Man jailed 28 years later: 2 sons offer testimonials

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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.

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

 

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Man gets jail for fatal slashing - 28 years later

Published on Nov 29, 2011

Lee Hong Mun fled Singapore in 1983 after fatally slashing Mr Ng Tian Soo at Telok Blangah Rise.

By 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.

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

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