4 yrs jail for attackers... support anti violence campaign
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HE was their youngest child and the one they doted on the most.
But these days, his three older siblings try not to mention his name within earshot of their elderly parents.
Mr Eugene Chua Tee Yeong, 30, died two days after he was brutally beaten up at Clarke Quay on 23 Apr.
His parents, who are in their early 70s, are still grieving over his death.
His eldest sister, 42, said: 'Our parents have high blood pressure so we have to be careful not to upset them. We talk to them about Eugene only when necessary, like when we had to arrange prayers for him during the Seventh Month.'
The parents were not told that two of the attackers were convicted in court yesterday.
Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, 27, a bartender, and Alfe Rohan Bakri, 32, an operations supervisor, each pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
Ibrahim was sentenced to 4 1/2years' jail - backdated to 28 Apr - and six strokes of the cane.
Alfe Rohan was sentenced to four years' jail - backdated to 19 May - and six strokes.
SHOUTED ANGRILY
Some members of Mr Chua's family, his girlfriend and three former colleagues were in court yesterday.
His eldest sister said the family were hoping the accused would get the maximum sentence, 'but even that cannot justify their act'.
Both men were originally charged with murder, but the charges were reduced to causing grievous hurt. They faced up to seven years' jail and caning.
Their alleged accomplices, Marliana Khamaruddin, 29, Nurashikin Md Yasin, 24, and Shariah Solahan, 21, also had their murder charges reduced. Their cases are still pending.
Another alleged accomplice, Soh Keng Hian Clarence, 29, is at large.
The court heard that Mr Chua, who was the manager of Que Pasa bar at Emerald Hill, had gone to The Geographer's Bar for drinks with a friend after work that Sunday.
Trouble brewed just as they were about to call it a night in the wee hours.
Mr Chua accidentally bumped into one of the alleged accomplices, Shariah, in the cramped passage outside the toilets.
His friend, Mr Ang Wee Hong, 31, and Shariah were both 'tipsy' and started arguing.
Mr Chua then pointed his middle finger at Shariah, who shouted angrily and marched up to him.
Mr Ang grabbed her throat with one of his hands in an attempt to push her away. Another alleged accomplice, Nurashikin, pulled his hand away.
Shariah then allegedly threw a punch at Mr Ang's face.
At this point, Marliana came out of the toilet and allegedly threw punches at Mr Ang's face. She allegedly kicked Mr Chua from the rear and managed to punch his face once.
Mr Chua lost his balance and fell.
As he was getting to his feet, two of the bar's security officers walked up and escorted him and his friend to the steps leading out of the bar.
The women told the three male friends what had happened, and they were 'incensed' that Shariah's throat had been grabbed.
Soh then said in English: 'Let's go and find them.'
The rest agreed with his suggestion to confront Mr Chua and his friend and 'seek revenge'.
Outside the bar, the men confronted Mr Chua while the women faced off Mr Ang.
Their argument ended when the men suddenly punched and kicked MrChua as the women punched MrAng.
After Mr Chua collapsed, Alfe Rohan and Soh turned to Mr Ang. But they were pushed away by the bar's security officers.
As Mr Chua lay unconscious, Marliana allegedly kicked him twice on the head and chest.
The group then left.
Five minutes later, at 4.25pm, two police officers on foot patrol walked by and spotted Mr Chua.
He had a swollen right check, a very faint pulse and his hands were cold. An ambulance rushed him to the Singapore General Hospital.
He died of multiple organ failure in the intensive care unit two days later.
In a statement to the media, Mr Chua's family said: 'The accused's action did not only result in the loss of Eugene's life. It has deeply, cruelly and permanently affected our lives, especially that of our aged parents.' -
Throw these idiots in for life.
A man is dead because they wanted to get even. That to me is as good as manslaughter. -
"Mr Chua then pointed his middle finger at Shariah, who shouted angrily and marched up to him.
Mr Ang grabbed her throat with one of his hands in an attempt to push her away. Another alleged accomplice,"
I can't say that the victim was totally free of blame. Even if tipsy, you bump into people, you say sorry, and if need be, again and again, and that would have been the end of it.
Still, beating people up until they end up dead is always too much. -
nowadays we have kids in adult bodies
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wait until you meet sixteen year old king kong size ang mo bengs....Originally posted by gigabyte14:nowadays we have kids in adult bodies -
the chunkier they are, they harder they slam into whatever they will eventually fall into.Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:wait until you meet sixteen year old king kong size ang mo bengs.... -
well, it started with the middle finger, which started from all the drinking.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Throw these idiots in for life.
A man is dead because they wanted to get even. That to me is as good as manslaughter. -
so? drinking doesn't give you an excuse to beat someone up just because they flipped the bird at you.Originally posted by dumbdumb!:well, it started with the middle finger, which started from all the drinking. -
tink we need more police patrols in bar/pub areas...
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as a digress, what do you guys think of "standing up for your rights" or "face" and "pride" until get into fights??? Is it better to just try to forget it when people hurt your pride? If you see somebody gets bullied and not stand up for himself, what do you think?
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oh then the activists will go on and say we are a police state.Originally posted by BrUtUs:tink we need more police patrols in bar/pub areas...
but seriously, whatever happened to social responsibility? -
BTW in Thailand (not the Thai bengs, of course) if you get angry and show it, you are considered an uncouth person and a vulgar person because you cannot control your emotions.
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Bar fight!
The victim wasn't totally free of fault, I agree. It's just sad how people turn to violence at the spur of the moment.
We indeed need to educate people and teach them to be more civilized.
For a start, let it be capital punishment for the next bar fight -
those malays should have death sentence,this should set an example for all the malays in singapore,
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i agree that showing middle finger is a act that will provoke violence..Originally posted by dumbdumb!:well, it started with the middle finger, which started from all the drinking.
its better to be a wimp and say sorry... -
those malay group want act sat la .. the girls not happy go report their gang and the guys want to be hero nia
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erm, saying sorry is being wimpy? i think there's a difference between being makaned and knowing u can fight back, but choosing to keep the peace.Originally posted by january:i agree that showing middle finger is a act that will provoke violence..
its better to be a wimp and say sorry... -
Originally posted by dumbdumb!:erm, saying sorry is being wimpy? i think there's a difference between being makaned and knowing u can fight back, but choosing to keep the peace.
saying sorry takes courage, intelligence and wisdom... if that guy had wisdom, intelligence and the courage to say sorry, he would still be alive and these people would not be going to jail. -
Originally posted by AndrewPKYap: saying sorry takes courage, intelligence and wisdom... if that guy had wisdom, intelligence and the courage to say sorry, he would still be alive and these people would not be going to jail.
Discretion is the better part of valor. -
agree agree!Originally posted by AndrewPKYap: saying sorry takes courage, intelligence and wisdom... if that guy had wisdom, intelligence and the courage to say sorry, he would still be alive and these people would not be going to jail.
take my favourite movie character, wong fei hong.
he's always giving way unless he has no choice but to fight. that's being nice without getting makaned. he didn't give way because he was afraid, he gave way because it was the best thing to do.
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those attackers may have feel proud and cool after they beat the person to death and probably make the girls feel happy for helping them...
all these proudness and happiness use to exchange for 4 yrs of pole dancing in jail is what people get when they think that fighting and violence is cool and man.. -
indians and malays... wat can i say.
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Strange that they didn't get convicted of manslaughter. They can't get done for murder as there was no intention to do GBH, but as they did cause GBH, and a death resulted, it goes to becoming murder.
I'm not sure about the Singapore Penal Code, but from what I understand, provocation is a full defence against assault based offences and a partial defence against homicide based offences.
Kind of strange how this one went. -
Wah kaoz.... can we keep race out of this?
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I think there are no Indian involved in this fatal incident. Instead, one of the attackers still at run is a Chinese.Originally posted by newcomer:indians and malays... wat can i say.
But I believe the punishment meted out to the attackers are too light. A live is lost here. 4 years imprisonment is too light to deter others bar frequenters from creating any trouble at the slight provocation, especially under the influence of alcohol.