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consorting with a person armed with a firearm and stealing motorcycles. Lau, in his mitigation plea, stated that he only helped Lim to repay him for the act of kindness Lim did to him. In 1993, two years before his crime, Lau lost his job and it led to his wife divorcing him and taking custody of their three children and left him. It was Lim, whom he met in prison, helped him to find employment and he made a living as a hawker. Subsequently, Lau was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment and
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For his previous thefts and the robbery he helped his younger brother Lim Chwee Soon to commit, 31-year-old Lim Kang Hee was sentenced to a total of eight years' imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane on 13 May 1996. Kang Hee's accomplice Yeo Choon Seng, a 34-year-old deliveryman who was involved in
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On 28 October 1995, Lim returned to
Singapore, with two new pistols he bought during his life on the run. He and his friend Lau Ah Meng (alias Ah Tee; 刘亚明 Líu Yàmíng) met up with Lim's 30-year-old brother Lim Kang Hee (林康喜 Lín Kāngxǐ), who agreed to commit robbery with his younger brother and friend.
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Secondary Four, and therefore placed under probation. He also stole a bayonet and diving knife from some soldiers at one point, and even feigned illness for several
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and a hundred rounds of ammunition, including nine hollow-point bullets. The four Rolex watches stolen by Lim during the latest robbery case were also recovered from the room. The
Singaporean authorities were immediately informed of Lim's arrest. 40-year-old Lau Ah Meng was similarly arrested during
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Lim Chwee Soon was born in 1967 as the second child of a seaman and a coffee shop assistant. He had one older brother, two younger sisters and one younger brother. Lim was reportedly obsessed with toy guns when he was young. His mother described him as an obedient boy during his childhood. After Lim
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Sinnathuray rejected Lim Chwee Soon's defence of diminished responsibility, find that he was of sound mind when he fired the shots and committed the armed robbery on that fateful day of 30 October 1995. He also found that Lim did intend to use his firearm to commit robbery
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Douglas Kong to help him testify that
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in
Malaysia if convicted of the offence under the Malaysian firearms law. However, in the course of investigations, the Malaysian police agreed to have discussions with the Singaporean police with regards to Lim's possible extradition to Singapore for the charges he was wanted for, the most serious
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if found guilty. Lau was charged with abetting Lim to commit armed robbery and shooting. As he was abetting Lim with the knowledge that Lim possessed a firearm and knowingly abetted the use of a firearm, Lau would also be sentenced to the gallows as well. Both men also faced additional charges for
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and threatened the five people - consisting of the owner's two sons, their aunt and their two employees - on gunpoint before he fired seven shots, with three of them causing injury to 35-year-old How Sau Che (侯绍智 Hóu Shàozhì), the shop manager and elder son of the shop owner. After firing his gun,
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dismissed the appeal on 18 November 1996, after they similarly rejected Lim's claims of diminished responsibility and accidental shooting, and disagreed with Lim's lawyer Peter
Fernando, who tried to argue that the trial judge failed to duly consider Lim's psychiatric evidence before reaching the
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to commit robbery. However, it was a poorly executed attempt as he was quickly subdued by the employees of the goldsmith shop, who all used chairs to hit Lim and restrained him. Lim was therefore charged with the attempted armed robbery. However, while Lim was temporarily out of jail on bail, he
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On 2 July 1996, 41-year-old Lau Ah Meng, who was charged in the same case with Lim, was allowed to plead guilty to two reduced charges, one of committing armed robbery at City Plaza with Lim on 29 October and helping Lim escape the goldsmith shop on 30 October. Lau also faced other charges of
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Malaysian authorities to assist them in tracing the robbers'
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presided the trial hearing. During the trial itself, the victim How Sau Che was one of the witnesses who testified for the prosecution, and the CCTV camera footage that captured the robbery itself were also presented as evidence. Lim initially tried to argue that his statements were made
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The robbery was made due to the need to help Kang Hee to discharge the debts he owed to loan sharks. The next day, the trio held a moneychanger Lam Wei Yue on gunpoint at City Plaza. But the trio only made off with a bag of rubbish.
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watches worth S$ 80,000, fled to
Malaysia immediately after the crime but was arrested two days later, and extradited back to Singapore for trial. While his accomplices in the previous robberies were sentenced to prison and
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jumped bail in August 1995 and escaped to both Malaysia and Thailand. It was further revealed that Lim was also involved in two cases of snatch-theft in July 1995 while on bail.
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on 15 July 1996. Lim was represented by both lawyers Edward De'Souza and Ong Peng Boon, while Lim Jen Hui and Lee Sing Lit were in charge of prosecuting Lim. Justice
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in his psychiatric report. The gun experts' test-firing of the gun also concluded that the gun did not malfunction and it never misfired unlike what Lim claimed.
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On 25 July 1997, 30-year-old Lim Chwee Soon was hanged in
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179:(林水顺 Lín Shuǐshùn; 1 January 1967 – 25 July 1997), alias
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Illegal use of a firearm to commit robbery (one count)
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Police mugshot of Lim Chwee Soon, first taken in 1995
1273:"Don't point the gun at me :Judge tells govt lawyer"
1025:"Jail for rider of getaway m-cycle in armed robbery"
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1093:"Sons on robbery raps, mum weeps outside court"
975:"Sons on robbery raps, mum weeps outside court"
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16:Singaporean convicted armed robber and gunman
1413:"Gunman in goldsmith shop shoot-out hanged"
1183:"I had no wish to fire: Left-handed gunman"
745:"KL police kill S'porean wanted for murder"
727:"KL police kill S'porean wanted for murder"
709:"Suspect arrested in dawn raid in Malaysia"
1395:"Gunman who shot Cisco officer gets death"
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1201:"Singapore: suspect uses strange defense"
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1377:"SINGAPORE GUNMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE"
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1499:"珍珠坊表行枪劫案上诉驳回 '，三司：阿顺死罪难逃因他干案时神智正常"
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957:"双枪悍匪"阿顺"的哥哥与同伙被加控图抢助理经理5万元罪名"
921:"劫金庄双枪嫌犯阿顺的哥哥 阿喜加控与阿顺 共谋持枪劫文件"
909:(in Chinese). 6 December 1995.
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1604:Fugitives wanted by Singapore
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799:"Singapore's 10 most wanted"
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1463:"抢劫表行连开七枪伤人案 死囚"阿顺"上诉遭三司驳回"
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1043:"两度充当枪匪接应人 '报恩'小贩监9年打12鞭"
1007:"两度骑电单车接应 小贩为'报恩'充枪匪'助手'"
691:"高庭审讯 涉嫌抢劫·大马落网林水顺身藏2枪百弹"
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1431:"SECOND BLOW FOR MOTHER"
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547:"The infamous 'Ah Soon'"
1535:"抢表行·开七枪·伤一人 双枪大盗 今早正法"
394:Trial of Lim Chwee Soon
388:six strokes of the cane
351:Extradition and charges
292:Capture in Kuala Lumpur
1481:"抢劫表行死囚上诉遭驳回 三司公布判决理由"
867:"2嫌犯今被控 抵触军火法令 可能判处死刑"
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309:semi-automatic pistols
287:Arrest and extradition
130:Goh Lian Chun (mother)
1619:Singaporean criminals
298:Royal Malaysia Police
265:People's Park Complex
243:People's Park Complex
189:People's Park Complex
1401:. 16 September 1994.
903:"大盗"阿顺"被加控企图抢劫等7项罪名"
277:Woodlands Checkpoint
250:Second armed robbery
194:Lim, who stole four
191:on 30 October 1995.
85:Execution by hanging
1599:Singaporean robbers
1523:. 10 December 1996.
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819:. 14 November 1995.
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259:Third armed robbery
237:First armed robbery
81:Cause of death
1323:"抢劫表行开了七枪"阿顺"被判死刑"
1061:"参与持枪抢劫小贩坐牢9年鞭12下"
849:"械劫珍珠坊两嫌犯被控触犯军火法令"
751:. 4 November 1995.
715:. 2 November 1995.
661:. 31 October 1995.
470:Subsequently, Lim
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1521:The Straits Times
1449:The Straits Times
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1345:The Straits Times
1255:"法官'试枪'后表示： 开枪不难"
1237:"主控官： 开枪非意外悍匪应死刑"
1223:The Straits Times
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522:Arms Offences Act
453:Arms Offences Act
438:T. S. Sinnathuray
409:T. S. Sinnathuray
399:Court proceedings
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