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SINGAPORE – A 21-year-old man was accused on Wednesday (May 13) of stabbing another man multiple times in the body and head in a small garden in Jurong West.
The attack was one of four on Sunday that made the news and went viral with photos circulating online.
Edmund Kam Wei Liang was charged with one count of voluntarily causing serious pain to Teo Jia Wei, 26, by stabbing him multiple times with a knife in the small garden in front of Blk 452 Jurong West Street 42 at 7.01pm.
He is said to have committed the act in common intent with 28-year-old Teo Shou Ren. Teo’s case has not been heard in court. The relationship between the three men is unclear.
The alleged act caused Teo Jia Wei to suffer severe bleeding and was likely to cause death, the charge sheet indicates. Photos of the alleged incident show a large pool of blood on the pavement.
Kam has been sent for investigations and will return to court on May 20.
If convicted of causing serious harm with a weapon, Kam can be imprisoned for up to 15 years, fined or flogged, or any combination of punishments.
Other attacks
Earlier Sunday, two men were allegedly involved in a brutal assault at 3 a.m. in the Choa Chu Kang Cemetery. The victim sustained multiple injuries, including a deformed left arm, from the attack. Andre Chen Si’en, 29, and Gervan Wong Jun Heng, 24, were charged Tuesday.
Separately, a group of young people also participated in a riot at the People’s Park Center around 3.30 in the morning. A total of 11 men and one woman were arrested, with two remaining men released.
Later that night, a 38-year-old man, identified by media reports as Tay Rui Hao, was fatally stabbed while jogging in the Punggol field. Your assailant is still at large.
