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SINGAPORE: A man who posted a video of himself driving a Porsche<\/a> with his two sons sitting on the boot was fined and banned from driving on Wednesday (Jul 29).<\/p>\n Prem Anan Sugunakumar, a 40-year-old Singaporean, said he did so because he thought it would be an “enjoyable experience” for his sons, then aged eight and seven.<\/p>\n He was fined S$5,000 (US$3,870) and banned from driving for six months after pleading guilty to a charge of a rash act endangering personal safety.<\/p>\n The court heard that Prem knew his act would endanger his children.<\/p>\n On the morning of Oct 20, 2025, he decided to spend time with his sons.<\/p>\n He drove his car to Dairy Farm Lane, a two-lane road in Bukit Panjang, and led the boys to the vehicle from their home nearby.<\/p>\n He lifted the boys and placed them on the boot of the vehicle, facing the road behind.<\/p>\n He then drove at a moderate speed down the lane towards Dairy Farm Heights with the boys on top of the boot.<\/p>\n His wife filmed the incident and he posted it later on TikTok.<\/p>\n At the time, another driver going in the opposite direction saw what happened and made a police report that same day.<\/p>\n The prosecution read out a list of more than 15 traffic violations that Prem had committed between 2004 and 2020, including speeding, inconsiderate driving and unauthorised parking.<\/p>\n It sought the maximum fine of S$5,000 for Prem, along with six months’ disqualification from driving.<\/p>\n The prosecutor said it was purely fortuitous that the children did not sustain any injuries, adding that they were vulnerable due to their age.<\/p>\n As their father, he should be expected to prioritise or at least look out for their safety. Instead, he deliberately put them in a position of danger.<\/p>\n Defence lawyer James Gomez Jovian Messiah asked for a fine of S$3,500 to S$4,000 and a four- to six-months disqualification from driving instead.<\/p>\n He said that he did not seek to minimise the seriousness of the offence, and that his client bore a clear responsibility to protect his sons as their father and the driver.<\/p>\n He added that his client had pleaded guilty early, shown remorse and has a “positive character”.<\/p>\n The maximum fine is not warranted, Mr Gomez argued. He said Prem shares a very close bond with his sons, making time for them despite the demands of operating his businesses.<\/p>\n He attends their school events, takes them to and from school and supports their co-curricular activities, Mr Gomez said.<\/p>\n He added that Prem’s involvement with his sons is not confined to just financial support, but that he is a “constant source” of emotional support, guidance and stability.<\/p>\n Mr Gomez also listed Prem’s charitable contributions such as helping in a food distribution drive and taking part in initiatives for children and seniors.<\/p>\n In sentencing, Deputy Principal District Judge Kessler Soh said he had looked at Prem’s driving record and was quite concerned that he did not seem to have regard for traffic laws.<\/p>\n In response, Prem said that he had reflected on this and added that he had a clean record for the past six years.<\/p>\n Judge Soh told him that this offence was extremely serious, but said he was prepared to accept the submissions from both sides that jail was not warranted.<\/p>\n He reminded the father not to do anything so rash again in future.<\/p>\n For a rash act endangering the safety of others, Prem could have been jailed for up to six months or fined up to S$2,500, or both.<\/p>\n As the offence was against children below the age of 14, the maximum penalties were doubled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE: A man who posted a video of himself driving a Porsche with his two sons sitting on the boot was fined and banned from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}MULTIPLE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS<\/h2>\n
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