After 33 years on the run, former loan shark, now 80, is convicted over fatal stabbing

At that time, Ng was holding a knife in his right hand and Pui Kia shouted at him to put it away. But Ng lunged forward and stabbed Mr Lim in his upper thigh.

Ng later escaped with the knife, and drove off with Tan and Pui Kia. The knife was never recovered.

Mr Lim, who was bleeding profusely from the stab wounds, was taken to Alexandra Hospital.

A medical report from the hospital showed that the stab wound on his thigh had cut his right anterior tibial artery and deep peroneal nerve. He developed renal failure and other complications as a result of the stab wound and died on Dec 8, 1990.

Years later, Ng was charged and detained in Johor Bahru for an immigration offence.

When he said he was a Singaporean, the Malaysian authorities requested on April 21, 2022, that he be deported back to Singapore.

He was deported back to Singapore on Dec 21, 2023, and arrested by the police.

He was charged with murder the next day, and has been in remand since.

The prosecution asked for a jail sentence of 6½ years to eight years for Ng, with an additional six months in lieu of 12 strokes of the cane, because Ng cannot be caned as he is above 50.

Deputy public prosecutors Terence Chua and Emily Koh said Ng had fled the scene and absconded for 33 years after his offence, which was a “clear demonstration of an intention to avoid detection and arrest”.

Ng will be sentenced on Dec 30.

For voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means, an offender can be given life imprisonment or be jailed for up to 10 years, and be liable to a fine or caning.