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Singapore national, Lim Seng, 36 and his Malaysian accomplice, Wang Hup Huat, 48, were sentenced to death in the Johor Baru High Court in Malaysia for the 2001 shooting of a passerby during a robbery.
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Singapore national, Lim Seng, 36 and his Malaysian accomplice, Wang Hup Huat, 48, were sentenced to death in the Johor Baru High Court in Malaysia for the 2001 shooting of a passerby during a robbery.
Judge Datuk Ghazali Cha found Lim guilty of discharging a firearm and Wang of abetting him. The trial was held in 2005, however the pair had not been sentenced until now. The robbers had struck in Pontian, a district in south-west Johor. The two men had gone to the Eng Heng Huat medical hall and demanded RM10,000 ($4,500).
Judge Datuk Ghazali Cha found Lim guilty of discharging a firearm and Wang of abetting him. The trial was held in 2005, however the pair had not been sentenced until now. The robbers had struck in Pontian, a district in south-west Johor. The two men had gone to the Eng Heng Huat medical hall and demanded RM10,000 ($4,500).
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- (Sources: The New Paper, 08/06/2007)
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