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SINGAPORE – Unhappy that a pedestrian kicked the car he was riding in, Fino Foo Zhi Peng got out and hit the man in the face once, causing him to fall.
The head of Jeffrey Tan Junjie, 31, hit the ground and died in hospital three days later.
Foo, now 28, pleaded guilty in district court on Friday (August 28) to one count of battery and riot.
Foo and his friends had previously gone to Clarke Quay for a night out and were in a three-car convoy in a multi-story parking lot around 4 a.m. on April 16, 2017, when Tan kicked one of the vehicles. It was not said why he did so.
Foo, the driver and another passenger got out, the court heard.
Foo confronted Mr. Tan and punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground.
Foo’s friends also got out of their vehicles and one of them, Allan Ng Wei Wen, now 34, armed himself with a metal bar.
When another pedestrian, Mr. Lim Soon Leng, who knew Mr. Tan, tried to approach, Ng struck Mr. Lim with the stick, causing him to bleed on his face.
A man identified as Xie Hui, then 30, approached Foo’s group and said that Lim was his friend.
Ng responded by hitting Mr. Xie with the metal rod and the rest of Foo’s group joined in the attack.
Deputy Prosecutor Daphne Lim said: “The force of the blows from the metal rod was so great (that) it made a substantial dent in the metal bezel of the Rolex watch that was worn on (Mr. Xie’s) wrist.
“It was also good enough to break the chrome bracelet on the watch.”
The fight ended when someone yelled, “Come on.”
Later, Foo’s group returned to their vehicles and fled before the police reached the scene.
Mr. Tan was unconscious when he was taken to Singapore General Hospital (SGH), where he died of a head injury three days later, on April 19.
The court heard that Mr. Lim and Mr. Xie were also brought to SGH.
Later, Mr. Lim was found with injuries, including fractures to his nasal bone. Mr. Xie suffered a back injury, as well as multiple bruises and wounds.
Five other men from Foo’s group who participated in the attack were previously charged, and one of them was sentenced to 15 months in jail.
The remaining four and Ng admitted their crimes on Friday.
He pleaded guilty to crimes including riot and serious injury with a weapon.
Ng is out on $ 30,000 bond. Foo’s bail was set at $ 20,000.
The two Singaporeans will be sentenced on September 28.
For riots, a criminal can be jailed for up to seven years and flogged.
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