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Murder Of Png Hock Seng
On 25 October 1997, near Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, 18-year-old Png Hock Seng (方福成 Fāng Fúchéng; also spelt Phng Hock Seng), a full-time National service in Singapore, National Serviceman and member of the Sio Gi Ho gang, was attacked by seven members of the Sio Koon Tong gang, which operated at Orchard Road. Png died from a stab wound inflicted on his back. The seven offenders, all youths between 16 and 19, were charged with murdering Png, whom they erroneously believed to be a member of a rival gang. The charges of murder against all seven accused were eventually reduced and the youths were thus convicted of lesser charges; out of all the seven, the main offender Allan Tan Kei Loon (陈凯伦 Chén Kǎilún) was found guilty of the most serious charge of manslaughter, and sentenced to seven years' jail and Caning in Singapore, nine strokes of the cane, despite the prosecution's request for the maximum sentence of Life imprisonment in Singapore, life imprisonment and 24 str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as '' Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |