Doctor charged with harassment, rash act
JurongHealth Campus' head of ophthalmology allegedly caused alarm to another motorist
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Lennard Harold Thean See Yin, 55, is a senior consultant at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Medical Centre.
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A doctor who is the head of ophthalmology in JurongHealth Campus is facing two charges in court, including one for allegedly committing a rash act.
Lennard Harold Thean See Yin, 55, who is a senior consultant at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) and Jurong Medical Centre, is also accused of one count of harassment.
According to court documents, he was driving his car along Queen Astrid Park near Holland Road at 8.37pm on March 18 when he allegedly caused alarm to another motorist, Mr Martin Lu Junwei, by continuously sounding the horn and following the latter's car.
Two minutes later, Thean allegedly threw a glass bottle at Mr Lu's vehicle and it landed on the rear left tail light.
He appeared in court on Wednesday and his bail has been set at $5,000.
Ophthalmology is the field of medicine that deals with eye-related diseases.
The JurongHealth Campus website states that Thean was the clinical director of ophthalmology at the National University Hospital from 2002. He joined JurongHealth Campus 12 years later.
At the campus, he chairs the medical device committee and is also a member of the operating theatre committee there.
The website also states that at the national level, Thean is part of the Ministry of Health's workgroup to review the evaluation and financing of screening and treatment modalities.
He is also part of the ministry's health technology advisory committee.
Besides these, he has published in international journals on ophthalmology and was a clinician scientist for the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
He will be back in court on Aug 14.
In a statement yesterday, NTFGH said it is aware that Thean is facing two charges in court.
Its spokesman added: "We will await the judgment by the court before we decide on the necessary internal action in accordance with our staff policy."
If convicted of committing a rash act, he can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to $2,500.
Offenders convicted of harassment can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to $5,000.
