On this date, 9 January 2009, a Salakau gangster in Singapore, Tan Chor Jin A.K.A The One-Eyed Dragon was executed by hanging in Singapore. He shot and killed nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon at the latter's apartment at Serangoon Ave 4 in the early hours of the morning on 15 February 2006. The weapon used was believed to be a Beretta 92. A total of 5 shots were fired. Good that he was executed 3 years after the murder, not live on Death Row for decades.
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Tan Chor Jin A.K.A One-eyed Dragon (PHOTO SOURCE: http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/radio/938live/singaporenews.aspx?cp-documentid=3956345) |
In February 2006, something happened in Singapore that really shocked the nation and chilled the bones of everyone who later heard or read the news as the story unfolded. It was a cold-blooded killing carried out in typical ganglang fashion but with a gun ! Most gang-related murders were carried out with weapons such as choppers, parangs, daggers and bearing-scrapers in the past. Singapore, with our strict anti-gun laws, have made gun-related killings a rare occurrence. The mandatory death penalty awaits those dealing death with guns and bullets.
In the early hours of that 15th February morning, Tan Chor Jin, then 39 years old a secret society gangster and reputed top hitman, barged into the flat of Lim Hock Soon age 40, a nite-club owner, threatened him, his wife, 13 year old daughter and maid. Holding both a gun and a knife, he forced Lim to tie up the other three before firing 6 shots at point-blank range into Lim. 5 of the shots hit the victim in the face, head and body, killing him almost instantly. The killer then ransacked the flat for money and valuables and escaped in a waiting car driven by one of his ss underlings. He directed the driver to a canal where he threw away the weapons of death. Tan Chor Jin alias "The One Eyed Dragon" because he had been blinded in one eye, then fled to M'sia where he remained in hiding for 9 days before he was surprised and cornered in a hotel by special CID forces.
He was subsequently taken back to S'pore by CID officers and was charged for the capital crime of murder by firearms. In his trial at the High Court, he initially defended himself despite being cautioned that he was entitled to legal counsel. The trial lasted slightly over a week and he was found guilty and sentenced to death. After all appeals were finally rejected, this One Eyed Dragon met his own fate with Death on 9th January 2009.
Before his hanging at Changi Prison, he did something that was commendable. He decided to donate some of his organs including his kidneys which went to Mr Tang Wee Sung of CK Tang Dept Store ( The story made big news in the media ).
Tan Chor Jin left behind a wife and 2 young kids in M'sia. He also had a mistress with 2 kids.
He was a high-ranking member of the 369 secret society sometimes also known as "salakau". He was a known hitman.
The victim he killed was his one-time close friend and fellow ss member in the AS Tong.
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Tan Chor Jin A.K.A One-eyed Dragon (PHOTO SOURCE: http://visuallyentertained.com/topsnbottoms/2009/top-10-crimes-that-ever-happened-in-singapore/) |