Two men charged with Central Square murder

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• Dec 6, 2011

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Two men charged with Central Square murder
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 05 December 2011 1928 hrs

SINGAPORE : Two men were charged in court on Monday with the murder of a 21-year-old man at Central Square at Havelock Road last Saturday.

Along with three others, Desmond Neo Han Wen, 24, and Lee Boon Leong, 22, were said to have been part of an unlawful assembly at the carpark of the building at 6am that day, that led to death of Chen Zi Xuan.

Neo and Lee will have their cases mentioned again next Monday.

If convicted of murder, they could face the death penalty.

- CNA/ms

 

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• Dec 7, 2011

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Third man charged with Central Square murder
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 06 December 2011 1215 hrs

SINGAPORE: A third man was charged in Court on Tuesday with the murder of a 20-year-old full-time national serviceman at Central Square at Havelock Road on December 3.

Poh Chong Heng, 27, was allegedly part of an unlawful assembly that led to the death of Chen Zi Quan at the carpark of the building between 5.30am and 6.15am.

Poh's two alleged accomplices, Desmond Neo Han Wen, 24 and Lee Boon Leong, 22, were charged on Monday.

The trio were remanded at Central Police Division for further investigations.

Poh will be back in court on December 13.

Channel NewsAsia understands the whereabouts of two more alleged accomplices are also being traced.

If convicted of murder, they could face the death penalty.

- CNA/ck

 

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Man beaten to death: Killed for touching car?
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Mr Shane Chen Zi Xuan, 21, was beaten to death in the carpark at Central Square mall last Saturday.

He may have been killed for touching a car belonging to five men.

Shane was with two friends, a male and a female at a nightclub in Central Square before the incident.

The group had left the nightclub and was on the way to retrieve their car from the mall's multi-storey carpark when they passed another car, described by Shane's relative as a "typical ah beng car with a spoiler and a big exhaust".

Moments after the car passed them, five men approached and accused Shane of touching their car.

At this point, they attacked Shane and his friend but left the female in the group alone.

It is believed that the five did not use any weapons during the attack.

After the attack, Shane was sent home, then sent to the hospital by his parents.

He was unconscious by that time and was pronounced dead due to severe head injuries that rendered him brain dead.

Shane was due to complete his NS next year and was said to be saving up for his university education.

Three of the assailants have since been arrested while two are still on the run.

 

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• May 17, 2012

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3 men involved in Central Square murder face reduced charges

Published on May 16, 2012

The Central Square carpark where a fatal fight took place on Dec 3, 2011, leading to the death of full-time national serviceman Chen Zi Xuan. The three men initially accused of the murder of Chen Zi Xuan at Central Square carpark had their charges reduced to voluntarily causing hurt and causing grievous hurt on Wednesday. -- ST PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR

By Elena Chong

The three men initially accused of the murder of a young man at Central Square carpark had their charges reduced to voluntarily causing hurt and causing grievous hurt on Wednesday.

Desmond Neo Han Wen, 24, Lee Boon Leong, 23, and Poh Chong Heng, 27, were charged last December with the murder of Chen Zi Xuan, 21, while being part of an unlawful assembly at the carpark of Central Square at Havelock Road on Dec 3.

The prosecution tendered re-amended and fresh charges against the trio.

The three men are now said to have, together with another man, punched and kicked Mr Matthew Li, 24, and Mr Darren Matthias Chan, 21, at the carpark of Central Square that morning.

Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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• May 17, 2012

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Now too late to say anything,small issue make big for what?

 

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• May 17, 2012

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Section 55 best for these Sinkies, cos they will never get convicted for murder.

 

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• May 17, 2012

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shittypore said:

Section 55 best for these Sinkies, cos they will never get convicted for murder.

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I think they wont kena 55 if they kena they wont be charge in court liao

 

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• May 17, 2012

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55 is see no day and night, but why no need go court for verdict? Is it something like drug offense? Once test positive, straight to prison.

 

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Man walks free after jail sentence is backdated
By Claire Huang | Posted: 06 August 2012 2129 hrs

SINGAPORE : Twenty-four-year-old Desmond Neo Han Wen walked out of court a free man on Monday, even after he was sentenced to seven months' jail on two charges of voluntarily causing hurt and one of grievous hurt. That is because the District Judge backdated the sentence to the day of his arrest - 5 December 2011.

On December 3 last year, Neo was walking to a car with three friends - 23-year-old Lee Boon Leong, 28-year-old Poh Chong Heng and 23-year-old Marcus Lee Han Wei - shortly after 6am.

The group had just ended a night of merry-making at Club Nana and was heading for supper at Central Square.

At the same time, another group comprising the deceased 21-year-old Chen Zixuan, 24-year-old Matthew Li, 21-year-old Darren Matthias Chan and 21-year-old Andrea Lim Mei Chen blocked the path of the car Neo was in.

Lee sounded the horn and this led to taunting and a fight ensued.

Mid-way, Chen told Neo and Lee that he had dislocated his thumb.

The fight stopped and the two groups even shook hands.

But at about the same time, Neo's friend, whose name is not mentioned who is and is still at large, came to the scene and a second fight broke out.

Chen suffered a heavy punch to his face and collapsed to the ground.

While he managed to get home, Chen later died of his injuries.

In mitigation, defence lawyer Kertar Singh said Neo is a first offender and the incident was not premeditated but a spontaneous one where the two groups were not armed.

He added that Neo did not participate in the second fight after making peace.

He also pointed out that Neo was initially in the car when the first fight broke out, but his client left to render aid to his friend.

In sentencing, the District Judge said the defence made it clear that Neo was not involved in the second fight.

The judge said credit should be given to Neo for the ceasefire when Chen told him of his dislocated thumb.

Still, he said group violence must be deterred and sentenced Neo to a total of seven months' jail.

Neo is the first of his group to be dealt with.

- CNA/ms

 

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• Sep 14, 2012

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Second of four men who caused NSman's death jailed
Posted: 14 September 2012 1537 hrs

SINGAPORE: The second of four men accused of causing grievous hurt to a full-time national serviceman, who later died, has been sentenced to seven months' jail.

23-year-old Lee Boon Leong had punched the 21-year-old victim, Chen Zixuan, after a night of merry-making on December 3 2011.

Lee was with three friends - 24-year-old Desmond Neo Han Wen, 28-year-old Poh Chong Heng and 23-year-old Marcus Lee Han Wei - at the time of the offence.

The four men were headed for supper at Central Square at Havelock Road, shortly after 6am that day.

At the same time, another group comprising of the deceased, 24-year-old Matthew Li, 21-year-old Darren Matthias Chan and 21-year-old Andrea Lim Mei Chen blocked the path of the car Lee was in.

A fight broke out and Lee's group threw punches and kicked Chen, Li and Chan.

But the fight stopped after Chen said he dislocated his thumb.

At about the same time, an unidentified accomplice of Lee who is still at large, came to the scene and a second fight broke out.

Chen suffered a heavy punch to his face and collapsed to the ground.

While he managed to get home, Chen later died of his injuries.

Neo was the first to be dealt with in this case.

He was sentenced to seven months' jail in August 2012.

- CNA/xq

 

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• Sep 21, 2012

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Third man in Central Square assault jailed

Published on Sep 21, 2012
By Elena Chong

A THIRD man involved in the Central Square carpark assault which led to a full-time national serviceman later dying of head injuries, was jailed on Friday.

Poh Chong Heng, 28, originally accused of Mr Chen Zixuan's murder while being part of an unlawful assembly, was sentenced to 31/2 years' jail and six strokes of the cane on amended charges of causing grievous hurt and causing hurt.

Poh, a small trader, had admitted to punching and kicking Mr Chen's cousin, Mr Matthew Li, 24, at the Havelock Road carpark on Dec 3 last year.

Two of his three accomplices, Mr Desmond Neo Han Wen, 24, and Mr Lee Boon Leong, 23, have been dealt with. A fourth man's case is pending.

Read the full story in The New Paper on Friday (Sept 21).