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incensed him so much that he went to grab a knife and stabbed him. he was intoxicated by alcohol at that time and it led to the impairment of his mental responsibility at the time of the murder. He also argued that he was under sudden and grave provocation at the time of the quarrel due to Wang's threat and his alleged insults of Jin's mother, and therefore he killed Wang in a moment of uncontrollable anger and it was also the result of a fight between himself and Wang. Even so, Dr
Stephen Phang, a government psychiatrist, testified that Jin had a high tolerance of alcohol and at the time of the offence, Jin was not suffering from
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Jin did not lose control as a result of sudden and grave provocation since Jin had reacted grossly out of proportion to the provocation given and there was no sudden fight since Jin had taken undue advantage over the victim, and he stabbed him on the back out of vengeance. Justice Tay also accepted that Jin's mental responsibility was not sufficiently impaired by the intoxication of alcohol at the time of the murder. Since Jin had failed to prove his defences against the murder charge beyond a reasonable doubt, Justice Tay concluded that there were sufficient grounds to return with a verdict of murder in Jin’s case.
390:- found that Jin’s defense of alcohol intoxication should not be accepted as he had not proven beyond reasonable doubt that his mental state of mind was affected by alcohol intoxication, and his high alcohol consumption prior to the murder was not to the extent of rendering Jin incapable of understanding the magnitude of his actions at the time of the murder. The appellate judges also reportedly commented that there was no excuse for Jin to commit such a cold-blooded and brutal murder, even if he may have been affected by his alcohol intoxication.
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the flats, and they found a man who had his hands and body stained in blood. Reportedly, the man resisted arrest and shouted at the police officers in
Chinese to not go near him. After police reinforcements arrived, the man was subsequently apprehended and arrested for stabbing Wang to death. The suspect was described to be calm when he was brought out of his hiding place and into the police car.
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began once again and while Wang was laid down on a double-decker bed, Jin reappeared with a knife and stabbed Wang, and he also injured Gan before he gave chase after Wang, who ran out of the flat before Jin caught up with him outside a coffeeshop and in front of several more witnesses, Jin inflicted more stab wounds on Wang before he left the latter's body behind and subsequently got arrested.
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although the roommate of both the suspect and Wang would later refute that it was untrue that both men argued over a woman. Both the suspect and Wang were also cleaners and colleagues working under the same company, and rented a room at one of the flats in that area itself, but their relationship was reportedly not good as they often argued with each other.
406:, a drug trafficker, was put to death at the same prison for trafficking over 30g of diamorphine, and she was also the first drug offender to be hanged in the year 2004. Since that year, Yen remained as the last female offender to be executed in Singapore for the following 19 years before the 2023 hanging of
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Two of the police officers dispatched at the scene, Corporal Ong Chee Keong and
Sergeant Koh Chong Kok, were told by passers-by that the suspect had run off to one of the flats around the area. Coupled with witnesses' information, both Corporal Ong and Sergeant Koh followed a trail of blood to one of
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On 4 February 2002, police responded to a report that a stabbing incident occurred outside a coffeeshop at
Rangoon Road. After the police arrived, they found a man lying motionless on the road outside the said coffeeshop, and he also had several stab wounds on his body. According to witnesses, after
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during the session aside from eating. During the session itself, as recounted by Zhao and Gan in court, Jin and Wang began to fiercely argue with one another, and although the other men present managed to defuse the situation by pulling both men to another side, the argument between Jin and Wang
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The trial court was told that at their rented flat in
Rangoon Road, both Jin and the victim Wang Hong, as well as their compatriots from China, were having a drinks session on the night of 3 February 2002, hours before the murder happened at midnight. According to Zhao Zhi Yuan, one of the two
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The man, who died at the scene, was identified as Wang Hong, a 32-year-old
Chinese national and cleaner working in Singapore. Dr Paul Chui, a forensic pathologist, found that Wang sustained seven stab wounds and 15 incised wounds on his body, and three of the stab wounds were sufficient in the
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he was first stabbed in his rented flat, the victim ran down from the third floor to the outside of the coffeeshop, where he was once again stabbed by the same attacker, who later fled the scene, leaving behind a bloodstained knife (believed to be the murder weapon) next to the man's body.
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134:(王宏 Wáng Hóng) and other friends, but an argument broke out between the both of them, and it resulted in Jin using a knife to stab Wang multiple times, resulting in Wang's death.
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550:"Chinese national stabbed to death in Rangoon Road flat".
977:"Singapore hangs woman convicted of heroin trafficking".
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819:"Chinese national to be hanged for killing friend".
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475:"Pengedar dadah, pembunuh jalani hukuman gantung".
315:On 23 December 2002, Jin Yugang stood trial at the
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16:2002 murder of a Chinese national in Singapore
911:"MURDER ACCUSED: Too drank JUDGES: Too bad".
942:"Singapore hangs woman for drug trafficking"
355:Therefore, 35-year-old Jin Yugang was found
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126:(金玉刚 Jīn Yùgàng), a cleaner from
883:"Jin Yugang v Public Prosecutor"
865:"Jin Yugang v Public Prosecutor"
849:"酒后起争执·竟然下毒手 连捅17刀杀同乡 吉林客工判死刑".
791:"Public Prosecutor v Jin Yugang"
458:"Public Prosecutor v Jin Yugang"
402:. On that same day, 37-year-old
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211:People’s Republic of China
49:People’s Republic of China
1042:2002 murders in Singapore
1011:"Crimewatch 2003 S1 Ep 1"
745:"都来自中国东北 大学生追杀 17刀刺死同乡".
655:"警循血路上楼捉人 死者和嫌凶 都是清洁员工".
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834:"酒后17刀捅死同乡中国清洁工判处死刑".
747:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
657:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
642:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
582:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
567:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
537:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
730:"涉嫌持刀追杀同乡男子面对谋杀罪审讯".
490:"疑为女人酒后争吵中国客工被同乡刺死".
333:Kaoliang Chinese wine
150:Stabbing of Wang Hong
851:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
836:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
777:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
762:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
732:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
717:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
715:"涉争妓杀同乡 中国客工被控谋杀罪".
702:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
672:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
670:"死者与嫌凶 虽同乡同住却经常吵架".
627:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
612:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
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522:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
507:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
492:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
244:Execution by hanging
78:Multiple stab wounds
915:. 5 September 2003.
890:Singapore Law Watch
798:Singapore Law Watch
464:. 24 February 2003.
327:of the High Court.
240:Cause of death
175:Trial of Jin Yugang
75:Cause of death
823:. 16 January 2003.
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640:"死者室友否认 命案因女人而起".
554:. 5 February 2002.
520:"见同乡肠子露肚嫌凶收拾包袱逃".
375:’s three judges -
361:sentenced to death
295:Murder (one count)
287:Murder (one count)
144:sentenced to death
928:The Straits Times
821:The Straits Times
700:"中国客工被控仰光路谋杀同房".
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565:"持利刀追下楼 杀人后躲上楼".
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896:25 December
804:25 December
610:"争妓女·杀同房".
250:Nationality
83:Nationality
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1036:Categories
435:References
416:Crimewatch
337:Tiger Beer
317:High Court
260:Occupation
199:1967-02-14
193:Jin Yugang
183:Jin Yugang
124:Jin Yugang
93:Occupation
394:Execution
233:Singapore
132:Wang Hong
120:Singapore
68:Singapore
64:Serangoon
33:Wang Hong
23:Wang Hong
979:The Star
423:See also
271:Executed
101:Employer
1015:meWATCH
964:The Age
300:Penalty
254:Chinese
96:Cleaner
87:Chinese
367:Appeal
357:guilty
140:guilty
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304:Death
128:China
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