Fatal Geylang knife attack: Caning, jail for gang of 7

[MarrickG]

Source: The Straits Times

THE leader of a gang of seven who slashed to death the operator of an illegal gambling den was yesterday given a 20-year jail term and 18 strokes of the cane.

His fellow gang members each received 12 years and 10 strokes.

The seven pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter; another man alleged to have been involved in the attack, Mohamad Najiman Abdull Azis, 31, has claimed trial to a murder charge.

The attack on Mr Seah Boon Lye, 26, in Geylang Lorong 10 in the early hours of Feb 23, 2008, arose from a gangland dispute.

The accused are gang leader Suhardi Ali, 30; Ahmad Suhaimi Ismail, 17; Sufian Nordin, 24; Muhammad Haziq Mohamed, 20; Jason Luo Weiqiang, 22; Muhammad Syukur Mohamed Salleh, 19; and Adrian Toh Huang Shee, 19.

They had gone up against Mr Seah and his younger brother Boon Heng, who were also in illicit trades in the Geylang area.

Five days before the attack, the Seah brothers paid Suhardi $800 for 2.5g of Ice. The next day, Suhardi delivered the drugs, but the brothers rejected it as the amount fell short. Suhardi promised to deliver the correct amount, but became uncontactable over the next two days.

Separately, a dispute also arose between the two parties over a missing sum of $200. As a result, a “settlement talk” was arranged for Feb 23.

The meeting ended with the Seah brothers taking Ahmad Suhaimi’s cellphone as collateral for the $800 owed to them. But Mohamad Najiman felt they should get the phone back, so the group found the Seahs and set upon them. The younger Seah was unhurt, but his brother received 15 wounds and died in hospital.

Justice Woo Bih Li noted that the group’s violence was premeditated, and that Suhardi and Ahmad Suhaimi were the most responsible for creating tension with the Seahs. But he said the Seahs were also partly to blame.

The maximum punishment for manslaughter is jail for up to 20 years, or for life, and caning.

 

[buddhaboy]

Cowards! 7 vs 1.

 

[saratogas]

The attack on Mr Seah Boon Lye, 26, in Geylang Lorong 10 in the early hours of Feb 23, 2008, arose from a gangland dispute.

Wah, gang and triad members fighting for terrority still around in SINKAPORE!

 

[balajii]

wow!

very heavy sentence for people so young. but good riddance lah. 7 lesser scums to the society, for a few years at least.

 

[postnew]

Deceased Seah Boon Lye, illegal game stall holder, had two children, aged five and four years old.
The deceased’s wife was expecting their third child at the time of the offence.

On 23 February 2008 at about 6.31 am, the police received information routed by the Singapore Civil Defence Force [“SCDF”] Operations Room reporting a case of fighting at Lorong 10 or Lorong 12, Geylang, Singapore.
Following this report, paramedics from the SCDF arrived at Lorong 10 Geylang at about 6.33 am. They attended immediately to the deceased, who was seen lying in a pool of blood in the middle of road at Lorong 10 Geylang, between two coffee shops. As the deceased had no pulse and was not breathing, the paramedics proceeded to commence Cardio Respiratory Resuscitation on him, before conveying him to the hospital in the ambulance. At 6.50 am, the ambulance arrived at Tan Tock Seng Hospital [“TTSH”] and the deceased was referred to Accident and Emergency Department. Efforts to revive the deceased proved futile, and he was pronounced dead at 6.59 am.

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On 24 February 2008 at about 10.15 am, an autopsy was performed on the deceased by Senior Consultant Forensic Pathologist Dr Teo Eng Swee. The following injuries were recorded:

(i) An incised 10 cm long wound on the scalp over the left parietal region;

(ii) An incised 9 cm long wound over the right back of the head, over the right superior occipital and right posterior parietal region;

(iii) An incised wound over the back of the neck extending from the left trapezius region to the right mastoid region;

(iv) Two superficial incised wounds over the middle of the back of the pinna of the right ear

(v) A superficial incised wound 0.5 cm long over the upper back of the pinna of the right ear

(vi) An incised wound of the lower part of the pinna of the right ear, with an incised ear lobe;

(vii) Two incised wounds over the right mastoid process involving the dermis, each 0.5 cm long,

(viii) An incised stab wound over the right trapezius region measuring 2.1 cm in length, resulting in haemopericardium and right haemothora;

(ix) A group of three injuries of the lower right side of the back consisting of a superficial incised wound of 13 x 0.2 cm, an intra-dermal bruise of 11 x 0.2 cm and an abrasion of 2.5 cm in length;

(x) A superficial incised wound of 0.6 cm long over the upper back part of the left arm;

(xi) An incised wound of 3 cm long over the dorsum of the knuckle and the dorsum of the proximal phalange, of the left little finger;

(xii) A gaping incised wound of 7.5 x 3 cm, over the dorsal and lateral aspects of the right wrist;

(xiii) A group of incised wounds forming a gaping wound over the dorsum of the right hand and over the lateral aspect of the knuckle of the right thumb;

(xiv) A gaping incised wound over the upper part of the calf of the left leg measuring 8 x 5 cm; and,

(xv) Numerous abrasions and bruises on the face, chest, and right lower limb and left lower limb.

The cause of death was certified as “(1a) Hemorrhage due to (1b) Multiple Incised Wounds”. In his interviews with the Prosecution, Dr Teo Eng Swee further stated that he was of the opinion that injuries (viii) [injury No. 8 at page 5 of the Autopsy Report] and (xii) above [injury No. 13 at page 6 of the Autopsy Report] were sufficient to cause death in the ordinary course of nature.

 

[Rogue Trader]

(i) An incised 10 cm long wound on the scalp over the left parietal region;

(ii) An incised 9 cm long wound over the right back of the head, over the right superior occipital and right posterior parietal region;

(iii) An incised wound over the back of the neck extending from the left trapezius region to the right mastoid region;

(iv) Two superficial incised wounds over the middle of the back of the pinna of the right ear

(v) A superficial incised wound 0.5 cm long over the upper back of the pinna of the right ear

(vi) An incised wound of the lower part of the pinna of the right ear, with an incised ear lobe;

(vii) Two incised wounds over the right mastoid process involving the dermis, each 0.5 cm long,

(viii) An incised stab wound over the right trapezius region measuring 2.1 cm in length, resulting in haemopericardium and right haemothora;

(ix) A group of three injuries of the lower right side of the back consisting of a superficial incised wound of 13 x 0.2 cm, an intra-dermal bruise of 11 x 0.2 cm and an abrasion of 2.5 cm in length;

(x) A superficial incised wound of 0.6 cm long over the upper back part of the left arm;

(xi) An incised wound of 3 cm long over the dorsum of the knuckle and the dorsum of the proximal phalange, of the left little finger;

(xii) A gaping incised wound of 7.5 x 3 cm, over the dorsal and lateral aspects of the right wrist;

(xiii) A group of incised wounds forming a gaping wound over the dorsum of the right hand and over the lateral aspect of the knuckle of the right thumb;

(xiv) A gaping incised wound over the upper part of the calf of the left leg measuring 8 x 5 cm; and,

(xv) Numerous abrasions and bruises on the face, chest, and right lower limb and left lower limb.

wahlau. they were chopping his head. the victim tried to defend him self with his hands. very vicious attack with intent to kill.