Warrant of arrest issued for man convicted of slashing neighbour with samurai sword

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Warrant of arrest issued for man convicted of slashing neighbour with samurai sword

Published on Nov 12, 2014 8:41 PM

Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, 64, has been accused for using a mini samurai sword to slash Yun Yew Lee, on his left forearm and his back. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Ian Poh

SINGAPORE - A warrant of arrest has been issued for a jobless drug addict convicted of slashing his neighbour with an illegal samurai sword, after the 64-year-old did not show up in court on Wednesday for sentencing.

Abdul Rahman Ibrahim had pleaded guilty on Sept 9 to hurting 41-year-old Yun Yew Lee in the victim's HDB flat, after their relationship soured over a partially-returned debt.

At about 4pm on June 6, knowing that his neighbour's door would be left open as usual, he stormed into Mr Yun's third-floor flat in Commonwealth Crescent, brandishing a mini samurai sword and a chopper taken from his own kitchen.

Using the sword, which had a 32-cm blade, Abdul Rahman twice slashed Mr Yun, 41, who was lying on a mattress in the living room talking to his nephew, 12. He stopped the attack when Mr Yun's brother came out of a room and later left the scene, leaving Mr Yun with a 5cm laceration on his arm.

 

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Samurai sword attacker flees court before sentencing

Shaffiq Alkhatib The New Paper Saturday, Nov 15, 2014

SINGAPORE - He was about to be sentenced yesterday when he asked the judge for yet another adjournment.

But when District Judge Mathew Joseph turned down this request, Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, 64, decided to take matters into his own hands.

When his case resumed in the afternoon, the jobless man was nowhere to be seen.

A warrant of arrest was then issued against Abdul Rahman, who pleaded guilty on Sept 9 to one count each of trespassing and voluntarily causing hurt.

A third charge of being in possession of a weapon will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

He was released from prison in 2011 after serving nine years of preventive detention for drug-related offences.

Preventive detention is reserved for recalcitrant offenders, who must serve the full sentence with no reduction for good behaviour.

Abdul Rahman's long spell behind bars did not stop him from committing more crimes.

On June 6, at around 4pm, he barged into his neighbour's flat at Block 107, Commonwealth Crescent, armed with a chopper and a short samurai sword with a 32-cm blade.

The neighbour, Mr Yun Yew Lee, 41, was lying on a mattress in his living room when Abdul Rahman suddenly appeared and slashed his left forearm with the sword.

He then slashed Mr Yun on his back when the latter tried to turn away.

Abdul Rahman stopped the attack and left the flat when Mr Yun's younger brother rushed out of his room.

The court heard that Abdul Rahman used to be on good terms with Mr Yun and had borrowed money from him. Their relationship soured when he could not repay the loan, believed to be $50.