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Aug 6, 2009
Man in taxi robbery nabbed <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> AN ODD-JOB labourer was charged in a district court on Thursday with robbing a cabby while armed with a screwdriver. Hong Wee Seng, 30, allegedly robbed Mr Ng Lye Hock, 59, of $10 near the carpark of Block 533 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 at about 12.50am on Tuesday and threatened him with a screw driver. He was remanded for investigation. He will be brought back to court on Aug 13. Police said the suspect had boarded the taxi along Aljunied Road and was arrested in Ang Mo Kio. If convicted, he faces a jail term of three to 14 years plus at least 12 strokes of the cane.
Aug 6, 2009
Man in taxi robbery nabbed <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> AN ODD-JOB labourer was charged in a district court on Thursday with robbing a cabby while armed with a screwdriver. Hong Wee Seng, 30, allegedly robbed Mr Ng Lye Hock, 59, of $10 near the carpark of Block 533 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 at about 12.50am on Tuesday and threatened him with a screw driver. He was remanded for investigation. He will be brought back to court on Aug 13. Police said the suspect had boarded the taxi along Aljunied Road and was arrested in Ang Mo Kio. If convicted, he faces a jail term of three to 14 years plus at least 12 strokes of the cane.
