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On 2 April 2004, a 56-year-old Singaporean and scrap car dealer named Bock Tuan Thong (莫镇鸿 Mò Zhènhóng) was found dead inside the boot of his brother's car at a multi-storey carpark in Boon Keng, Singapore. According to witnesses, Bock was last seen with two to three men, who were inside the car with him and assaulted him.
A karung guni, also spelled as karang guni, is a type of scrap dealer in Singapore and Malaysia. Its practitioners are a modern form of rag and bone man that visit residences door-to-door to acquire unwanted items. [1]
Chia's sentence was the longest for a commercial crime in Singapore. [80] [81] [82] 2 April 2004: Forty-four-year-old Lim Poh Lye and two accomplices attempted to rob 56-year-old scrap-car dealer Bock Thuan Thong and stabbed him to death when he tried to escape. Bock's body was left in a car in Boon Keng. Two days later, Lim surrendered to police.
Khor Kok Soon, one of Singapore's top ten fugitives, caught and convicted of the 1984 Shenton Way shooting and murder of a lorry driver (c. 2006) Lim Thian Lai, a Singaporean gunman who shot and murdered a businessman in 1997 (c. 2006) Tony Koh Zhan Quan and Lim Poh Lye, both convicted of murdering scrap car dealer Bock Tuan Thong (28 April 2006)
Changi Prison, where Singapore's death row is located Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping —warrant the death penalty under Singaporean law. In 2012, Singapore amended its laws to ...
All the while during the confinement of the victim, Lee contacted the girl's father, who was a wealthy scrap car dealer. Lee demanded a ransom of S$500,000, though this was later reduced to S$330,000 after some negotiations between the father and Lee. During three of these phone calls, Lee allowed the girl to speak to her father. [3]
Car buyers can scrap the car earlier than the typical car lifespan. However, if the car has already reached past 10 years, car owners can only receive the PQP amount of the remaining unused portion. There are provisions for a rebate of the COE if the car is scrapped before 10 years, with the Open Market price of the car playing a significant role.
Old car bodies – Vehicles with or without interiors and their original wheels; Cast iron – Cast iron bathtubs, machinery, pipe, and engine blocks; Pressing steel – Domestic scrap metal up to approx. 6 mm (0.24 in) thick. Examples – "White goods" (fridges, washing machines, etc.), roofing iron, water heaters, water tanks, and sheet metal ...