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A private chef was charged on Friday for negligent driving, causing the death of a motorcyclist and endangering the life of passenger of another car in 2009. Melvyn Lee Shang Bin, 26, was sentenced to a month in jail for the first two charges, and fined $2,500 for the third charge, reported The Straits Times. Lee, who used to be part of the cooking duo The Funky Chefs, was also disqualified from driving for five years. The district court heard that Lee was driving his father's orange Nissan Murano along East Coast Parkway on Oct 18, 2009. He sideswiped a white car in the lane as he veered left, injuring Tan Sien Keam who was sitting in the front-seat. The impact caused his car to move onto the other side of the expressway hitting motorcyclist Muhammad Farhan Kassim, 26, and resulted in his death. Lee claimed that the white Toyota had veered into his path causing the accident. However, witnesses say that the Toyota was travelling at about 90kmh, before his car sped past and collided with it. Lee has had a bad driving record of careless driving and drink-driving. Deputy Public Prosecutor Yang Ziliang said that the latest offence occured barely four months after the chef regained his driving licence. According to The Straits Times, Lee is appealing against both his sentence and conviction. Source: http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNew...511-345465.html