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SinkieAMDL :
Someone please explain the jail term difference to me
Case #1: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/driver-beat-red-light-kill-teen-accident-3996741
SINGAPORE: A man who ran a red light at Punggol and collided with a teenager crossing the road, causing his death, was sentenced to two years' jail and banned from driving for 10 years on Monday (Dec 18).
Mr Ng argued that Firhan had cooperated with authorities throughout investigations and pleaded guilty early, also showing "genuine remorse".
The accused also had a clean driving record, said the lawyer.
Case #2: https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...or-lorry-driver-who-hit-and-killed-a-woman-79
SINGAPORE – A lorry driver with a history of errant driving hit a 79-year-old woman who was walking across a zebra crossing in Marine Parade.
Ms Bernadette Mah Sui Har died from a head injury on the same day in February.
On Dec 20, the driver, Indian national Sivalingam Suresh, 40, was sentenced to 10 months’ jail after pleading guilty to one charge of driving without due care and attention causing death.
He cited Sivalingam’s history of driving offences, which included inconsiderate driving and failure to conform to a red light.
“It depends on me to support my family by driving in Singapore. I’m very reliant on this job, Your Honour,” he said.
These two cases concluded within two days apart.
Why the one sinkie with clean driving record kena two years jail, but the foreign talent with history of driving offences kena less than half of that? I actually pity that sinkie a bit. I ever kena before also look at the wrong traffic light (looked at the one ahead vs the one directly in front of me), because some junctions really damn jialat can have two traffic lights one after the other and when the road is busy sometimes really can have lapse of judgement. Whereas zebra crossing... come on la.
Then somemore the sinkie actually seem genuinely remorseful... whereas this other joker go on whole yaya papaya how his job and family and etc super important. This one seem is remorseful that he kena charged, not for what he did.
So what am I missing here? Or is it the obvious thing which cannot say one?