
Her lawyer Roy Yeo Kan Kiang asked for an adjournment as he had only been briefed on Wednesday and needed time to discuss the matter with prosecutors from the Attorney-General's Chambers.
The case will come before the court again on July 23.
Leung is out on bail of $5,000. If convicted, she could be jailed for up to seven years and fined.
A car workshop manager said that despite the stiff penalties, motorists are known to still try to get others to take the blame for their traffic offences.
They do this to evade getting demerit points, said Mr William Nam, 50, referring to the 12 points and $200 fine for running a red light.
'Many people can afford the fine, but anyone who collects 24 points or more within two years will be disqualified from driving - and this is what makes some motorists get others to take the rap,' he said.
CPIB declined to comment on whether Ms Tay and Mr Choo will also be charged.
Mr Choo was a deputy police superintendent with the Criminal Investigation Department when he resigned last June. [email protected]
...... most cheongsters would offer 25-30/1/1 only :p
