Nicholas Tse banned for 6 months for careless driving
( 2003-11-27 10:11) (Shenzhen Daily)
Hong Kong Canto-pop star
Nicholas Tse was fined and banned from driving for six months Monday after
pleading guilty to a charge of careless driving that caused a spectacular crash
last year.
Tse pleaded guilty in the court. He lost his license for six months and was
fined HK$4,000 (US$513).
The 21-year-old singer was charged after his car struck the back of a another
vehicle on a highway in outlying Lantau island last June, leaving the singer’s
blue Audi estate in a twisted mess. Tse and two other people were hurt in the
crash.
It was the latest in a series of high-profile incidents involving the
colorful Tse.
Tse and policeman Lau Chi-wai, 28, were found guilty last year of allowing
Tse’s former chauffeur to falsely present himself as the driver of Tse’s black
Ferrari F360 Modena when it crashed in Hong Kong in March.
Lau was given a six-month jail term while Tse was sentenced to 240 hours
community service, which some observers believed to be too lenient.
In November, Tse was fined HK$7,000 (US$897) and had his driving license
suspended for a year after he pleaded guilty to two separate charges of
speeding.
Tse, one of Asia’s hottest stars, was ranked this year as Hong Kong’s top
male idol.
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