http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_447435.html
Oct 28, 2009
PRC acquitted of robbery
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
A CHINESE national charged a week ago with trying to rob a cabby was cleared on Wednesday after the charge was dropped.
Mr Zhou Sunfu, 27, a real estate businessman, was initially accused of trying to rob Mr Robert Lee Khee Choon, 61, inside a cab along Sims Avenue near Lorong 29 Geylang on Oct 19.
While driving, the cabby collided into a bus stop. Both Mr Zhou and the taxi driver were injured and taken to Changi General Hospital.
Mr Zhou, who arrived in Singapore on Oct 9 with his girlfriend for a social visit, was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal an the application of the prosecution.
When Mr Zhou later stepped into the public concourse from the basement lock-up of the Subordinate Courts, he was greeted with a hug from his mother, Madam Chen Zhuhong, 50, who had flown in from Pintan Island in Fujian on Sunday.
His girlfriend and several of his friends were also in court
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Earlier report:
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_444769.html
Oct 21, 2009
Attempted robbery charge
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
A CHINESE national was charged in court on Wednesday with trying to rob a taxi driver along Sims Avenue.
Zhou Sunfu, 27, who is on social visit pass, allegedly tried to rob Mr Robert Lee Khee Choon by putting him in fear of bodily hurt at about 5.25am on Monday.
The 61-year-old cabby was warded in hospital after his taxi crashed into a pillar in front of a shophouse. His condition is now stable.
Zhou, who was represented by Mr Leonard Loo, was remanded at Bedok police division for further investigation.
If convicted, he faces a a jail term of two to seven years and not less than six strokes of the cane.
His case will come up again on Oct 28.
Oct 28, 2009
PRC acquitted of robbery
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
A CHINESE national charged a week ago with trying to rob a cabby was cleared on Wednesday after the charge was dropped.
Mr Zhou Sunfu, 27, a real estate businessman, was initially accused of trying to rob Mr Robert Lee Khee Choon, 61, inside a cab along Sims Avenue near Lorong 29 Geylang on Oct 19.
While driving, the cabby collided into a bus stop. Both Mr Zhou and the taxi driver were injured and taken to Changi General Hospital.
Mr Zhou, who arrived in Singapore on Oct 9 with his girlfriend for a social visit, was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal an the application of the prosecution.
When Mr Zhou later stepped into the public concourse from the basement lock-up of the Subordinate Courts, he was greeted with a hug from his mother, Madam Chen Zhuhong, 50, who had flown in from Pintan Island in Fujian on Sunday.
His girlfriend and several of his friends were also in court
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Earlier report:
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_444769.html
Oct 21, 2009
Attempted robbery charge
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
A CHINESE national was charged in court on Wednesday with trying to rob a taxi driver along Sims Avenue.
Zhou Sunfu, 27, who is on social visit pass, allegedly tried to rob Mr Robert Lee Khee Choon by putting him in fear of bodily hurt at about 5.25am on Monday.
The 61-year-old cabby was warded in hospital after his taxi crashed into a pillar in front of a shophouse. His condition is now stable.
Zhou, who was represented by Mr Leonard Loo, was remanded at Bedok police division for further investigation.
If convicted, he faces a a jail term of two to seven years and not less than six strokes of the cane.
His case will come up again on Oct 28.
