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Rui En fined $700 for careless driving, avoids disqualification

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Rui En leaving the State Courts after her hearing on Friday morning. The popular actress was slapped with a $700 fine for her traffic offence. (Photo: Safhras Khan/Yahoo Singapore)

Television actress Rui En was fined S$700 on Friday 1 July after pleading guilty to one count of careless driving.

Appearing before District Judge Carol Ling, Rui En kept her head bowed while the single charge of driving without due care and attention was read to her in English.

She arrived at the State Courts at around 9.20am, accompanied by two other women. In court, the actress sat quietly in the last row of the public gallery and avoided looking at the people around her.

When asked by DJ Ling for her mitigation, Rui En said she had nothing to say to the single charge.

Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP), Shahla Iqbal had requested for the judge to impose a fine of between $600 and $800, and disqualify the Hype Records artist from driving for a period between three to four months.

DJ Ling however decided not to impose the disqualification, saying no one was injured during the accident.

She also added that Rui En was not driving under the influence of alcohol and instead imposed the $700 fine.


‘I hope to improve’

Speaking to the media after her court session, Rui En said she will exercise more caution in the future and ensure that such an incident will not happen again.

“To all the people I have caused problems or inconvenience due to this mistake, such as my company, my friends and families, I can just say that I am very very sorry.

"Moving on I really hope to improve and I hope to come back better, stronger and to give you guys a new Rui En,” she said.

Rui En had on 12 April this year knocked over a parked motorcycle in a carpark in Clementi Ave 2 with her BMW at around 4.16 pm.

The owner of the motorcycle, Bahrom Sarmiten, 52, claimed the actress said, “Do you know who I am?” when he confronted her over the incident. The actress later clarified that this was a misunderstanding, and that she should have handled the issue with “more tact”.

She also apologised for the incident during the Star Awards on 18 April.

For driving without due care and attention, Rui En could have been jailed for up to six months and/or fined up to $1,000.