LTA officer and Uber driver charged with fighting at taxi stand in Bugis Junction

[shiokalingam]

LTA officer and Uber driver charged with fighting at taxi stand in Bugis Junction

LTA officer Tan Hock Guan (left) and Uber driver Goh Kok Ling. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW


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Elena Chong
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SINGAPORE - A Land Transport Authority enforcement officer and a Uber driver were charged in court on Friday (April 15) with fighting with one another and another charge under the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA).

LTA officer Tan Hock Guan, 51, indicated that he wished to plead guilty while driver Goh Kok Ling, 60, said he would plead guilty to the first and claim trial to the POHA offence.

Tan is accused of fighting with Goh at the Bugis Junction taxi stand at about 7.15pm on Nov 27 last year.

He is also said to have abused Goh in Hokkien with intent to cause distress to Goh.

Goh is charged with fighting with Tan as well as abusing him with a similar Hokkien vulgarity.

Tan's case is fixed for mention on April 29 for him to plead guilty.

Goh said he intends to engage a pro bono lawyer. His case is scheduled for a pre-trial conference on May 9.

Bail of $5,000 each has been extended.

A video showing an altercation between the two was posted online and went viral in a matter of hours.

The maximum penalty for affray is a year's jail and a $5,000 fine.

If convicted of the second charge, they could be fined up to $5,000 and jailed for up to 12 months each.

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[Narong Wongwan]

The LTA guy was my primary school schoolmate!
Unfair to charge the uber driver.....he was provoked first.

 

[xebay11]

The LTA guy was my primary school schoolmate!
Unfair to charge the uber driver.....he was provoked first.

Wah lau what school did you go to?

 

[shiokalingam]

Land Transport Authority (LTA) Not mentioned in Charge Sheet ?


if road users , passengers and all drivers are properly educated by LTA


this incident would not have happened

 

[rocket]

The LTA guy was my primary school schoolmate!
Unfair to charge the uber driver.....he was provoked first.

U must have been bullied by your primary school mate.
U must have been well disliked by everyone even till now

 

[GoldenDragon]

The LTA guy was my primary school schoolmate!
Unfair to charge the uber driver.....he was provoked first.

agree. uber driver was my classmate in pri 1! i am 60.

 

[gingerlyn]

The LTA guy was my primary school schoolmate!
Unfair to charge the uber driver.....he was provoked first.

can u please call him and csi him? agak agak ask if he is PAP supporter and ask him to seek PAP help

 

[Debonerman]

agree. uber driver was my classmate in pri 1! i am 60.

60? Nooooo! Where's stompiss's avatar?

 

[GoldenDragon]

60? Nooooo! Where's stompiss's avatar?

that bugger 53.

 

[Debonerman]

Let's put things in perspective. Both these guys lost their jobs and gotten themselves in trouble with the law because LTA under Khaw Boon Wan the devoted Buddhist were hiding under the table and not doing their job because they feared repercussions coming from Rochalie Drive.

 

[452SAR]

Deep inside my heart, yours truly is very grateful to Mr Goh for retaliating towards the arrogant LTA guy.

Yours truly have his fair share of unhappy past encounters with arrogant traffic enforcement officers. None of them are humble beings because of the authority that they weld. There was once, a jealous ah beng enforcement officer stopped yours truly for overtaking him and the first thing that he said was, "2-litres or 3-litres!" refering to yours truly's rarer car.

Thanks to braver souls like Mr Goh, yours truly hopes that our society will be more amicable and these officers will think twice before abusing their authorities and treat others with more respect.

 

[toothpick]

Deep inside my heart, yours truly is very grateful to Mr Goh for retaliating towards the arrogant LTA guy.

Yours truly have his fair share of unhappy past encounters with arrogant traffic enforcement officers. None of them are humble beings because of the authority that they weld. There was once, a jealous ah beng enforcement officer stopped yours truly for overtaking him and the first thing that he said was, "2-litres or 3-litres!" refering to yours truly's rarer car.

Thanks to braver souls like Mr Goh, yours truly hopes that our society will be more amicable and these officers will think twice before abusing their authorities and treat others with more respect.

Dream on !!!!!

 

[xebay11]

Let's put things in perspective. Both these guys lost their jobs and gotten themselves in trouble with the law because LTA under Khaw Boon Wan the devoted Buddhist were hiding under the table and not doing their job because they feared repercussions coming from Rochalie Drive.

Uber driver can lose job?

 

[winners]

If for me, I'll use my arm to lock onto the neck of the LTA bastard and then use my 2 fingers to poke hard into his 2 eyes to make him go blind forever. He won't need to work for LTA ever again.

 

[Semaj2357]

If for me, I'll use my arm to lock onto the neck of the LTA bastard and then use my 2 fingers to poke hard into his 2 eyes to make him go blind forever. He won't need to work for LTA ever again.

force him to wank 10 times daily, and you'll achieve the same result :p

 

[jw5]

force him to wank 10 times daily, and you'll achieve the same result :p

You would still have to use your arm to lock onto his neck and your 2 fingers to poke hard into his eyes.

 

[tonychat]

What is the nationality of the LTA loser?

 

[virus]

when it comes to claiming credits, milestones n defending their staff in fights, they have no shame to do this ballantly.

when they killed 2 of their own in reckless action, they were quick to distance themselves.

 

[Semaj2357]

You would still have to use your arm to lock onto his neck and your 2 fingers to poke hard into his eyes.

no need too much physical force for him, just a photo of amy yip will do it for him

 

[jw5]

no need too much physical force for him, just a photo of amy yip will do it for him

If you mean the photo from 20 years ago, then maybe.