Three men who stabbed cabby Koh Ngiap Yong, 42, to...
Three men who stabbed cabby Koh Ngiap Yong, 42, to death with a bayonet in August 2000 were sentenced to hang
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Three men who stabbed cabby Koh Ngiap Yong, 42, to death with a bayonet in August 2000 were sentenced to hang.
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, 34, Ibrahim Mohamed, 35, and Rosli Ahmat, 30, were calm when told of their punishment after a 19-day trial in which they had tried to blame each other.
At the trial, the High Court heard that the three men had stopped Mr Koh's taxi in Bukit Batok and asked to be taken to Chestnut Avenue in Upper Bukit Timah, where they threatened him at gunpoint, handcuffed him and stabbed him repeatedly. They had planned to use Mr Koh's taxi as a getaway car for their 'grand' plan of robbing goldsmith shops.
Wan Kamil Mohamed Shafian, 34, Ibrahim Mohamed, 35, and Rosli Ahmat, 30, were calm when told of their punishment after a 19-day trial in which they had tried to blame each other.
At the trial, the High Court heard that the three men had stopped Mr Koh's taxi in Bukit Batok and asked to be taken to Chestnut Avenue in Upper Bukit Timah, where they threatened him at gunpoint, handcuffed him and stabbed him repeatedly. They had planned to use Mr Koh's taxi as a getaway car for their 'grand' plan of robbing goldsmith shops.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Straits Times, 06/09/2001)
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