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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Road rage: 6 mths for breaking man's arm
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Road rage: Six months for breaking man's arm
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Story/STIStory_516556.html
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Tan Eng Heong, 47, had used a wooden pole to hit his victim several times during the incident last April. He is out on $10,000 bail pending an appeal. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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A MOTORIST who broke the arm of another with a wooden pole in a road rage incident was jailed six months yesterday.
Malaysian Tan Eng Heong, 47, an IT manager here, was convicted of causing grievous hurt to Mr Chua Cheng Hai, 45. He is appealing against the sentence and is currently out on $10,000 bail.
During the 21/2-day hearing, a district court heard how the assault began when Mr Chua, who was driving a Mercedes-Benz van, cut into Tan's lane on Braddell Road on April 17 last year.
Tan, who was driving a Toyota Wish, became furious and overtook Mr Chua from the left.
Both men then tried to cut into each other's lane and that eventually led to a side collision between the vehicles.
When Mr Chua got out to check the damage to his van, Tan took out a wooden pole, placed near the driver's seat, and hit him several times.
Mr Chua, who is left-handed, said he instinctively raised his left hand to ward off the blows.
The victim was struggling with Tan when Tan heard his daughter, who was in the car, scream because he had not applied the brakes and the car was slowly moving forward.
Yesterday, Tan's lawyer Vijay Kumar Rai blamed Mr Chua for sparking off the incident, adding that it could have happened to anyone.
But District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim disagreed and said: 'While that may be so, most of us will exercise some restraint and not use a mop stick to hit the other person.'
The district judge told Tan that he must have had similar encounters during his 20 years of driving and should have learnt to walk away.
Tan, who is a Singapore permanent resident, chose to remain silent when his defence was called. He could have been jailed for up to 10 years and liable to a fine or to caning.
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</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>5:57 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 4) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>31979.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Apr 20, 2010
Road rage: Six months for breaking man's arm
<!-- by line -->By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Story/STIStory_516556.html
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A MOTORIST who broke the arm of another with a wooden pole in a road rage incident was jailed six months yesterday.
Malaysian Tan Eng Heong, 47, an IT manager here, was convicted of causing grievous hurt to Mr Chua Cheng Hai, 45. He is appealing against the sentence and is currently out on $10,000 bail.
During the 21/2-day hearing, a district court heard how the assault began when Mr Chua, who was driving a Mercedes-Benz van, cut into Tan's lane on Braddell Road on April 17 last year.
Tan, who was driving a Toyota Wish, became furious and overtook Mr Chua from the left.
Both men then tried to cut into each other's lane and that eventually led to a side collision between the vehicles.
When Mr Chua got out to check the damage to his van, Tan took out a wooden pole, placed near the driver's seat, and hit him several times.
Mr Chua, who is left-handed, said he instinctively raised his left hand to ward off the blows.
The victim was struggling with Tan when Tan heard his daughter, who was in the car, scream because he had not applied the brakes and the car was slowly moving forward.
Yesterday, Tan's lawyer Vijay Kumar Rai blamed Mr Chua for sparking off the incident, adding that it could have happened to anyone.
But District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim disagreed and said: 'While that may be so, most of us will exercise some restraint and not use a mop stick to hit the other person.'
The district judge told Tan that he must have had similar encounters during his 20 years of driving and should have learnt to walk away.
Tan, who is a Singapore permanent resident, chose to remain silent when his defence was called. He could have been jailed for up to 10 years and liable to a fine or to caning.
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