Cabby fined for drink-driving and swearing at police officer
By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 15 November 2012 2157 hrs
SINGAPORE: A taxi driver was fined S$5,000 and disqualified from driving for a year for drink-driving and hurling vulgarities at a police officer.
The court heard Thursday that Chia Whay Kiat, aged 58, also spat in the direction of the police officer.
The offences took place in September this year.
At around 4am that day, Chia was stopped at a police roadblock along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3.
As he smelt strongly of alcohol, a breathlyser test was conducted on him. His blood alcohol level was found to be 48 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, which exceeded the prescribed limit of 35 microgrammes.
When Chia was informed by the police officer that he would be placed under arrest for drink-driving, he pleaded with the officer to let him go. When the officer refused, Chia used a mixture of Hokkien and English vulgarities on him.
It was then that Chia also spat in the officer's direction.
For the drink-driving offence, Chia could have been jailed up to six months in addition to the fine.
For using vulgarities and spitting in the direction of the police officer, he could have been jailed and fined.
