Singaporean ex-actor Edmund Chen allowed to travel abroad as he awaits date of appeal against jail sentence

Edmund Chen leaving State Courts Towers after speaking to the media on Mar 4. - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: Former actor Edmund Chen has been granted permission to leave Singapore while awaiting the date of his appeal against a jail sentence for a traffic accident.

District Judge Shawn Ho approved Chen’s application to travel to China for business from March 17 to 26, and to Japan for a personal trip between April 15 and May 3.