61-year-old Neo Hong Chye, who was seen in a viral video earlier this year trying to run over a 62-year-old security guard outside the Red Swastika School, pleaded guilty on 19 October to causing hurt by performing a rash act, as well as another count of driving his car without insurance coverage.
He was sentenced to 8 weeks imprisonment and fined $600, as well as being disqualified from holding all classes of driving licenses for 12 months.
His 28-year-old son, Glynn Neo Jia, was also previously charged in May with one count of altering the Bentley’s license plate number and letting his father drive it without insurance coverage.
Singapore Police’s statement on 10 May
The Police and LTA will be charging two men, the 61-year-old car driver and a 28-year-old car owner, for their suspected involvement in an incident which occurred at Red Swastika School on 11 January 2022.
On 11 January 2022 at about 11.40am, the Police received a report on a case involving a car driver who was allegedly endangering the safety of a security guard at the school. On the same day, at about 3.35pm, the Police arrested the car driver for rash act causing hurt. Subsequent investigations by Police and LTA revealed that the vehicle’s number plate was purportedly altered, and the driver had driven the vehicle without insurance coverage.
The driver will be charged in court with the offence of rash act causing hurt, and for driving a vehicle without insurance coverage on 11 May 2022.
The owner of the vehicle involved, who is the driver’s son, will also be charged in court on 11 May 2022 with the offence of altering the licence plate number and permitting another individual to use a vehicle without insurance coverage.