{"id":9636,"date":"2025-11-07T14:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9636"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:30:32","slug":"jail-fine-for-repeat-drink-driving-lawyer-who-got-into-accident-and-lied-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9636","title":{"rendered":"Jail, fine for repeat drink driving lawyer who got into accident and lied to police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE &#8211; <!-- -->A lawyer who was convicted of drink driving in 2006 did not learn his lesson and went on to commit a similar offence in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">After a drinking session, Steven John Lam Kuet Keng, 56, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/lawyer-charged-after-he-allegedly-hit-railings-while-drink-driving-and-lied-to-police-about-incident?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">drove along <\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/lawyer-charged-after-he-allegedly-hit-railings-while-drink-driving-and-lied-to-police-about-incident?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Bukit Panjang Road<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/lawyer-charged-after-he-allegedly-hit-railings-while-drink-driving-and-lied-to-police-about-incident?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\"> when he lost control of the vehicle and<\/p>\n<p><\/a> it struck some railings shortly before 12.30am on April 7, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lam lied to the police later that morning, claiming that somebody else was driving the vehicle at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Nov 7, the co-founder and director of Templars Law was sentenced to eight weeks\u2019 jail and fined $18,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He was also disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for a period of six years from his release date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Singaporean had pleaded guilty to multiple charges including drink driving, and two counts of giving false information to a public servant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Defence lawyer Ramesh Tiwary told the court on Nov 7 that Lam is remorseful and had acted out of character that day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He also said that no one was injured in the accident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" 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