SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) - In a media interview last year, the e-scooter shop owner claimed he had rejected a teenager's request to modify his e-scooter so it could go above the legal speed limit of 25kmh. Samuel Tan Woon Yeow recalled telling the teen's father, who was ready to pay thousands to get it done: How could he, in good conscience, "empower a kid with a scooter that would get him or innocent passers-by into trouble or harm?" Yet, just weeks before that interview was published in Today in July last year, Tan, the owner of Synergy Scooters, had been caught riding his own non-compliant device at a speed of at least 135kmh along Lim Chu Kang Road with three teenagers. For riding on a public way in a manner so rash as to endanger human life, Tan, 38, was on Monday (Nov 30) jailed for a week. He also pleaded guilty to a Road Traffic Act offence for riding a personal mobility device (PMD) on a road. The three teenagers, who cannot be named as two were 16 years old and one was 15 years old at the time, pleaded guilty to similar offences. Probation suitability reports were called for the teens and they will return to court on Jan 6 for sentencing. This was not Tan's first offence...