Man jailed 28 years later: 2 sons offer testimonials

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http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_739132.html


bro , what case ? this one :



Man jailed 28 years later: 2 sons offer testimonials



Published on Nov 29, 2011


Lee Hong Mun lived life with a target on his back, constantly looking over his shoulder and wondering when he would be caught by the cops. But that did not stop him from raising two sons.

His elder son is a Singapore Armed Forces scholar studying engineering at a local university, while the younger boy is an officer cadet at the Police Academy and is awaiting the outcome of his application for a Singapore Police Force scholarship.

Both wrote testimonials vouching for Lee's 'soft-spoken' and 'patient' character. They said he taught them to be law-abiding citizens and they had done well academically because of his support.

Their father also never used violence to discipline them, said the elder son.

 

[RonRon]

Murder case

 

[halsey02]

Murder case QUOTE]

Will they employ the sons of a murderer?? sins of the father is visited upon the children?? he has repented...

 

[RonRon]

Will they employ the sons of a murderer?? sins of the father is visited upon the children?? he has repented...

Why not? Not only the government employed the sons, they even gave them scholarship

 

[Mdm Tang]

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http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/AsiaOne+News/Crime/Story/A1Story20111129-313329.html

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Man gets jail for fatal slashing - 28 years later




He had fatally slashed a stall assistant in 1983 over a mahjong debt owed to an acquaintance. -AsiaOne

Tue, Nov 29, 2011
AsiaOne

A barber who fled Singapore 28 years ago after fatally slashing a stall assistant has been jailed seven years.

In 1983, then 29-year-old Lee Hong Mun slashed a stall assistant over a mahjong debt owed to an acquaintance.

He fled the country, but returned five years later to start a family and live out the rest of his life.

The Straits Times reported that Lee Hong Mun sneaked back into the country, went on to raise two sons and lived an uneventful but productive life.

However, police investigations revealed his past after he was nabbed at a betting outlet during a routine police check in April last year.

Lee, now 57, pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable homicide for killing Mr Ng Tian Soo. He was jailed seven years.

According to The Straits Times, the High Court heard that Lee was a committed blood donor and was a prominent temple medium who gave spiritual advice to devotees for free.

He also ran a hair salon.

The dispute arose when Lee and his childhood friend Chan Whye Keong, then 30, met with Ng in Telok Blangah Rise on Nov 13, 1983.

Chan urged Ng to return a Mr Peter Tee money, but was attacked by Ng with a chopper.

He was injured and received treatment in hospital.

When Chan next saw Mr Ng, he offered to organise a 'settlement talk' and invited Mr Tee and Lee to attend it.

Lee went to the talk with a knife and confronted Mr Ng about his attack on Chan. He then slashed Mr Ng on the arms and thighs.


Ng bled to death from an 8.4cm-deep gash in his thigh.

Chan was arrested the next day and pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable homicide in 1985. He served a seven-year jail term.

Lee hid for a few days, and fled to Hong Kong on fears of being hanged for murder. He stayed in Hong Kong for one year and then moved to Thailand.

He paid someone in Malaysia to smuggle him into Singapore in the boot of a car. He reunited with his wife and had two sons n 1989 and 1991.

 

[halsey02]

Why not? Not only the government employed the sons, they even gave them scholarship

How kind they are...!

 

[Mdm Tang]

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http://www.tnp.sg/content/man-jailed-killing-another-man-28-years-ago
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TO THEM, their father was a calm, soft-spoken person who would choose to avoid confrontation and teach them to do the same.

And so the two brothers, now aged 22 and 20, were shocked to learn that their father had been keeping a dark and violent secret from them.

Their father, Lee Hong Mun, 57, went on the run a couple of days after killing a man in 1983, fleeing overseas for five years and remaining undetected even after he returned until his arrest in April last year.

Yesterday, Lee was jailed seven years after being convicted on one count of manslaughter.

Read the full story in The New Paper today (Nov 29).

 

[halsey02]

Why not? Not only the government employed the sons, they even gave them scholarship

Will the boys be given the scholarship had they found out that their dad is a wanted murderer? Now, the 'cat is out of the bag', will they advance in their careers, due to Meritocracy ? or will they be 'watche' by their superiors quietly?

 

[Mdm Tang]

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Business as usual . Unless this thread got 5,000 hits in one day ...

 

[melzp]

Mas Selamat siblings paid price for harboring /aiding the latter.

In this case, how?

 

[shOUTloud]

What did they put in thier application forms with regards to "Father"? Was there any red flags raised? What about those so called ISDs and SCs from the Police and Army? Did they not do background checks on these two and found that the father is sitting in his living room, shaking his leg and watching Channel 8?

 

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Lee hid for a few days, and fled to Hong Kong on fears of being hanged for murder. He stayed in Hong Kong for one year and then moved to Thailand.

He fled the country, but returned five years later to start a family and live out the rest of his life.

He paid someone in Malaysia to smuggle him into Singapore in the boot of a car. He reunited with his wife and had two sons n 1989 and 1991.

According to The Straits Times, the High Court heard that Lee was a committed blood donor and was a prominent temple medium who gave spiritual advice to devotees for free.

He also ran a hair salon.

WahPiang eh!... we got so many lobangs in the police network. These organization don't talk to each other huh? :o

 

[halsey02]

What did they put in thier application forms with regards to "Father"? Was there any red flags raised? What about those so called ISDs and SCs from the Police and Army? Did they not do background checks on these two and found that the father is sitting in his living room, shaking his leg and watching Channel 8?

According to the news report, the father, was a medium of some sort!...was not at home shaking his legs!

 

[halsey02]

WahPiang eh!... we got so many lobangs in the police network. These organization don't talk to each other huh? :o

ICA didn't see "a" they saw "b"...blood bank, don't check for criminal blood, only for aids & others...the poodle force, now must check with the blood bank, sperm bank & river banks also! No wonder, MSK they don't even see?, after he wished them "selamat po" after crossing the ICA... ha ha ha. Please watch the TV series on Channel? ha ha ha ha

 

[Mdm Tang]

According to the news report, the father, was a medium of some sort!...was not at home shaking his legs!

Hmmm..... Maybe he also got a famous god - aunty or god - uncle ???

 

[Mdm Tang]

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Man gets jail for fatal slashing - 28 years later
29 Nov




Man gets jail for fatal slashing - 28 years later
Source: Straits Times
Author: Selina Lum




A BARBER fled Singapore in 1983 at age 29, after fatally slashing a stall assistant over a mahjong debt owed to an acquaintance.

Five years later, Lee Hong Mun sneaked back into the country, went on to raise two sons and, by all accounts, live an uneventful but productive life.

Then in April last year, he was nabbed at a betting outlet during a routine police check. In the investigations that followed, his past caught up with him.

Yesterday, 28 years after he killed Mr Ng Tian Soo, Lee, now 57, was jailed seven years on a charge of culpable homicide.

He pleaded guilty.

High Court judge Lee Seiu Kin said: 'This one incident of violent behaviour has changed the course of his life.'

The court heard that Lee was a committed blood donor and, besides running a hair salon, was a prominent temple medium who gave spiritual advice to devotees for free.

But, as Justice Lee said, the good Lee has done notwithstanding, a life had been lost as a result of his 'youthful rashness'.

The judge, noting that Lee had lived in fear of getting caught for the last 28 years, said: 'Living the best years of one's life with the Sword of Damocles hanging over one's head is, in itself, strong punishment.'

Lee had attacked Mr Ng, whom he did not know, together with his childhood friend Chan Whye Keong, then 30, at the foot of Block 42 in Telok Blangah Rise on Nov 13, 1983.

The killing arose from a gambling debt that had nothing to do with the pair of childhood friends.

Mr Ng owed a Mr Peter Tee money. When Mr Chan urged Mr Ng to clear the debt, Mr Ng attacked him with a chopper. Mr Chan was injured and received treatment in hospital.

When Mr Chan next saw Mr Ng, he offered to organise a 'settlement talk', and invited Mr Tee and also Lee to attend it.

Lee showed up, armed with a knife.

He confronted Mr Ng about the earlier attack on his friend Mr Chan, and then pulled out the knife and slashed the unarmed Mr Ng on his arms and thighs.

Mr Chan joined in, using his belt to whip Mr Ng. Mr Tee stayed out of the fray, but fled with Mr Chan and Lee.

Mr Ng bled to death from an 8.4cm-deep gash in his thigh.

Mr Chan, arrested the next day, pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable homicide in 1985, and has since served a seven-year jail term.

Lee lay low for a few days, and then left for Hong Kong, ignoring his mother's advice to turn himself in, for fear of being hanged for murder.

He stayed in Hong Kong for a year, working odd jobs and relying on the charity of friends to make ends meet.

He then moved to Thailand for a few years. In 1988, he paid someone in Malaysia to smuggle him into Singapore in the boot of a car.

A year later, he reunited with his wife, lying to her that he had settled the matter that the police wanted him for. His first son was born in 1989, and his second, in 1991.

Yesterday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Geraldine Tan said Lee's jail term should not be shorter than the seven years Mr Chan got.

Lee's lawyer Josephus Tan stressed that his client was not a gang member, had no other record of violence, and had only been helping his friend. The lawyer added that, given Mr Ng's earlier chopper attack on Mr Chan, Lee had armed himself with the knife for self-defence.

Lee saw Mr Ng holding a plastic bag and, thinking it could be concealing a weapon, slashed him in a 'pre-emptive strike', said the lawyer.

The lawyer also told the court of Lee's community work, and submitted testimonials from residents who said Lee paid their bills and provided free meals.

Mr Tan argued that his client was unlikely to reoffend and wanted to be with his family in his twilight years.

After he was sentenced, Lee waved to more than 20 of his supporters in the public gallery, including his elder son.

He could have been jailed for life or for up to 10 years for culpable homicide.

 

[shOUTloud]

Think it is good for him to "pay his debts". With good behaviour, he will be out in a few years. Some more he can collect his 4D winnings in person in future.