Famous plastic surgeon fined for lying to police

By CARSIFU | 14 June 2012
SINGAPORE: Well-known plastic surgeon Woffles Wu Tze Liang was fined S$1,000 (RM2,400) for getting an elderly employee to take the rap for him for two speeding offences.



Wu, 52, pleaded guilty in a district court to abetting Kuan Yit Wah to provide misleading information to the police in November 2006.



The other offence committed on Sept 11, 2005, was taken into consideration by the judge when passing sentence.






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That year, Wu got Kuan, then 76, to tell police that he was the driver of a car speeding at 95kph on Lornie Road.



Kuan is said to have lied again about a speeding offence committed at 9.45am on Nov 10, 2006. The car was then travelling at 91kph on Adam Road.



The speed limit in both instances was 70kph and involved Wu’s car. Court papers did not state who the actual driver was.



The court heard that a notice was sent to Wu to reveal the identity of the driver. Concerned that he would accumulate demerit points were he to accept liability for the speeding offences, he roped in Kuan, then a maintenance technician in his clinic.



Now 83 years old, Kuan was also described as a close family friend of the doctor. He has not been charged.



Asking for leniency, Senior Counsel Harry Elias said Wu had made numerous contributions to Singapore and the aesthetic surgery sector.



Often quoted in the newspapers on issues relating to plastic surgery, Wu now operates an aesthetic surgery and laser centre at Camden Medical Centre in Orchard Boulevard.



Also an ardent art collector, Wu opened the private Museum of Contemporary Chinese Art, also known as the Maosoleum, in Kaki Bukit Road in 2010, housing about 500 pieces of artwork.



He said on Tuesday: “I regret my mistake. This episode has taught me to be more mindful of the law.”



The Penal Code was amended in 2008 to make providing misleading information to the traffic police a more serious offence. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network