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Tan, dubbed the "One-eyed Dragon", was found guilty of discharging a firearm and hanged in 2009. Ho, who remained at large for nine years, pleaded guilty to one charge of harbouring a fugitive.
Ho, who remained at large for nine years, pleaded guilty to one charge of harbouring a fugitive.
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He helped gangster flee Singapore after shooting of a nightclub owner in 2006
Amir Hussain
A man who helped one of Singapore's most notorious gangsters flee the country after a gangland-style shooting of a nightclub owner was yesterday found guilty - a decade after the crime.
On Feb 15, 2006, Tan Chor Jin, dubbed the "One-eyed Dragon" as he was blind in one eye, sparked an international manhunt after he repeatedly shot Mr Lim Hock Soon in his Serangoon Avenue 4 flat.
Malaysian Ho Yueh Keong, who had fetched Tan from the Woodlands Checkpoint the day before the shooting, took him back the same way about an hour after the killing.
Tan was nabbed 10 days later in a Kuala Lumpur hotel. He was found guilty of discharging a firearm and hanged in 2009 at the age of 42.
But Ho remained at large for nine years and was caught only when he tried to leave Malaysia for Batam. He was extradited in July last year.
Tan, dubbed the “One-eyed Dragon”, was found guilty of discharging a firearm and hanged in 2009.
Yesterday, Ho, now 43, stood upright in the dock and listened intently to a Mandarin interpreter as Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Wen Hsien read out the facts of the case before District Judge Tan Jen Tse.
Handcuffed, shackled and wearing prison attire - a white T-shirt and brown trousers - he pleaded guilty to one charge of harbouring a fugitive. Another count of concealing information about the murder will be considered when he is sentenced tomorrow.
Tan, better known as Tony Kia to his associates, was part of the Ang Soon Tong gang which operated in both Malaysia and Singapore. It was notorious for gun-smuggling, drugs, illegal moneylending and illegal gambling. Tan often hired Ho, also known as "Moh Tang", to drive him from Malaysia to Singapore. Ho would be paid $50 to $100.
In late 2005, Tan bought a Beretta pistol. He told Ho in January 2006 that he wanted to kill Mr Lim.
On Feb 14, 2006, Tan asked Ho to drive him from Malaysia to Singapore in a Malaysian-registered dark blue Kia car. Tan said he might meet Mr Lim, but did not say why. They spent the night in a flat at Block 515 in Hougang.
The next day, Tan fired six rounds from his pistol into Mr Lim at his flat at about 7am, after he had made Mr Lim tie up his wife, maid and teenage daughter. Five bullets hit Mr Lim. Tan then returned to Hougang, woke Ho up and asked him to drive him back to Malaysia.
While in the car, Tan told someone over the phone that he had killed Mr Lim. Ho asked Tan if he really did so. Tan admitted to the murder and said he threw the pistol into a river.
Ho drove Tan into Malaysia at about 8.20am and they headed for Ho's home in Larkin, Johor Baru. He later drove Tan to Penang in the latter's BMW before they headed back to Muar in Johor. Tan gave him RM500 before they separated.
A few days later, Ho called Tan to say he wished to surrender, but Tan told him not to do so and he obeyed.
For harbouring a person who committed a crime punishable with death, Ho faces up to five years' jail and a fine.
The maximum penalty for not giving information about a crime is six months' jail and a fine.
'One-eyed Dragon' Tan Chor Jin's accomplice jailed 20 months after 9 years on the run
Ho Yueh Keong (right) was jailed for 20 months on Wednesday (Aug 10) for harbouring gangster Tan Chor Jin after he shot dead a nightclub owner in 2006.PHOTO: ST FILE
Published 8 hours ago
Amir Hussain
SINGAPORE - The man who helped one of Singapore's most notorious gangsters flee the country after a gangland-style shooting of a nightclub owner was on Wednesday (Aug 10) jailed for 20 months - a decade after the crime.
Malaysian Ho Yueh Keong had fetched the killer from the Woodlands Checkpoint the day before the shooting and had also taken him back the same way about an hour after the killing.
The murder on Feb 15, 2006, sparked an international manhunt for Tan Chor Jin in which he repeatedly shot Mr Lim Hock Soon in his Serangoon Avenue 4 flat.
Tan, dubbed the "One-eyed Dragon" as he was blind in one eye, was nabbed 10 days later in a Kuala Lumpur hotel. He was found guilty of discharging a firearm and hanged in 2009 at the age of 42.
But Ho remained at large for nine years and was caught only when he tried to leave Malaysia for Batam. He was extradited in July last year.
Ho, now 43, pleaded guilty on Monday to one charge of harbouring a fugitive. Another count of concealing information about the murder was considered by District Judge Tan Jen Tse in sentencing.
The prosecution on Wednesday (Aug 10) asked that Ho be jailed between 18 and 24 months. Lawyer Kertar Singh asked for between 15 and 18 months' jail.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Wen Hsien pointed to the severity of Tan's crime - he had fired six shots at Mr Lim at close range.
Thereafter, she said, not only did Ho drive Tan out of the country, he did not surrender or give information to the authorities about the murder for almost a decade.
"This is not a case of mere inadvertence to inform the authorities; (Ho) wilfully and deliberately withheld such information, for fear of the consequences that would certainly follow to himself," she said.
"His continued silence about the commission of the offences for the next nine years, shows an utter lack of remorse", she added.
Mr Singh, meanwhile, told the court that Ho, who is unemployed, is married with a three-year-old child and the sole breadwinner of his family in Johor. He also pays maintenance for his two children from his previous wife.
When Ho realised Tan had killed Mr Lim, he was shocked. "The sudden revelation stunned ... and unsettled him. His mind was in a whirl; he was unable to think straight and did not know what to do."
"He found himself between the devil and the deep blue sea; all sorts of thoughts went through his mind," said Mr Singh.
And when Ho later found out about Tan's arrest, he took it to mean that the matter was closed.
Tan, better known as Tony Kia to his associates, was part of the Ang Soon Tong gang which operated in both Malaysia and Singapore. He often hired Ho to drive him from Malaysia to Singapore. Ho would be paid $50 to $100.
In late 2005, Tan bought a Beretta pistol. He told Ho in January 2006 that he wanted to kill Mr Lim.
On Feb 14, 2006, Tan asked Ho to drive him from Malaysia to Singapore. Tan said he might meet Mr Lim, but did not say why. They spent the night in a flat at Block 515 in Hougang Avenue 10.
The next day, Tan fired six rounds from his pistol into Mr Lim at his flat at about 7am, after he had made Mr Lim tie up his wife, maid and teenage daughter. Five bullets hit Mr Lim. Tan then returned to Hougang, woke Ho up and asked him to drive him back to Malaysia.
While in the car, Tan told someone over the phone he had killed Mr Lim. Ho asked Tan if he really did so. Tan admitted to the murder and said he threw the pistol into a river.
Ho drove Tan into Malaysia at about 8.20am and they headed for Ho's home in Larkin, Johor Baru. He later drove Tan to Penang in the latter's BMW before they headed back to Muar in Johor. Tan gave him RM500 before they separated.
A few days later, Ho called Tan to say he wished to surrender, but Tan told him not to do so and he obeyed.
Ho's sentence was backdated to his remand date on July 15 last year. He could have been jailed for five years and fined.
CAUGHT: Ho Yueh Keong was arrested in Malaysia and sent back to Singapore last year.
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Driver who helped One-eyed Dragon flee S'pore jailed
In 2006, M'sian drove gangster Tan Chor Jin across Causeway after latter killed man
Aug 11, 2016 6:00am
By SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB
He was on the run for nine years after helping one of Singapore's most notorious criminals flee the country.
On Feb 15, 2006, Ho Yueh Keong, a Malaysian, drove gangster Tan Chor Jin, nicknamed One-Eyed Dragon, to Johor Baru after Tan had shot dead nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon, 41.
But yesterday, Ho's lawyer, Mr Kertar Singh, told the court that his client would not have associated with Tan had he known about the murder.
Urging District Judge Tan Jen Tse to jail Ho, now 43, for between 15 and 18 months, Mr Singh said: "He learnt about the murder only as the car approached the immigration channel of the Woodlands Checkpoint.
"Although Tan claimed to have disposed of the gun, the accused had lingering doubts in his mind and genuinely feared for his life."
But Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Wen Hsien asked the court to jail Ho for between 18 and 24 months.
She stressed that even if Ho claimed to be afraid, his fear would have dissipated by the time Malaysian police arrested Tan on Feb 25, 2006.
"Yet, the accused remained silently at large for the next nine years until the law caught up with him in July last year," said DPP Tan.
Judge Tan sentenced Ho to 20 months' jail.
PLEADED GUILTY
On Monday, he pleaded guilty to one charge of harbouring a fugitive.
One count of concealing information about the murder was taken into consideration during sentencing.
The court heard that on Feb 14, 2006, Tan, then 39, asked Ho to drive him from Malaysia to Singapore in a Malaysian-registered car.
Tan said he was going to meet Mr Lim, but did not say why. They spent the night in a flat at Block 515, Hougang Avenue 10.
Tan killed Mr Lim the next day before returning to the unit.
He woke Ho up and asked him to drive him back to Malaysia.
Along the way, Ho overheard Tan tell someone over the phone that he had killed Mr Lim.
Tan admitted to the shooting when Ho asked him about it and said he had got rid of the pistol.
Ho drove Tan into Malaysia at about 8.20am and they headed for Ho's home in Larkin, Johor Baru.
Tan later asked him to drive to Penang. But when they reached their destination, he asked Ho to drive back to Johor, which he did.
When they reached Johor, Tan gave Ho RM500 (S$168) before they parted ways. A few days later, Ho called Tan to say he wished to surrender. But Tan told him not to and he obeyed.
Ho was brought back to Singapore on July 13 last year, after Malaysian authorities caught him as he was trying to leave Malaysia for Batam, Indonesia.
For harbouring Tan, Ho could have been jailed up to five years and fined.
WHO IS TAN CHOR JIN?
He was called the One-Eyed Dragon because he was blind in his right eye.
On Feb 15, 2006, Tan Chor Jin barged into nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon's flat at Block 223, Serangoon Avenue 4, and ordered him to tie up his maid, his wife and their teenage daughter.
Tan then used a Beretta pistol to fire six rounds at him. Five of the bullets hit Mr Lim, 41, killing him.
Tan also robbed the victim and his family of about $170,000 in cash and property, including assorted jewellery, four Rolex watches and stacks of foreign currencies.
After the attack, Tan, then 39, directed a childhood friend and former secret society underling to drive him to a Sengkang canal, where he dumped the weapon.
The motive for the attack remains unclear, though it seems a money dispute was at the root of things.
Later that morning, Tan left his friend and met up with Ho Yueh Keong, now 43. The pair made their way across the Causeway.
But Malaysian police arrested Tan in Kuala Lumpur 10 days later. He was sent back to Singapore on March 1 that year.
Following a 10-day trial, Justice Tay Yong Kwang found him guilty of firing the pistol and sentenced him to death on May 22, 2007. He was hanged at Changi Prison on Jan 9, 2009.
The childhood friend, then 38, was charged with conspiring with Tan in murdering Mr Lim.
He could have been sent to the gallows for it, but he was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal for the charge on July 31, 2006. Four days later, he was jailed for six months for failing to report the robbery.
