Attempted robbery charge by PRC!

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Oct 21, 2009
Attempted robbery charge <!--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, Courts Correspondent </td></tr> </tbody></table>
A CHINESE national was charged in court on Wednesday with trying to rob a taxi driver along Sims Avenue. Zhou Sunfu, 27, who is on social visit pass, allegedly tried to rob Mr Robert Lee Khee Choon by putting him in fear of bodily hurt at about 5.25am on Monday. The 61-year-old cabby was warded in hospital after his taxi crashed into a pillar in front of a shophouse. His condition is now stable. Zhou, who was represented by Mr Leonard Loo, was remanded at Bedok police division for further investigation. If convicted, he faces a a jail term of two to seven years and not less than six strokes of the cane. His case will come up again on Oct 28.

 

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PRC acquitted of robbery
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent

A CHINESE national charged a week ago with trying to rob a cabby was cleared on Wednesday after the charge was dropped.

Mr Zhou Sunfu, 27, a real estate businessman, was initially accused of trying to rob Mr Robert Lee Khee Choon, 61, inside a cab along Sims Avenue near Lorong 29 Geylang on Oct 19.

While driving, the cabby collided into a bus stop. Both Mr Zhou and the taxi driver were injured and taken to Changi General Hospital.

Mr Zhou, who arrived in Singapore on Oct 9 with his girlfriend for a social visit, was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal an the application of the prosecution.

When Mr Zhou later stepped into the public concourse from the basement lock-up of the Subordinate Courts, he was greeted with a hug from his mother, Madam Chen Zhuhong, 50, who had flown in from Pintan Island in Fujian on Sunday.

His girlfriend and several of his friends were also in court.

 

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27岁的周孙福，在中国是间房地产公司的老板。（ST Photo）

Mr Zhou Sunfu, (PRC) 27, a real estate businessman, was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal an the application of the prosecution.

 

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misunderstanding?

去如切 变 打劫 ?

 

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获释的周孙福下午在芽笼一家咖啡店接受CNA记者访问，他叙述事发当天的经过时表示，他在上车后不到40秒，德士就撞上了巴士站。
周孙福说，“德士就停在马路边，我就敲他的玻璃窗，问他能不能坐他的车，他点了头说可以我就上车。上车后她问我去那里，我就说如切。他就有一点不对劲，一直敲旁边那辆红色的德士，再开一会儿就撞倒29巷那个巴士站。”