Man jailed and banned for causing biker's death, enlisting false witness

[Maxima]

Man jailed and banned for causing biker's death, enlisting false witness

Published on Dec 13, 2012

Sivabalan Suppiah who caused the death of a motorcyclist by driving dangerously and got a friend's younger brother to be a false witness was jailed for 30 months on Thursday. --ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Elena Chong

A man who caused the death of a motorcyclist by driving dangerously and got a friend's younger brother to be a false witness was jailed for 30 months on Thursday.

Sivabalan Suppiah, 35, a self-employed man in the cleaning business, will be banned from driving for 12 years after his release from prison.

The divorcee with a young son had pleaded guilty to two charges - causing the death of despatch rider Jalal Abdul Rahman, 51, through dangerous driving along Upper Aljunied Road on March 7, 2010, and intentionally perverting the course of justice.

A district court heard that he was negotiating a left bend at a fast speed of 91kmh when he lost control of his car and caused it to swerve to the right.

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[Hudson]

Moral of the story - drive safely.

Those few minutes of savings is not worth. Now he has to squat in jail for 30 months and ended up banned from driving for 12 years after his release from prison.

What is the trade off?

 

[tualingong]

he can always get.an ah mat to drive for him.

can you drive faster or not?