Global InformationSha Bakar Dawood information
Sha Bakar Dawood | |
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 1975 police mugshot of Sha Bakar bin Dawood | |
| Born | Sha Bakar bin Dawood 1 January 1938 Singapore |
| Died | 3 September 1976 (aged 38) Changi Prison, Singapore |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Other names | Bakar Negro |
| Occupation | Seaman (former) |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Illegal discharge of a firearm with intent to cause hurt (five counts) |
| Criminal charge | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th charge: Illegal discharge of a firearm with intent to cause hurt at Thiam Siew Avenue 12+ other charges of firearm robbery and discharge of firearms |
| Penalty | Death penalty (×5) |
Sha Bakar bin Dawood, alias Bakar Negro, was a Singaporean seaman and armed robber who was wanted for committing an armed robbery and discharging a revolver at Thiam Siew Avenue in January 1975. In this particular case, Sha Bakar entered a brothel and threatened three people in an armed hold-up, and also wounded the three hostages by shooting his gun at them. Sha Bakar was afterwards confronted by the police, with whom he exchanged gunfire before he fled the scene. Sha Bakar subsequently ran off to Malaysia, where he was arrested by the Royal Malaysia Police at the border between Malaysia and Thailand within the same month of the shoot-out. The Thiam Siew Avenue robbery case was the sixth out of his three-month robbery spree from November 1974 to January 1975.
Sha Bakar was charged with multiple counts of firearm robbery and unlawful discharge of a firearm to cause hurt under the Arms Offences Act, a firearms law which mandated the death sentence for the use of firearms in Singapore. Sha Bakar was later found guilty of five counts of discharging a firearm to cause injury, and sentenced to death on 2 September 1975.[1] After he failed to overturn his death sentence despite appealing the verdict, Sha Bakar was eventually hanged on 3 September 1976. Sha Bakar's case was the first recorded conviction under the newly enacted firearms law since it was first implemented in 1973.[2][3]
- ^ "中年巫人開槍傷人案五項罪名成立高院判處死刑審訊過程法庭嚴加戒備". Nanyang Siang Pau (in Chinese). 3 September 1975.
- ^ "Sha Bakar jalani hukuman gantung pagi semalam". Berita Harian (in Malay). 4 September 1976.
- ^ "开鎗伤人•与警驳火•四出抢刼 馬來「瘋狂大盜」 沙巴打兀上絞台". Sin Chew Jit Poh (in Chinese). 4 September 1976.