The Maserati driver who was in a hit-and-run accident involving a traffic police officer has been slapped with 15 additional charges.

34-year-old Lee Cheng Yan now faces a total of 23 charges, including a charge for causing grievous hurt when he hit Staff Sergeant Khairulanwar Kahar when driving his car on Nov 17.

These new charges, mainly consisting of traffic offences, mark the fourth set of charges that have been brought against him.

According to The Straits Times, before he allegedly committed the traffic offences, he had been banned from holding or obtaining a driving licence for nine months, from July 4 to April 3 next year.

Court documents did not state what this disqualification was for.

Three of the additional 15 charges were for driving while under the period of disqualification.

Despite the ban, he purportedly drove a car on three separate occasions to Kaki Bukit Road 2 and Potong Pasir Avenue 3 between Nov 9 and 16. He is said to have done so without insurance.

Nine other charges that he faced included failing to stop and render assistance, after hitting Staff Sergeant Khairulanwar Kahar along Bedok Reservoir Road.

He is also accused of perverting the course of justice on Nov 17. After hitting the traffic police officer, he had allegedly abandoned the Maserati in Willow Avenue near Upper Aljunied ​ Road.

He is also said to have thrown away a white T-shirt that he was wearing in order to hamper police investigations.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Quek Jing Feng told the court on Thursday that investigations into Lee – involving the Criminal Investigation Department and the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau – are ongoing.

DPP Quek also stated, “The current charges are not the full set.”

Some of Lee’s earlier charges include sending three threatening text messages to two men between May and July.

In July, he was also fined $13,500 for installing an illegal modification on his Maserati.

On July 6, Lee had allegedly duped an employee of a car rental company into believing that he had a valid Class 3 driving licence. As a result, the employee is said to have rented him a car – not the Maserati – for 29 days.

On Aug 4, Lee purportedly drove the rented car in Shaw Road, near Upper Paya Lebar, while he was banned from holding or obtaining a driving licence.

He was also involved in a road accident at Orchard Road in 2016 which resulted in a motorcyclist being injured.

Lee was previously out on bail of $20,000 but it has since been raised to $35,000 as the number of charges brought against him has gone up.

He is scheduled to be back in court on Jan 25 next year.

SINGAPORE – Current and former employees of SMRT were charged in court on Friday of duping the transit operator into awarding millions of dollars of contracts to companies in which they had a financial interest.

The charges come after a string of mishaps on the transit system – including a collision last month that injured several people – that has led to public anger in a city-state long known for its efficient public services.

A current line manager at SMRT Trains Ltd, two former employees and a director of a Singapore construction company were charged with “cheating offences” that allegedly took place during 2007 to 2012 and involved contracts amounting to nearly S$9.8 million, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said in a statement.

Under Singapore law, cheating is punishable with up to 10 years in jail and fines.

One of the accused absconded to Malaysia in 2013 and was brought back to face charges in Singapore with the help of Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission, CPIB said.

SMRT Trains Ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of SMRT Corp Ltd. SMRT Corp is fully controlled by state investor Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd.

SMRT Corp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A Singaporean woman died in a traffic accident on Thursday (Dec 21) while touring South Africa with her sister.

The victim, Ms Koh Yuan Ling, 33, was killed while her sister, Ms Koh Yuan Jie is believed to have been injured, and conveyed to a local hospital for treatment.

According to The Straits Times, the Singapore High Commission in Pretoria is assisting the victims’ family members who have flown to South Africa.

Preliminary findings indicate that the two sisters were travelling on a rented vehicle, and the deceased had been the one driving.

During the time of the incident, the vehicle had struck a boundary fence, killing the elder sister and injuring her younger sibling.

Reporters visited the home of the two and spoke to a neighbour, Ms Wu, who told them that she had gotten news of the sisters being involved in an accident overseas.

On finding out that one of them had died, she sent her condolences, saying:

“The two girls were always polite and would greet us when they see us.”

She also told Lianhe Wanbao the two sisters often travel abroad, and they have an older brother.

The family of five stayed in the same flat and often travel overseas together.

Another neighbour, Ms Yan, divulged that Ms Koh Yuan Jie’s injuries were quite serious, and she would require a wheelchair.

However, her conditions have reportedly stabilised and she is predicted to be returning to Singapore on Tuesday (Jan 2, 2018).

A neighbour who did not wish reveal his name said that the deceased had just gotten her licence a year back, and was a relatively new driver.

This comes after another Singaporean family of four were involved in an accident at Arizona, leaving three dead and one injured.