S'porean man, 30, took S$1,000 from secret society 'boss' to beat up stranger in Toa Payoh lift, victim fractures ankle
He staked out the victim's block across two days before carrying out the attack.
A 30-year-old Singaporean man named Lu Zhong Cheng was jailed for about 21 months after accepting S$1,000 from a secret society boss to attack a stranger in a lift at Toa Payoh. Lu was convicted of four charges on September 2, with three others considered during sentencing. The boss approached Lu in September 2025, offering him money to assault someone who had allegedly struck back at another member of the secret society.
Lu, short on cash, took up the job without knowing the motive behind the vendetta. He was instructed to beat the victim until he bled and to document the injuries for proof. On September 3, Lu waited outside the victim's home and later caught him returning from work. In the lift, Lu punched the victim twice in the face, causing him to fall and fracture his right ankle.
The assault was captured on the lift's CCTV, which was presented in court. Lu was initially sentenced to seven months in jail and a S$1,000 fine for the assault, but was also fined an additional 36 months for offenses committed while on remission, and given a 20-day extension to his sentence.
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