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ST did not reveal the nationality or photo of the offender. Name tells me he is a PRC.

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Dec 21, 2009

Chef admits hit-and-run

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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A HIT-AND-RUN driver who had no licence to drive had been drinking with his friends at three locations before hurtling down Little India where he caused the death of a pedestrian. About three weeks before the June 20 accident, Chen Dewan, 24, a chef, had made a false report that he had lost his driving licence. Then on June 5, he deceived a sales executive at S&L Car Rental in Hillview Avenue into believing that his cheque of $3,200 to pay for the rental of a Toyota Corolla Altis car would be honoured. The $43,000 car was released to him after Chen showed the staff a police report that he had lost his driving licence. But the cheque was dishonoured. Chen then made several promises to pay for the car rental in cash but failed to turn up. On June 19, he went pub-hopping with three friends and left Siam Bangkok Thai Disco at around 6am. Chen was speeding along Serangoon Road at 90 to 100kmh when he hit 56-year-old Asotharman Kunopuram Velayuthan Bhanu while overtaking a lorry. He fled the scene, abandoned the car at Boon Keng Road and surrendered to the police 45 hours later. On Monday, he pleaded guilty to eight of 10 charges. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ang Feng Qian asked the court to impose corrective training or alternatively, a stiff jail sentence. District Judge Lee Poh Choo called for pre-sentence and corrective training reports on Jan 11.

 

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Fatal accident: Fined $6,500

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Dec 21, 2009

Fatal accident: Fined $6,500

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She admitted to causing the death of Mr Muhammad Anis Kamsani, 26, through her negligence inside the carpark of Block 221 Yishun Street 21 on Dec 6 last year. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

A WOMAN motorist who caused the death of a stall assistant and injured his fiancee at a Yishun carpark last year was fined a total of $6,500 on Monday. Food and beverage senior captain Goh Mui Peng, 49, was also banned from driving for five years by District Judge Lee Poh Choo. She admitted to causing the death of Mr Muhammad Anis Kamsani, 26, through her negligence inside the carpark of Block 221 Yishun Street 21 on Dec 6 last year. She also caused hurt to assistant nurse Nurliah Sulaiman, 23, by a negligent act which endangers life by failing to have proper control of the car. She had stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the car to reverse over a road kerb and down the slope behind the parking lot, hitting the couple seated on a metal bench. The court heard that she had successfully parked her car within a lot after a second attempt, but she had not engaged the hand brake of her car after stopping. Mr Anis died on the spot while his fiancee was warded for a day for injuries to her left upper eyelid and limbs.