6 men plead guilty to S$4.9 million armed gang robbery at King Albert Park house
Two of the men hatched a plan to rob the house after learning that a woman regularly held high-stakes poker games there.
Six Malaysian men have pleaded guilty to robbing a wealthy woman's King Albert Park home of S$4.9 million (US$3.9 million) in a gang robbery. The men, who allegedly learned of the high-stakes poker games held in the house, hired muscle from Malaysia and executed the plan in April 2024. The robbers entered the unlocked house in the early hours of April 18, 2024, after staging a rendezvous in Geylang.
They tied up the victims and stole a substantial amount of cash, valuables, and cryptocurrencies. The stolen funds were mostly recovered by the Singapore Police Force, but about S$3.21 million remains unaccounted for. The prosecution is seeking jail terms for the convicts, with the highest penalty aimed at the two masterminds, Wong Chi Shan and Goh Boon Tong, who are accused of other sex work-related charges as well. The case remains ongoing, with sentencing expected later on Monday.
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