Both Steve Chia and James Gomez were convicted of drunk driving slightly before GE 2006. Both were fined slightly less than what could have disqualified them.
James Gomez is a joke, the more I learn about him the more I realize he is a joke and how appropriate that he is now under SDP.
First incident involving him was back in 2001. His team was disqualified from the GRC becoz they FORGOT TO WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF THE GRC THEY WERE CONTESTING IN. WTF!!!!!
2nd incident 2006, the widely publicized incident involving the CCTV. True PAP have overplayed this to the point it pissed off the voters but it didn't change the fact that the idiot put the form back into the envelope and accuse the election committee of misplacing his forms. The issue was only resolve thanks to the CCTV.
Since then he has been working in both Sweden and now base in Australia. The recent article he published shows how much he have loss touch with SG, not that he was ever in touch with the country in the first place. The guy is a freaking joke. Hell he even join a joke of an opposition party just to punctuate that fact