6 convicted over $4.9m armed robbery, involving machetes, during poker game at King Albert Park GCB
On April 18, 2024, a high-stakes poker game was underway at a GCB in King Albert Park, Singapore. Seven masked men, armed with machetes and baseball bats, stormed the house where 11 people were playing. The robbers, including Wong Chi San and Goh Boon Tong, tied up the victims and fled with $4.9 million in valuables, primarily in cryptocurrency.
They left Singapore in two cars through separate checkpoints. Deputy Public Prosecutor Dillon Kok revealed that the poker game was hosted by a Chinese national, with a South Korean as the card dealer, a Chinese national assisting, and a Malaysian providing massage services to the seven players. The perpetrators, all Malaysians, pleaded guilty to armed gang robbery and money laundering charges on September 14, 2024.
The plan for the heist was conceived by Wong and Goh, who recruited additional "muscle" to help execute the robbery.
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