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Jun 29, 2010
Chef Justin Quek jailed
By Elena Chong
PAST CONVICTION FOR DRINK DRIVING
Quek, who had been convicted of drink driving in 2005, could have been fined up to $10,000 and jailed for up to 12 months for failing to give a blood specimen.
For driving without a licence, he could have been fined up to $1,000 or jailed for up to three months. The penalty for the insurance offence is a fine of up to $1,000 and/or a jail term of up to three months.
A traffic court heard that Quek was spot checked that day and was reeking of alcohol. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
A SINGAPOREAN celebrity chef was jailed for two weeks and fined a total of $6,300 on Tuesday for failing to give his blood specimen and two other traffic offences.
Justin Quek Boon Siew, 48, was also banned from driving all vehicles for four years.
He admitted to failing to give his blood specimen without reasonable excuse to a police officer at Tanglin police division when he was arrested for suspected drink driving on Aug 6 last year. He also pleaded guilty to driving along Holland Road at about 3.45am that day without a valid Class 3 driving licence and insurance coverage.
The homegrown chef has returned here to run The Sky On 57, a restaurant bar, on the sprawling rooftop garden at Marina Bay Sands integrated resort. He has been away in Shanghai and Taipei running his own high-end restaurants for the past six years.
A traffic court heard that Quek was spot checked that day and was reeking of alcohol. His eyes were blood shot and his gait unsteady. As he could not give a breath sample, he was taken to the police station where he failed to complete the breath evidential analyser test after three tries.
He also complained of heart problem. Despite a warning, Quek refused to sign the warning form and give his blood specimen. Investigation showed that he did not have a valid driving licence nor was he covered by insurance.
Pleading for leniency, his lawyer Julian Tay told District Judge Salina Ishak that Quek had a kidney transplant in 1999 and is on immunosuppressive drugs. (HOTA)
It was under those circumstances that he was very concerned that the giving of his blood specimen might lead him to contract infection which would entail a substantial risk to his health.
Counsel also pointed out that Quek holds a valid driving licence in Shanghai.
Jun 29, 2010
Chef Justin Quek jailed
By Elena Chong
PAST CONVICTION FOR DRINK DRIVING
Quek, who had been convicted of drink driving in 2005, could have been fined up to $10,000 and jailed for up to 12 months for failing to give a blood specimen.
For driving without a licence, he could have been fined up to $1,000 or jailed for up to three months. The penalty for the insurance offence is a fine of up to $1,000 and/or a jail term of up to three months.
A traffic court heard that Quek was spot checked that day and was reeking of alcohol. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
A SINGAPOREAN celebrity chef was jailed for two weeks and fined a total of $6,300 on Tuesday for failing to give his blood specimen and two other traffic offences.
Justin Quek Boon Siew, 48, was also banned from driving all vehicles for four years.
He admitted to failing to give his blood specimen without reasonable excuse to a police officer at Tanglin police division when he was arrested for suspected drink driving on Aug 6 last year. He also pleaded guilty to driving along Holland Road at about 3.45am that day without a valid Class 3 driving licence and insurance coverage.
The homegrown chef has returned here to run The Sky On 57, a restaurant bar, on the sprawling rooftop garden at Marina Bay Sands integrated resort. He has been away in Shanghai and Taipei running his own high-end restaurants for the past six years.
A traffic court heard that Quek was spot checked that day and was reeking of alcohol. His eyes were blood shot and his gait unsteady. As he could not give a breath sample, he was taken to the police station where he failed to complete the breath evidential analyser test after three tries.
He also complained of heart problem. Despite a warning, Quek refused to sign the warning form and give his blood specimen. Investigation showed that he did not have a valid driving licence nor was he covered by insurance.
Pleading for leniency, his lawyer Julian Tay told District Judge Salina Ishak that Quek had a kidney transplant in 1999 and is on immunosuppressive drugs. (HOTA)
It was under those circumstances that he was very concerned that the giving of his blood specimen might lead him to contract infection which would entail a substantial risk to his health.
Counsel also pointed out that Quek holds a valid driving licence in Shanghai.
