Hong Kong star Keung To, a member of the popular Cantopop boyband Mirror, has been fined HK$2,200 after pleading guilty to careless driving and two other traffic offences involving two different vehicles last year. Hong Kong star Keung To from Cantopop boyband Mirror. Photo: Keung To, via Instagram.

Keung, 26, did not appear at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Monday due to “work” commitments, his lawyer told Principal Magistrate David Cheung, according to local media. The lawyer entered a guilty plea to a count of careless driving on Keung’s behalf, while the star admitted to two other traffic offences in writing. Keung was accused of careless driving at around 4.14am on November 28 on Caine Road in Mid-Levels.

He crashed the front left of his vehicle into a 0.5-metre-long barrier, but no injuries were reported. The star told police officers at the scene that he had been reaching for a cap in the back seat with his left hand while driving at the time of the crash. His lawyer said the star, who had no prior traffic offence record, was remorseful and had vowed to improve his driving, adding that Keung also pledged to compensate for the damage to the barrier.

Cheung accepted that the offence resulted from a momentary mistake and imposed a HK$1,000 fine. Eastern Magistrates’ Courts. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP.

The court also heard that, shortly after midnight on December 23, Keung was photographed running a red light at the intersection of Shing Sai Road and Sai Cheung Street in Kennedy Town. The vehicle involved was different from the one in the November incident. Police found that Keung held a probationary driving licence, which is valid until August 20 this year.

However, red-light camera footage showed that Keung had failed to display a “P” plate at the rear of his vehicle. Under Hong Kong law, drivers on probation must display such a plate at both the front and rear of their vehicle. Authorities charged Keung with one count of “failure to comply with traffic signals” and another count of “driving a vehicle without properly displaying a ‘P’ plate.” Magistrate Cheung imposed a HK$1,200 fine for the two offences.