Sheik Ferdous Sheik Alau’ddin, who won gold for Singapore at the 2018 World Pencak Silat Championship, was fined $8,000 and disqualified from driving for 48 months for
An instant breathalyser test was conducted on him, and he failed the test. He was then arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to the Traffic Police Headquarters for a breath evidential analyser test.
The second test revealed that the proportion of alcohol in his breath was 93 micrograms of alcohol in every 100ml of breath, about 2.65 times the prescribed limit of 35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath. Investigations found that Sheik Ferdous had consumed around three cans of beer at a park in Bukit Pasoh at 11.45pm the night before. He had his last drink at around 1.30am and then attempted to drive to his home in Paris Ris.
First-time offenders convicted of drink driving can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to $10,000.
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