Elite fined $2.5K for drink driving

[Apollo]

Senior civil servant fined for drink driving

By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 12 July 2007 1729 hrs

 

SINGAPORE: A senior civil servant in the Ministry of Trade and Industry has been convicted for drink driving.

 

Deputy Secretary Goh Chye Boon was fined $2,500 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for 18 months.

 

He pleaded guilty to committing the offence at 2.58am on 14 May this year.

 

Police had stopped his car at Bukit Timah Road and Goh was found to have had alcohol in his body that exceeded the prescribed limit.

 

In mitigation, Goh's lawyer said his client was not given to drinking.

 

He had joined some friends for drinks to celebrate a successful end to some difficult negotiations he was leading. But he had one too many.

 

Goh was much in the forefront last year when he chaired the organising committee of the IMF-World Bank meetings held in Singapore.

 

Asked if any action would be taken against Goh, a spokesman for the Public Service Division said the PSD will review the case and decide on the appropriate action to be taken. - CNA/ir

[Nolicense]

won't expect anything

[Tarzan666]

similan siah......confirm will b given "warning" onli..

[Ccssgm]

This Few Day alot of Driver......Drink After Drive....Kanna Caught....

[Boyboy]

big furry deal...

 

they shd make jail term compulsory. 2.5k is really tuppence for person earning that much. in fact, for anyone who can afford to drink and get behind a steering wheel

[Zcold]

but his career advancement i tink will be quite jialat le

... muz hern-ta-ka-ki liao!

[Ldawn88]

a step below Permanent Secretary... must be dealt with jia lat jia lat...not that he is not allowed to drink, but must be responsible, drink dont drive.

 

 

Senior civil servant fined for drink driving

By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 12 July 2007 1729 hrs

 

SINGAPORE: A senior civil servant in the Ministry of Trade and Industry has been convicted for drink driving.

 

Deputy Secretary Goh Chye Boon was fined $2,500 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for 18 months.

 

He pleaded guilty to committing the offence at 2.58am on 14 May this year.

 

Police had stopped his car at Bukit Timah Road and Goh was found to have had alcohol in his body that exceeded the prescribed limit.

 

In mitigation, Goh's lawyer said his client was not given to drinking.

 

He had joined some friends for drinks to celebrate a successful end to some difficult negotiations he was leading. But he had one too many.

 

Goh was much in the forefront last year when he chaired the organising committee of the IMF-World Bank meetings held in Singapore.

 

Asked if any action would be taken against Goh, a spokesman for the Public Service Division said the PSD will review the case and decide on the appropriate action to be taken. - CNA/ir

[Ldawn88]

if it goes on media, most likely his career advancement will be affected. if you are a scholar, as long as you do not screw up, your path will more or less be there. so you know how the reverse goes. too bad his case is not like in entertainment, like Li Ming Shun, where such case raise his popularity instead.

[Falc]

$2.5K only ... pui .... probably like only 2 days of wage for him.

[Tanzy]

Do you have a class problem?

[Apollo]

do u hv a drinking problem?

[Chimp]

I think the fine should be pegged to the car the person was driving when the offense takes place. e.g. 50% of the new car value. That will be a good deterrent.

[Vit4wd]

I hope the offender gets to keep his job. There shd be a clear differentiation between his personal & private life and his public life (work).

[Zyrofillica]

18 month ban is already quite a long ban sia. elite or no elite i think he should have learnt his lesson unless he another paris hilton la, drive without license!

[Mubarakrashid]

this chap is a high flyer...minister potential..

before Deputy Sec at MTI, he was :

 

ex Executive Director of MAS..

ex Director at MOF..

ex Head, Feedback Unit..

named one of the people to watch out for by the media..

 

to top it all, he is only in his 30s..

[Headshok]

haha

 

18 months ah.

 

hire ah mat to drive him around lor..

 

sit back kiao ka..

[Romanc88x]

From this case, all the TP messages on don't drink and drive were blatantly ignored....there's no excuses for drink that is one too many and endangering other people's lives.

[Apollo]

aiya, driving offence niah no criminal offence mah. of cos he will lose the 5% discount for good driving by TP.