Hong Kong TV star Mat Yeung Ming jailed for 18 days, banned from driving for 2 years and fined over careless driving case
- TVB actor, 40, released on HK$30,000 cash bail pending appeal, on condition he remain in city and report to police three times a week
- Magistrate says imprisonment is the only sentencing option as Yeung ‘clearly had not learned his lesson’ despite previous drink-driving conviction
Hong Kong television star Mat Yeung Ming has been jailed for 18 days, disqualified from driving for two years and fined HK$2,000 (US$257) over a car crash in Mid-Levels last year.
But the 40-year-old TVB actor was immediately released on Thursday on HK$30,000 cash bail pending appeal, on the condition he remain in the city and report to police three times a week.
Magistrate Daniel Tang Siu-hung, of Eastern Court, said Yeung had shown an “extremely careless” driving attitude without regard for the safety of other road users, as there was no doubt he had been seriously affected by the alcohol he consumed before the accident but still chose to drive.
It was pure luck that no one was injured, Tang added.
Considering Yeung’s previous drink-driving conviction in 2005 and record of being fined for speeding and use of mobile devices while driving, Tang further concluded that the actor “clearly had not learned his lesson” and imprisonment was the only sentencing option.