Unemployed man, 58, charged with murder

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Unemployed man, 58, charged with murder

Published on Aug 8, 2011​

Lim Kok Tiong (centre in dark blue), 58, allegedly caused the death of Mr Yong Sian Moo, 51, while he was with five others at the back lane between Lorong 11 and Lorong 13 Geylang. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

Man charged with murder
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 08 August 2011 1703 hrs

SINGAPORE: A 58-year-old jobless man has been charged with a murder in Geylang on Friday.

Lim Kok Tiong and five others, whose identities are currently unknown, are believed to have been part of an unlawful assembly that attacked 51-year-old Yong Sian Moo at the back lane between Lorong 11 and 13.

A police media release said that Yong and a 47-year-old Chinese man were found injured at the scene.

They were sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where the Mr Yong died about two hours later.

Lim told the court on Monday that he did not commit the offence.

He is now remanded at the Central Police Division and will be back in court next Monday.

If convicted of murder, Lim will face the death penalty.

- CNA /ls

 

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Man acquitted of Geylang murder
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 05 December 2011 1951 hrs

SINGAPORE : An unemployed man, who was charged with the murder of another man at Geylang on April 5 this year, was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on Monday.

No reasons were cited.

Along with five other people, 58-year-old Lim Kok Tiong was accused of being a member of an unlawful assembly that caused the death of 51-year-old Yong Sian Moo at the backlane between Lorong 11 and Lorong 13 Geylang.

- CNA/ms