Malaysians commit crimes in Singapore

[Watchman]

7 years for manslaughter
Jul 1, 2010
By Selina Lum

Astro is the first person to be caned for manslaughter without intention to cause death after the Penal Code was amended in 2008 to include the punishment as a sentencing option. -- PHOTO: SHIN MIN

A 28-YEAR-OLD man who strangled the 61-year-old transvestite who took him in and supported him financially was on Wednesday jailed for seven years and ordered to be caned eight strokes.
In sentencing Astro Jakaria, a Malaysian, Justice Chan Seng Onn chided him for not caring about the condition of his benefactor, Mr Abdul Khalid Othman, after he tied the older man up in his flat.
Astro is the first person to be caned for manslaughter without intention to cause death after the Penal Code was amended in 2008 to include the punishment as a sentencing option.
He was initially charged with murder but escaped the gallows after Justice Chan convicted him of the lower charge.
Astro had tied a long-sleeved T-shirt around the neck of Mr Abdul Khalid during a scuffle in the older man's Ang Mo Kio flat, strangling him to death some time between June 19 and 21, 2008.
He could have been jailed for up to 10 years and also fined.

 

[prince123456]

prince see a lot of malaysia cars nowadays with tinted windows , they illegal park at geylang area.. , what are they doing ???
how come no body catch them ?

see their face also one kind one.