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Singapore – One of the seven people initially charged with murder has been released after receiving a one-year conditional warning on Thursday (October 15) for a reduced charge of associating with a person who possesses an offensive weapon.
The group had attacked Satheesh Noel Gobidass, 31, in Orchard Towers in the early morning of July 2, 2019. Police were alerted at 6.25 am and the victim was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital unconscious and pronounced dead one hour. then.
Chan Jia Xing, 27, must remain crime free for 12 months or he may be prosecuted again for the association charge and the new crime.
He was accused of associating with Tan Sen Yang, 28, who allegedly had a folding karambit, a small curved knife that resembles a claw, while at the Naughty Girl Club in Orchard Towers that morning.
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Chan was initially charged with murder along with Natalie Siow, 24; Tan Hong Sheng, 22; Loo Boon Chong, 27 years old; Tan Sen Yang, 28; Joel Tan Yun Sheng, 26; and Ang Da Yuan, 26.
The charges were subsequently reduced for everyone except for Tan Seng Yang.
Three more of the seven have been convicted.
The only woman in the group, Natalie Siow, pleaded guilty last week to associating with Tan Sen Yang and was sentenced to five months in jail.
Two of the defendants were indicted in March 2020. Joel Tan Yun Sheng was imprisoned for four weeks after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing harm to the victim by common intent and Ang Da Yuan was sentenced to eight months in prison and six strokes of the cane. . He pleaded guilty to willfully causing harm to the victim by kicking and hitting him and associating with Tan Sen Yang.
The cases of the remaining two people, Tan Hong Sheng, 22, and Loo Boon Chong, 27, are still pending.
Those convicted of associating with a person who carries an offensive weapon face a maximum of three years in prison and at least six strokes of the baton.
Of the seven, only Tan Sen Yang now faces the murder charge. / ITGS
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