A MAN was fined S$7,000 and banned from driving for four years on Wednesday for causing the death of a motorist in Yishun 2 1/2 years ago.
Stanley Yip Chung Hwee, 27, a regular in the Singapore Navy, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mr Balasubramaniam Gobinathan by a negligent act at a non-signalised T-junction of Yishun Ring Road on March 9, 2006.
Mr Balasubramaniam, 28, a staff sergeant of Tuas Naval Base, died nine days later on March 18 of multi-organ failure and septicaemia due to multiple injuries.
