Global InformationQuek Loo Ming case information
Quek Loo Ming | |
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 2002 police mugshot of Quek Loo Ming | |
| Born | Quek Loo Ming 1 June 1945 Japanese occupation of Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Occupation | Laboratory officer (former) |
| Criminal status | Released |
| Spouse | Unnamed wife |
| Children | 1+ |
| Motive | To seek revenge |
| Conviction(s) | Culpable homicide not amounting to murder (one count) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous means (one count) |
| Criminal charge | Murder (one count) Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous means (two counts) |
| Penalty | 15 years' imprisonment |
On 31 December 2001, while volunteering at an end-of-year event, 56-year-old Quek Loo Ming (郭禄明 Guō Lùmíng), a retired laboratory officer, spiked a bottle of water with methomyl and offered it to the chairperson of a resident's committee in Bukit Timah, with hopes that the chairperson, who allegedly mistreated Quek, would suffer from diarrhoea after drinking the contaminated water. However, the chairperson did not drink it, and instead, three other volunteers of the event drank it and it led to them being hospitalized.
One of the three victims, 62-year-old Fong Oi Lin, died of poisoning on 3 January 2002; the other two – 66-year-old Richard Ho Sin Shong and 38-year-old Wong Ah Kim – were in critical condition before they recovered and survived. Quek was later arrested and charged with murdering Fong and causing grievous hurt to Wong and Ho, and subsequently, the most serious charge of murder in Quek's case was downgraded to manslaughter, and Quek was found guilty and sentenced to nine years of imprisonment for manslaughter and inflicting grievous injury. Upon the prosecution's appeal, Quek's sentence was increased to 15 years' imprisonment.[1]
- ^ "毒水案控方上诉得直 被告刑期加长9年加到15年". Lianhe Wanbao (in Chinese). 21 October 2002.