> Dave Teo Ming gets 9 years jail + 18 strokes for having rilfe, bullets and knife

FULL-TIME National serviceman Dave Teo Ming on Monday was sentenced to a total of nine years and two months jail, and 18 strokes of the cane on three charges of being in possession of a rifle, live bullets and knife.

Teo sparked a 20-hour manhunt on Sept 2, 2007, when he walked out of Mandai Hill camp with an SAR-21 rifle and eight rounds of bullets. He was arrested in a toilet of the Orchard Cineleisure shopping mall the following day.

In court on Monday, he admitted to two offences under the Armed Offences Act and one under the Corrosives, Explosives and Offensive Weapons Act, for which he got nine years jail and six strokes, and five years and six strokes respectively.

He was also jailed for two months and ordered to be given six strokes on a third charge of having a 40cm knife at a staircase in Block 22, Simei Street 1, in Melville Park on April 14, 2007.

Prosecution pressed for deterrent sentences to be meted out on the first two charges.

In a statement that was read out in court, Teo said he was ‘going crazy’ after his girlfriend wanted to end the relationship.

He said he also faced financial problems and had no money to pay for his grandmother’s medical bills.

He added in the statement that he hated five people and wanted to kill them.

[via ST]

omg 18 strokes! poor backside!

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Crystal Liew (ex-gf) on Dave Teo

Miss Liew said: ‘He was very sweet and generous as he would buy me clothes, souvenirs and a watch even when he wasn’t earning much with his army pay.’

But he was also very possessive, she said. After he enlisted in 2005, she alleged that he would call her up to five times and send about 10 messages every day, so he could keep tabs on her whereabouts.

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Wikipedia on Dave Teo

Corporal Dave Teo Min is a Full Time National Servicemen (NSF) from 1st Singapore Infantry Regiment who gained national headlines when on 2 September 2007, he went absent without official leave (AWOL) with his SAR-21 live firearm from Mandai Hill Camp in Singapore.^[1][2]

He was subsequently arrested by the Police with possession of the assault rifle and a knife twenty hours later in the Orchard Road shopping district.^[3][4] Currently facing charges in the High Court, Teo faces up to 14 years’ imprisonment and corporal punishment for various weapon charges.^[5] The incident has also led to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) reviewing and tightening its security procedures in its army camps.^[6][7]

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