Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow
After learning that a woman regularly hosted high-stakes poker games at her home in Singapore’s affluent Bukit Timah area, two men plotted to rob the house, recruiting a group of people from Malaysia and conducting surveillance before carrying out the plan. Prosecutors said seven men entered the King Albert Park good class bungalow in the early hours of April 18, 2024, in a “lightning heist”,…
Seven Malaysian men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms and caning for a sophisticated robbery in Singapore. The high-value heist targeted a bungalow in the affluent Bukit Timah area during a poker game that took place inside. Prosecutors detailed how the gang of seven, most of whom were armed with machetes and baseball bats, entered the house in the early hours of April 18, 2024.
The robbers concealed victims with duct tape and searched the property for valuables, netting about S$4.9 million (US$3.9 million) in cash, various watches, and cryptocurrency. One of the men, Muhammad Yusuf Kassim, remains at large and suspected of fleeing to Thailand.
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