Drunk driver who caused cyclist's death gets jail
Published on Jun 28, 2013
A salesman who was originally fined a total of $12,500 and banned from driving for causing death and drink driving will now have to go to jail. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN
By Elena Chong
A salesman who was originally fined a total of $12,500 and banned from driving for causing death and drink driving will now have to go to jail.
Justice Chan Seng Onn allowed the prosecution's appeal on Friday and imposed a four-month jail sentence on Wong Yew Foo, 39.
Wong was also banned from driving for six years - up by two years.
He had pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mr Sin San Wah, 67, through his negligence along Jalan Bukit Merah at about 9.30pm on April 4 last year as well as drink driving.
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