{"id":24612,"date":"2025-12-31T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24612"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:15:37","slug":"6-years-jail-for-80-year-old-who-was-on-the-run-for-33-years-after-fatally-stabbing-debtor-in-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24612","title":{"rendered":"6 years\u2019 jail for 80-year-old who was on the run for 33 years after fatally stabbing debtor in 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->After evading the law for more than three decades, a former loan shark was finally caught and brought to justice. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ng Kwang Keng, 80, had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/after-33-years-on-the-run-former-loan-shark-now-80-is-convicted-of-stabbing-man?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">on the run for 33 years<\/p>\n<p><\/a> after he fatally stabbed a debtor in 1990.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Dec 30, he was sentenced to six years\u2019 jail after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means. He was previously charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ng was previously detained in Johor Bahru for an immigration offence before being deported to Singapore in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In 1990, the then 47-year-old Ng was a loan shark who was owed $22,000 by a Mr Lim Kim Leng, 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Nov 6 that year, Ng drove to Mr Lim\u2019s residence at Block 14 Taman Ho Swee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">There, he and Mr Lim got into an argument that turned physical, leading to him stabbing Mr Lim in the upper thigh with a knife before fleeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The knife was never found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Mr Lim died on Dec 8 that year after developing renal failure and other complications as a result of the stab wound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The court heard that Ng was caught in Malaysia for an immigration offence in 2022. As he is a Singaporean, he was deported back here on Dec 21, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He was then arrested and charged with murder the next day, having been in remand since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Those convicted of voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means can be jailed for life, or for up to 10\u00a0years\u00a0and fined and caned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore courts\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore courts<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Causing hurt\/Grievous hurt\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Causing hurt\/Grievous hurt<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Moneylending - illegal\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Moneylending &#8211; illegal<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/6-years-jail-for-80-year-old-who-was-on-the-run-for-33-years-after-fatally-stabbing-debtor-in-1990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 After evading the law for more than three decades, a former loan shark was finally caught and brought to justice. 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