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    Teen pleads guilty to lesser charges in Downtown East murder case

    Yahoo! Newsroom – Thu, Feb 23, 2012

    One of the 11 youths who had been accused of the alleged murder of a teen in Downtown East over a year and a half ago pleaded guilty on Wednesday to lesser charges.

    Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported that 21-year-old Jason Chew Wei Beng will, alongside 10 others, is being prosecuted for rioting and for voluntarily causing hurt to 19-year-old Darren Ng Wei Jie, who died from multiple stab wounds and other injuries sustained on the evening of 30 October 2010.

    Chew’s defence council Tan Beng Swee said in mitigation that Chew is not a secret society member, that he was not aware that a fight would be taking place and that he did not carry any knives or choppers to the scene, CNA reported.

    Responding to the defence, deputy public prosecutor Peggy Pao said that the charges against Chew were reduced to reflect Chew’s lesser involvement.

    Separately Chew admitted to punching the head of another youth at Bishan bus interchange, alongside three friends, earlier that year in April.

    For that, he could be jailed for up to two years, or be fined up to $5,000, or both.

    For rioting, Chew could face up to seven years of imprisonment, as well as caning.

    He will be sentenced on 6 March while cases of the others remain pending, reported local media.

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    • backpackers
      backpackers  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      A crime is a crime. Does not matter if u are from a gang or not. If u commit a crime u have to pay for it.
      • Li Na
        Li Na 3 months ago
        hang them all immediately....
    • Jinglu
      Jinglu  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      "punching the head of another youth at Bishan bus interchange, alongside three friends, earlier that year in April". He is a violent person who should be kept away from society. ie. in long term jail.***
      • Subramaniam
        Subramaniam 3 months ago
        WON'T HAPPEN, now DPP said only rioting,
      • Samurai
        Samurai 3 months ago
        The way he punch the head of another youth he feel like he did the right things
      • jojo gunny
        jojo gunny 2 months ago
        Parents of Darren ng, Dont let your Son to die in Vain. I dont know what Kind of LAW and JUDGES, we had in SIngapore!.
    • Burgar
      Burgar  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      Our court is bias....they should be hanged for murder. Life to be paid by life.
    • AFS
      AFS  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      Please jail these violent youth at least 20yrs or 25yrs.
      • ihs
        ihs 3 months ago
        @AFS dont forget to give them maximum cane too !!!
      • Zorro007
        Zorro007 3 months ago
        you won't say this if they were your children
      • Lamb Chop
        Lamb Chop 3 months ago
        I think you won't even utter a word or claim yourself to be the parent of such society burden, moreover a murderer to someone else's children.
    • Reichsfuhrer
      Reichsfuhrer  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      What kind of law is this? A lesser sentence for murder? The victim's parent should be very disappointed with this judgement by soft hearted judges.
      • youngpeople
        youngpeople 3 months ago
        Although I do not like it as much as you do. But he has lesser sentence, because he was not involved as much as the others.
      • youngpeople
        youngpeople 3 months ago
        However, they should give him a harsh sentence for being a repeated offender to violence.
      • Joe Public
        Joe Public 3 months ago
        10 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane a lesser sentence than hanging? I am not so sure. When he gets out of jail, he has to carry the stigma throughout his life, esp in our unforgiving society. He has to work doubly hard to repent and try to make it in life or he will fall into the vicious downward spiral of being a social outcast and lose his soul. So is it a lesser sentence?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 months ago
      No mercy to this youngster, please!!! law of justice, found them guilty, give them a good & solid death panelty.
      • ihs
        ihs 3 months ago
        @ I SHOOT YOU ....DEATH PENALTY seems harsh mate maybe life imprisonment and maximum numbers of cane strokes to wake up their dull mind ..BE A MAN.
      • youngpeople
        youngpeople 3 months ago
        those that they attacked and are dead, has no second chance..
      • Sy
        Sy 3 months ago
        Agree with Youngpeople. Hang the pests and our society will be better off. Not only will this achieve retributive justice, it will also serve as a warning for those who would choose a life of violence.
    • Samurai
      Samurai  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      Shouldn't give him any chance this idiot will created more trouble
    • sean
      sean  •  3 months ago
      give the maximum punishment , there are many puzy gangs here with no mean, show their muscle to innocent in groups no one has balls to try one to one, just a tattoo n hair style they think course done jokers big time
    • g
      g  •  3 months ago
      Hope the prosecutor will help impose a much heavier sentence to send a strong message across that the youth rioting, murder and gangsterism is not encouraged in this society. If he appeals, double his sentence. Thank you.
    • Wonderwoman
      Wonderwoman  •  3 months ago
      Its time a strong message is to be sent if we want to continue maintain some security in Singapore and of course, to teach our youths what not to do.
    • Jason
      Jason  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      Sentence them 20years in jail is the best.
      Wanna act gangster, prepare to face the music!
    • ajinamoto
      ajinamoto  •  3 months ago
      The guy's dead..the rest should follow downtown with him as well.
    • 55JUSTICE
      55JUSTICE  •  3 months ago
      wow .... a repeated violent crime. Good, canning is the best for this crimes even if he
      claimed is not a SS. If this type of punishment is not meted out or if he was not caught,
      then he will grows more bolder and SS eventually. FINE !!!!!!! too and let the parents
      feel the pinch and a message to other parents too.

      I may be too harsh .... hey ... its reality mannnnnn. I got kids. I raised, work hard to feed,
      educated them in the wish that they grew up a responsible people, and ....HOPEFULLY,
      fillial .... if they can. BUT not let someone else kill my kids. Its like killing us, the parent.
      The parents hopefull.

      Please give him the CANE to deter further or more such acts, ....... from ANYONE ...
      LOCALS OR FOREIGNS. We have enough daily lifes problems and we dont need this.
    • ykatship
      ykatship  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      send them to jail for the maximum, set a good precedent for those out there to scare those an beng and lian... Bcos somebody SON have die due to their Moment of Heroness...
    • 62353535
      62353535  •  3 months ago
      look like our law is blind , if he don't get long term jail
    • Thomas T.
      Thomas T.  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      what rubbish... as if he doesn't know all his friends are SS member. Just hang them to serve as a warning to those stupid teenagers who think joining a gang and go around killing people is fun! Wake up your ideas!
    • Noble
      Noble  •  3 months ago
      A young life lost just like that.
    • Antares H
      Antares H  •  Minneapolis, United States  •  3 months ago
      They deserve death penalty only
    • Gabriel Tan
      Gabriel Tan  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      Haiz..... local sg gang fight killed someone... jail term and lockups(deservingly)..Ang Mos gang fight bully taxi driver can go back own country.
    • Kit
      Kit  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  3 months ago
      Unbelieveable...after one and a half years, Chew will only be sentenced on 6 March while cases of the others remain pending!!!!!??? Why took so long?? It took them maybe only couple of minutes to end somebody's life but more than a year just to tell us that they are mainly just "rioting" ???? That's probably the best joke in town! Which authorities may I approached to beg them speed up the proceedings and perhaps hang a few???
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