An elderly offender has been sentenced to four years in jail after slashing a man at a Singapore Pools outlet.
The incident between the two-man started on the 11 August 2019 at a Singapore Pools outlet along Rangoon Road, 70-year-old Hong Mee Yong had an argument with the victim Mr Lim Eng Pueh.
Mr Lim would stare at Hong whenever they saw each other at the Singapore Pools outlet. Till one morning, Hong left the scene but return with a bag that was hidden with a 42cm long weapon.
Hong sat at the location for over an hour to consider if he should proceed with the attack. He eventually attacked Lim who was watching a TV screen at the Singapore Pools outlet.
Lim was slashed from his shoulder to his arms.
Hong panicked and ran away from the scene, he then throws the weapon into a rubbish bin. Hong wanted to escape from Singapore and took two separate buses to Golden Mile, he then bought a bus ticket to Hatyai(Thailand) hoping to escape when the bus departs in the evening.
The police managed to track and arrest him before he could escape Singapore.
Court records later suggest that Lim was a bookie and did not pay Hong his $400 winnings which led to the arguments.
Hong could have been sentenced to a maximum of 15 years of jail.