Patrick Ong Choon Hua, 52-years-old, pleaded guilty on 24 June to one count of performing a rash act and was sentenced to 2 weeks jail.
He had intentionally pointed a laser beam from a laser pointer at other motorists on the expressway because he wanted them to give way to his car.
Another charge was taken into consideration during sentencing.
What happened?
on 2 September 2020, Ong was driving behind the victim on the KPE towards MCE at around 5pm.
He flashed his car’s high beam and turned on the hazard light to signal to the victim, Mr Lim, to change lanes because he felt the victim was driving too slow.
Lim was unable to change lanes because there were other vehicles to his left at the time.
Ong then took out a laser pointer and shone it at Lim’s rear view mirror.
The victim felt irritation in his eyes and couldn’t focus on the road ahead briefly.
Ong shone the laser for about 13 seconds.
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