{"id":63444,"date":"2026-07-29T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/63444\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:30:19","slug":"man-who-drove-porsche-with-2-young-sons-on-boot-fined-s5000-banned-from-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/63444\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who drove Porsche with 2 young sons on boot fined S$5,000, banned from driving"},"content":{"rendered":"

SINGAPORE: A man who posted a video of himself driving a Porsche<\/a> with his two sons sitting on the boot was fined and banned from driving on Wednesday (Jul 29).<\/p>\n

Prem Anan Sugunakumar, a 40-year-old Singaporean, said he did so because he thought it would be an “enjoyable experience” for his sons, then aged eight and seven.<\/p>\n

He was fined S$5,000 (US$3,870) and banned from driving for six months after pleading guilty to a charge of a rash act endangering personal safety.<\/p>\n

The court heard that Prem knew his act would endanger his children.<\/p>\n

On the morning of Oct 20, 2025, he decided to spend time with his sons.<\/p>\n

He drove his car to Dairy Farm Lane, a two-lane road in Bukit Panjang, and led the boys to the vehicle from their home nearby.<\/p>\n

He lifted the boys and placed them on the boot of the vehicle, facing the road behind.<\/p>\n

He then drove at a moderate speed down the lane towards Dairy Farm Heights with the boys on top of the boot.<\/p>\n

His wife filmed the incident and he posted it later on TikTok.<\/p>\n

At the time, another driver going in the opposite direction saw what happened and made a police report that same day.<\/p>\n

MULTIPLE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS<\/p>\n

The prosecution read out a list of more than 15 traffic violations that Prem had committed between 2004 and 2020, including speeding, inconsiderate driving and unauthorised parking.<\/p>\n

It sought the maximum fine of S$5,000 for Prem, along with six months’ disqualification from driving.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor said it was purely fortuitous that the children did not sustain any injuries, adding that they were vulnerable due to their age.<\/p>\n

As their father, he should be expected to prioritise or at least look out for their safety. Instead, he deliberately put them in a position of danger.<\/p>\n

Defence lawyer James Gomez Jovian Messiah asked for a fine of S$3,500 to S$4,000 and a four- to six-months disqualification from driving instead.<\/p>\n

He said that he did not seek to minimise the seriousness of the offence, and that his client bore a clear responsibility to protect his sons as their father and the driver.<\/p>\n

He added that his client had pleaded guilty early, shown remorse and has a “positive character”.<\/p>\n

The maximum fine is not warranted, Mr Gomez argued. He said Prem shares a very close bond with his sons, making time for them despite the demands of operating his businesses.<\/p>\n

He attends their school events, takes them to and from school and supports their co-curricular activities, Mr Gomez said.<\/p>\n

He added that Prem’s involvement with his sons is not confined to just financial support, but that he is a “constant source” of emotional support, guidance and stability.<\/p>\n

Mr Gomez also listed Prem’s charitable contributions such as helping in a food distribution drive and taking part in initiatives for children and seniors.<\/p>\n

In sentencing, Deputy Principal District Judge Kessler Soh said he had looked at Prem’s driving record and was quite concerned that he did not seem to have regard for traffic laws.<\/p>\n

In response, Prem said that he had reflected on this and added that he had a clean record for the past six years.<\/p>\n

Judge Soh told him that this offence was extremely serious, but said he was prepared to accept the submissions from both sides that jail was not warranted.<\/p>\n

He reminded the father not to do anything so rash again in future.<\/p>\n

For a rash act endangering the safety of others, Prem could have been jailed for up to six months or fined up to S$2,500, or both.<\/p>\n

As the offence was against children below the age of 14, the maximum penalties were doubled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE: A man who posted a video of himself driving a Porsche with his two sons sitting on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21181],"tags":[642,1415,23,8406],"class_list":["post-63444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-porsche","tag-children","tag-court","tag-crime","tag-porsche"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}