Teenagers hantum taxi driver with hammer

[Garlic]

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../342603/1/.html

 

 

By Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 20 April 2008 2212 hrs

 

 

SINGAPORE: Taxi driver See Boon Cheong was the first of three victims targeted by a group of young robbers early Saturday morning.

 

The 60-year-old said the last thing he heard before he was struck many times with a hammer was 'Money, money, money!'.

 

As a result of the attack, Mr See is suffering from facial and head injuries.

 

He was robbed of S$160 in cash, two lottery tickets and a shopping voucher at Cheng Soon Garden, off Jalan Jurong Kechil, at about 2.50am.

 

"I felt the pain but I didn't know it was a hammer," he said.

 

Mr See can be considered lucky as the second victim has been hospitalised with multiple injuries on his face, head and arm.

 

The unnamed 50-year-old taxi driver was attacked at about 4.25am at a car park in Clementi Avenue 3, but the robbers fled empty-handed.

 

At about 5.20am, the robbers struck again. Their third victim was 52-year-old Fong Peng Weng who was robbed of his mobile phone and about S$300 in cash, but he was left unhurt.

 

Two of the culprits were caught at Jurong East Bus Interchange after 5.25am and the third youth was arrested at a car park in Jurong East Street 13. The latter had a hammer with him.

 

The three youngsters

Edited April 20, 2008 by Garlic

[Watwheels]

Very soon we'll see a barrier between passengers and cab drivers just like those in US or China.

[Yaoxing]

In the past, taxi drivers were silenced after the robbers got what they want. These taxi drivers are lucky the robbers are young and aren't as vicious. If the robbers were hardened criminals... things could be much worse.

[Qpik]

Hmm must consider real hard now abt going into moonlighting as a cab driver.

 

Radx & Sony, are you here??? Plse read this, maybe, we can go and drive hearse instead??

[Nkps]

juz let them drive the night shift.... u take the day shift, safer....

[Apollo]

u hv to depose rashid 1st.

[Mzrmazda3]

These young baxtards are really vicious

 

Imagine if one kena hamtum a few times by their hammer on the head

 

Gan Bu Kias

[Typhoonz]

Hiong siah these ah bengs... But they are swiftly caught... Wished the mata mata were also as efficient for our limping man...

[Testa_ross4]

Ah beng or Rokr?

[Garlic]

There is a report on page 2 of ST today.

 

One of the taxi uncle kena 8 blows to the head ....

Edited April 21, 2008 by Garlic

[Albeniz]

Considering the nature of the offence, these teenagers should be caned despite their age.

 

I can't imagine being hit by a hammer.

[Thestig]

I propose punishment as follows:

 

Tie their hands onto a wooden table and use a hammer to hit their fingers one by one.

[Qpik]

u hv to depose rashid 1st.

i tot he kanna flushed out already cos no news fm him

[Mzrmazda3]

Wah Lau...

 

Hope he'll be ok man

[Mzrmazda3]

I like your punishment proposal

[Slowmo]

I think better is pair them up and tell them to hammer the other party's fingers.

[Kklim]

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNew...0421-60969.html

'Hammer' teens charged in court for robbing cabby

 

Elena Chong

Mon, Apr 21, 2008

 

TWO private students and a school dropout who robbed a taxi driver on Sunday while armed with a hammer were charged in court on Monday.

 

Renzo Tu Zhi Hao and Quek Jun Hao, both 16, were accused of robbing Mr Fong Peng Weng, 52, of a mobile phone and cash totalling $300 at Block 208 Jurong East Street 21 with the 15-year-old accomplice while armed with a deadly weapon at about 5.20am that day.

 

The juvenile, who was charged in the Juvenile Court, was remanded at the Singapore Boys' Home pending further investigation.

 

Tu and Quek were remanded at Clementi police station for a week.

 

The two were arrested at Jurong East bus interchange while the third, a few hours later when he alighted from a taxi at Jurong East Street 13.

 

The case will be mentioned on April 28.

 

Armed robbery committed after 7pm and before 7am carries a jail term of between three and 14 years, with at least 12 strokes of the cane.

 

END

 

First one sounds like a China kid. Probably one of the private students.

Edited April 21, 2008 by Kklim

[Yaloryalor]

Nowaday youngsters are so "Heong"