TVB Actor Mat Yeung To Start Serving 18-Day Jail Sentence After Appeal Against Drink Driving Conviction Fails
The actor could have served his time several times over by now, since he was first sentenced in November 2021.
Hong Kong actor Mat Yeung, 41, had his appeal against his drink driving conviction rejected earlier today (Dec 22), after waiting 13 months for his appeal to be heard in court.
The actor was arrested on August 8 2020, after crashing his Mercedes-Benz into two curb barriers in the Mid Levels area in Hongkong.
Then, in November 2021, he was sentenced to 18 days in jail, suspended from driving for two years and handed a HK$3,000 (S$520) fine for driving while intoxicated.
However, his lawyer immediately filed an appeal against the sentence. Mat was then released on bail. He was also restricted from travelling, and had to report to the police station three times a week.
Unfortunately, it looks like Mat will not be able to escape a jail sentence.
During the hearing on December 22, Hong Kong’s High Court rejected Mat’s appeal, and ordered the actor to begin serving his sentence immediately.
According to Hong Kong media, Mat turned up at court today with his girlfriend, Hongkong-based Malaysian actress Lisa Ch’ng, 35, by his side for moral support.
He appeared calm as the final verdict was announced, and Lisa, who previously burst into tears when Mat’s sentence was first passed down in 2021, had a poker face on as well.
This is not the first time Mat has been booked for drink driving.
In 2005, he was arrested for a DUI. He was fined HK$7,000 (S$1,215) and his license suspended for a year.
He has also previously gotten in trouble with the law for unruly behaviour while intoxicated.
In 2007, he was arrested for attacking a security guard, and issued a bind-over order, where one is required to showcase good behaviour for a certain length of time.
However, that same year, he got into trouble for breaking a number of items in a convenience store while intoxicated. He was subsequently sentenced to 150 hours of community service for this.
Apart from these two offences, media outlets noted that the actor has also received a number of speeding tickets as well as a fine for using his phone while driving.
Photos: Mat Yeung/Instagram, 8world, hk01
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