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Rogue Trader

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Man slashes another with chopper because 'his spirit harassed me'

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Friday, October 31, 2014 - 06:00
</small>Choo Mei Fang
The New Paper

Standing outside her roast meat stall one Saturday morning in May, Madam Elita Sukirman was startled by the sound of a commotion behind the coffee shop.

When the Indonesian Chinese woman heard shouts that a man had slashed another with a chopper, her confusion turned to fear. No other stall in the coffee shop uses a chopper.

Could the weapon have been the same chopper she used to cut up her roast meat?

It was, she discovered when she looked around and realised her chopper was missing. It prompted her to change the way she now handles her knives.

On May 31, cleaner Wong Keng Foong, 59, entered Madam Elita's stall at Sin Kee Heong Coffee Shop at Commonwealth Drive and took her chopper. She was standing outside her stall and did not notice Wong walking in.

Wong, who claimed in court yesterday that he has schizophrenia, walked over to cabby Low Chin Lye, 61, and, without warning, slashed him several times. Mr Low, who was waiting for his wife to have breakfast that morning, used to be neighbours with Wong.

SLASHED

Horrified customers managed to separate both men, but not before Mr Low was slashed on his neck, shoulder and hands. He had to be hospitalised for a week and was given medical leave for three months.

Yesterday, Wong was jailed four years after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to Mr Low.

Recounting the incident to The New Paper at her stall yesterday, Madam Elita said Wong must have taken her chopper when she was not paying attention.

And because the other stalls were a drink stall and an economy rice stall, she had a bad feeling when she heard the shouts for help.

The 45-year-old said: "When I turned around, I saw that the chopper beside my chopping board was gone. "I could also hear from the shouts that a man was badly injured and there was a lot of blood."

Madam Elita said she did not dare venture out to take a look. She whipped out her mobile phone to call the police.

Now, Madam Elita is always at her stall to prevent strangers from entering.

"If I hear shouting nearby or if I have to leave my stall for a long period of time, I will keep my chopper inside the drawer," she added.

She said her business suffered for two months after people heard about the incident.

I WAS 'HARASSED' BY VICTIM'S VOICE: ATTACKER


The first sign that something was amiss was when Mr Low Chin Lye felt something cold on his neck.

When he looked up, he saw Wong Keng Foong, who shouted, "I will chop!" in Hokkien.

Mr Low tried to get up, but Wong slashed him on his left shoulder and neck area. When Wong dropped the chopper, Mr Low picked it up and tried to fight back.

Both men fell during the scuffle, and coffee shop patrons rushed to separate the two. One customer placed a plastic chair between them.

Wong claimed that he had been harassed by Mr Low's voice and wanted to teach him a lesson. He also claimed that he was being pestered by the cabby's spirit.

Wong, who was unrepresented, said he had been an Institute of Mental Health patient since 1985. District Judge Salina Ishak ruled that Wong was not of unsound mind when he attacked Mr Low. Wong could have been jailed up to 15 years, fined or caned.





This article was first published on October 29, 2014.
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laksaboy

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Wong, who was unrepresented, said he had been an Institute of Mental Health patient since 1985.

Well done to the IMH for attempting to integrate them back into society. :biggrin:
 

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Indonesian Chinese can run a roast meat stall here meh? Is this a talent? A chee yuk por is a talent? halal or not? Why are they jailing him. he has a mental problem and even determined by the judge to be a schizophreniac, he should be in IMH. Not a jail. Sinkie judges are super talented. This mat judge can determine that he was of sound mind when he initiated the attack. Wah, how she made this determination? By Bomoh magic? Where is the psych report on this guys mental state? Even a psychiatrist would have a hard time to determine whether a schizophreniac was in command of his faculties when he carried out a certain action. But this judge is so smart, she can figure it out without any help at all. Truly, the PAP are so great, they can identify these talents. Wow.
 
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