$4k fine for doctor who drove car after drinking beer, tried to swop seats when he saw roadblock

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In an attempt to evade arrest, a doctor who drove a car after drinking beer tried to change seats with his passenger when he spotted a police roadblock. The passenger refused to do so and Nah Kwang Meng, who practises at Dr Nah & Lee Family Clinic in Woodlands,...

Nah Kwang Meng had dinner and consumed around three to four glasses of beer before going behind the wheel on July 14, 2022.In an attempt to evade arrest, a doctor who drove a car after drinking beer tried to change seats with his passenger when he spotted a police roadblock.

Even though he had not been drink driving, Nah, 41, was fined $4,000 on Friday after he pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to perform an act that could pervert the course of justice. The APP said: “The accused requested his front-seat passenger to swop seats with him, so that he would not be presented as the driver of the vehicle at the roadblock.

He was arrested after he failed the breathalyser test. Another test was conducted and the amount of alcohol in his breath was later found to be below the prescribed legal limit.

 

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