Global InformationMurder of Leong Fook Weng information
Leong Fook Weng | |
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 Leong Fook Weng, who was killed in 2000 | |
| Born | Leong Fook Weng 1964 Singapore, Malaysia |
| Died | 17 May 2000 (aged 36) Bukit Timah, Singapore |
| Cause of death | Fatal knife wound to the heart |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Occupation(s) | Odd-job worker Moneylender |
| Known for | Murder victim |
On 17 May 2000, at a vacant plot of land in Bukit Timah, 36-year-old odd-job worker and moneylender Leong Fook Weng (Chinese: 梁福永; pinyin: Liáng Fúyǒng) was found dead, wearing only his underwear and sustaining several stab wounds on his chest and neck. Investigations showed that Leong had been attacked and assaulted by four secret society members, and died as a result of a knife wound to his heart. The four attackers escaped Singapore after the killing, but two of them – See Chee Keong (Chinese: 施志强; pinyin: Shī Zhìqiáng) and Robson Tay Teik Chai (Chinese: 郑德才; pinyin: Zhèng Décái) – were discovered to be imprisoned in Cambodia and France respectively for unrelated drug offences, and the remaining two suspects – Lim Hin Teck (Chinese: 林兴德; pinyin: Lín Xīngdé) and Ong Chin Huat (Chinese: 王振发; pinyin: Wáng Zhènfā) – remained at large for the murder.
Tay was repatriated from France to Singapore after completing his two-year sentence for drug trafficking, and in March 2003, Tay was sentenced to nine years in prison and given 12 strokes of the cane for a reduced charge of manslaughter. See, who was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for drug trafficking in Cambodia, spent 13 years in a Cambodian prison before he was given a royal pardon and released in November 2013, and returned to Singapore for trial. In April 2016, See was sentenced to ten years' jail for manslaughter. A fifth accomplice, William Ho Kah Wei (Chinese: 何嘉伟; pinyin: Hé Jiāwěi), who never took part in the assault but was aware of the murder and never reported it, was jailed six months in February 2003 for failure to report a crime to the police. Till today, both Ong and Lim remain at large for the crime.[1]
- ^ "10 years' jail for man who fled S'pore after stabbing incident". TODAY. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.