Jail for recalcitrant offender caught drink driving on 3 occasions, hitting 7 cars once

SINGAPORE – An errant motorist with a long history of traffic offences, including speeding, had his driving licence suspended after he drove a car while intoxicated and collided into seven parked cars in 2022.

Despite this incident, Ang Poi Keng, who turns 51 on Feb 14, drove on two other occasions after drinking alcohol.

In February 2024, he drove a car after consuming alcohol and collided with another vehicle.

When Ang was caught drink driving again in July 2025, he handed a police officer another man’s driving licence in a bid to avoid criminal liability.

On Feb 12, he was sentenced to five months and eight weeks’ jail and fined $4,000.

He was also disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for four years from his release date.

He had pleaded guilty to nine charges, including three counts of drink driving and one count of performing an act that could pervert the course of justice.

Without revealing details, Deputy Public Prosecutor Cheah Wenjie told the court that Ang had earlier caused an accident while driving in an inconsiderate manner in 2006 and was fined $800.

Following this first conviction, he went on to commit another 20 traffic offences, including eight counts of speeding, till March 2022.

For his current cases, the DPP said Ang was at a wedding dinner when he drank alcoholic beverages, including around five glasses of whiskey, between 8pm and 10.30pm on July 8, 2022.

A friend later gave him a lift to a Sembawang Road carpark where he had parked his own car.

An intoxicated Ang was later driving his car at a multistory carpark in nearby Canberra Street when he failed to maintain proper control of the vehicle.

It struck seven parked cars and caused damage amounting to more than $16,000.

Instead of taking steps to inform the owners of the damaged cars, Ang drove away. An eyewitness then alerted the police.

Officers later saw Ang’s car at a traffic junction in the same neighbourhood. It was stationary despite the traffic lights turning green in its favour.

The officers approached the vehicle and found Ang asleep in the driver’s seat reeking of alcohol.

After they woke him up, he admitted he had consumed alcohol earlier.

Ang was arrested on the spot and later found to have 48 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The prescribed limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol in the same amount of breath.

He has since made full restitution to the owners of the damaged vehicles.

He was released on bail and his driving licence was suspended in February 2023.

Despite this, he committed drink driving again the following year.

According to court documents, Ang went behind the wheel of a car at around 1am on Feb 11, 2024, after drinking alcohol at a Yishun coffee shop.

He failed to keep a proper lookout while exiting a carpark and hit the rear of a parked car.

An unnamed person alerted the police. After officers arrived, they noticed that Ang reeked of alcohol.

He was arrested for a second time and found to have 39 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath about two hours later.

Ang was later released on bail and has since made full restitution of $1,200 to the owner of the damaged car.

On the evening of July 4, 2024, he joined his friends and colleagues for a drinking session at a Sembawang Road coffee shop.

At around 1am the next day, Ang was driving a car in Sembawang Road when he was caught for drink driving a third time after two police officers stopped and gave him a breathalyser test.

He theh presented another man’s driving licence to the officers, identifying himself as “Mr Tan”.

Ang, who went on to fail more breathalyser tests, was arrested and taken to Traffic Police Headquarters in Ubi Avenue 3.

About two hours later, he was found to have 40 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Ang later revealed his true identity, the court heard.

DPP Cheah said: “The accused had (earlier found Mr Tan’s) driving licence near his workplace in Sembawang Road before July 4, 2025, and had dishonestly misappropriated it. (Mr Tan) was, in fact, the accused’s ex-colleague.”

Ang was again released on bail, but it was revoked in November 2025. He has been in remand since.