Former actor Edmund Chen gets five-day jail term cut to one day on appeal

SINGAPORE: Former local actor Edmund Chen on Monday (Jul 20) had his five-day jail term for injuring a motorcyclist in a collision cut to one day after a partially successful appeal.The five-year driving ban still stands.Chen, named in court papers as Tan Kai Yuan, had slowed down abruptly on an expressway such that a motorcyclist collided with him, sustaining fractures.Chen switched lawyers and launched the appeal after the judge imposed a jail term as he did not agree with a fine as sought by both the prosecution and defence.The lower court judge said there was a "high degree of carelessness" and a sustained period of inattention in Chen's actions, and that he was "deliberately cavalier about certain mitigable risks".Chen, a 64-year-old Singaporean, had pleaded guilty to one count of dri