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also rejected Haw's argument of breach of constitutionality by not letting him opt to give unsworn statements, because this option was not available under the law, and they felt it would be invidious to allow an accused to give a story while not under oath and untested under cross-examination. The judges also touched on the right for judges to draw adverse inferences from a person's choice to not give his defence, and stated that judges were entitled to do so if the prosecution's case was left unrebutted and the accused did not answer to the charge, which may warrant a conviction of the accused. Overall, the Privy
Council found that Haw's conviction for murdering Phoon and Hu should stand, and there was no basis to set aside his two death sentences and double murder conviction due to them agreeing with the courts of Singapore that Haw was rightfully convicted of the hawker murders back in 1976. Hence, Haw's appeal was dismissed by the Privy Council, leading to Haw failing in his final bid to escape the gallows.
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and noticed Phoon was holding a chopper, and Hu was rushing behind her son with a chopper in her hand while heading in the direction of Haw. Haw said that he pushed the mother-son duo in self-defence during the fight, and he never noticed he had an object resembling a piece of wood on his head until he pushed the two victims down, and as a result, it caused the fatal injuries on both Phoon and Hu. Overall, Haw's defence was he had accidentally stabbed the victims to death, and that he was not aware that he had a weapon in his hand when he confronted Phoon over the table cleaning issue. He also stated he never said he stabbed the victims in his statement, and claimed it was an error and he meant to say he had pushed the victims during the incident.
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Hu over a trivial matter of not cleaning the table properly, such that the injuries caused were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death, and they also stated that Haw was clearly aware he was carrying a weapon when he confronted Phoon and later stabbed Phoon and his mother. Aside from this, several prosecution witnesses, including Phoon's stall assistant Leong Ah Kum (梁亚金 Liáng Yàjīn), customers and the Phoon family members, also verified earlier during the trial that they never saw the mother-son pair attacking Haw with choppers, which further raised doubts over the credibility of Haw's defence in court.
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victims, and the story of the victims conducting a chopper attack on Haw was therefore not true. They agreed that Haw knew he was armed and he had intentionally used the scraper to inflict the bodily injuries, such that they were fatal and led to the deaths of Phoon Ah Leong and Hu Yuen Keng, and he also had the intent to cause their death when he committed the stabbing, which also proven he did not done so accidentally. The two judges therefore concluded that on these above grounds, it was sufficient to return with a guilty verdict of murder in Haw's case.
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proven beyond a reasonable doubt like in his client's case, a contention which the Court of Appeal rejected when dismissing Ng's appeal, after they found there was sufficient evidence to prosecute and convict Ng of the offence charged, and Ng was subsequently hanged on 14 July 1995. The test itself was discussed among lawyers, with some agreeing to its application while some also believing that it was more sound to have a case proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the prosecution before calling for the accused to present his defence in court.
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misunderstandings and petty arguments. On the day of the murders itself, Haw was angered to see that Phoon dropped some duck bones on the ground while wiping one of the tables, and feeling incensed over this and another matter of Haw overhearing Phoon grumbling about Haw's daughter not cleaning a table well, Haw thus grabbed a hand scraper to stab Phoon on the chest once while Phoon was taking orders from two female customers. Hu, who rushed over to help her second son, got into a scuffle with Haw, who stabbed her twice in the chest.
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sufficient evidence to satisfy the elements of the charge and made up a prima facie case for the defendant to answer in court, and this ruling also gave judges the power to convict defendants in such cases where an accused(s) refused to put up a defence and left the prosecution's case unrebutted, which would be the reason to warrant a conviction of the accused. This requirement became known as the "Haw Tua Tau test". The Haw Tua Tau test was first used in 1982 when the prosecution successfully appealed to overturn the
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his own defence. He said the choice to remain silent was deemed a failure of the defendant to rebut the charge and evidence presented by the prosecution, and this was reasonable for the judge to draw an adverse inference from that decision to remain silent and thus convict an accused in a court of law.
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In their judgement, the two judges found that Haw's defence of accidental stabbing and not knowing he was armed was untenable. The two judges agreed that both Phoon and Hu never attacked Haw, and it was Haw himself who confronted the mother-son pair and used the hand scraper to violent attack the two
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In rebuttal, the prosecution sought a verdict of murder in Haw's case, and they also urged the court to reject Haw's testimony of accidental stabbing and lack of awareness of being armed. They stated that Haw was not telling the truth, and he had intentionally used the scraper to stab both Phoon and
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This brutal attack caused both Hu and Phoon to die from the stabbing. Phoon's elder sister Kai Kiew, who witnessed the stabbing of her second brother and mother, tried to intervene, but Haw tried to attack and attempted to stab her, which was averted by Phoon's older brother Hon Sun, who rushed over
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of Haw against his conviction and sentence on 23 April 1979. Apart from re-using Haw's original two-tier defence of accidental stabbing and not knowing he was armed, Haw's new lawyer M P H Rubin argued that Haw should have been provided a chance to give an unsworn statement from the dock instead of
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In his defence, Haw maintained that he never intended to kill both Phoon and Hu. He testified that he was approaching Phoon with the intention of telling him to clean the table properly and sweep up the duck bones that dropped onto the floor. Haw said during the conversation, he was hit on the head
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in the United States. In his speech about the
Singapore judicial system, Shanmugam cited the case of Haw Tua Tau when coming to the topic of giving judges the power to draw an adverse inference from an accused's refusal to enter his defence, even though an accused cannot be compelled to testify in
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Malaysian laws and led to a proposed reform in November 1996. The reforms in Malaysia did not have an effect in Singapore as the legal professionals of Singapore stated that the Haw Tua Taw test itself was a testament to two different views on how the defendant should
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The landmark principles of Haw's case also had a legal effect in the
Malaysian legal system and those of the other Commonwealth countries. However, during the appeal of a drug trafficker Arulpragasan Sandaraju in 1996, the Haw Tua Tau test was overruled by a majority decision of four to three from
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case to prosecute a defendant for any offence charged. Diplock, who delivered the verdict on behalf of the panel, stated it was not necessary for the prosecution to meet the criteria of proving a case beyond a reasonable doubt before calling for an accused to put up a defence in court. The judges
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officer during a firearm robbery in
Singapore, and based on the Malaysian courts' stand, Singh argued that the Singapore jurisdiction should not continue practicing the Haw Tua Tau test to avoid the unfairness of calling an accused to answer to the prosecution's case when it was not sufficiently
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At the time when the mother-son pair died, Hu was married to her husband Phoon See (潘诗 Pān Shī), and Phoon himself was the second son and third child of both Hu and her husband; he had two brothers Phoon Hon Sun (潘汉生 Pān Hànshēng; Phoon's elder brother) and Phoon Hon Pun (潘汉彬 Pān Hànbīn; Phoon's
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for raping a student. A similar decision by
Malaysia overruling the Haw Tua Tau test was also made in March the year before when the Federal Court of Malaysia heard the appeal of drug trafficker Khoo Hi Chiang; Khoo's appeal was dismissed despite the rejection of the Haw Tua Tau test. Over 200
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Council's ruling in the appeal of Haw was a landmark case in Singapore's legal history. This coined some of the major legal principles of Singapore's judicial system, which gave the prosecution the right to proceed with their cases against any defendants in Singapore, should there be
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During the trial itself, the trial court was told that before the day of the murders, Haw had been involved in arguments with both Phoon and his mother for not cleaning the tables properly, and the relationship between Haw and the Phoon family had not been cordial as a result of these
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of 42-year-old civil supervisor Abdul Ghani Mohd
Mustapha, who was charged with receiving bribery, and a re-trial was conducted to call for Abdul Ghani to put up a defence. The re-trial concluded in 1983 with Abdul Ghani being acquitted a second time.
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During the same month of his arrest, Haw Tua Tau was charged with two counts of murder in relation to the double deaths at
Margaret Drive. In March 1977, the district court's magistrate accepted the prosecutor S Radakrishnan's contention that a
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to stab the mother–son pair to their deaths. The murders were committed as a result of Haw being angered that the tables were not being cleaned properly and the prior quarrels Haw had with the victims over the cleaning of tables.
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receive the right to a fair trial, and the main focus of the Singaporean judicial system was to ensure that the guilty parties would not escape from justice. The two cases of Haw and
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being told to give evidence under oath. This option of giving unsworn statements from the dock was abolished in January 1977, a month after Haw was charged with murder.
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younger brother) and one sister Phoon Kai Kiew (潘佳巧 Pān Jiāqiăo), who were among the witnesses (including the stall assistant and customers) of the double murder.
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during his appeal against the death penalty. Ng, a Malaysian, was sentenced to hang in September 1994 for having illegally discharged his firearm and shot a
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for murdering Phoon and Hu. Haw was represented by J S Khosa, while the prosecution was led by E C Foenander. The trial was presided by two judges -
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cases in Malaysia were also seeing the possibility of having their cases reviewed in light of the Federal Court's ruling on the Haw Tua Tau case.
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On 17 March 1978, after a trial lasting ten days, the two trial judges - Justice A P Rajah and Justice F A Chua - delivered their verdict.
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Inspector Leong Kong Hong became in charge of the police investigations, and they managed to identify the suspect, who was arrested at
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for each count of murder. Prior to 2013, Singaporean law prescribed the death penalty as the
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in March 1978. Haw was hanged in 1982 for the hawker killings, but his final appeal to the
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1069:"Kes bunuh: Pembantu penjaja nafi beri keterangan berat sebelah"
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His name was also spelt as 陈成昌 Chén Chéngchāng in Chinese
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On 12 December 1976, at Margaret Drive Hawker Centre in
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On 12 December 1976, at Margaret Drive Hawker Centre in
1823:"Haw Tua Tow test cannot be applied in non-jury trials"
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Haw Tua Tau, the roast pork seller charged with murder
1895:"S'pore makes it difficult for the guilty to go free"
1859:"New law to ensure that fewer offenders are set free"
1787:"Hockey coach uses landmark decision to lodge appeal"
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Her name was also spelt as 潘闰娇 Pān Rùnjiāo in Chinese
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His name was also spelt as 潘汉珊 Pān Hànshān in Chinese
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1591:"Lords give double murder hawker go-ahead to appeal"
1231:"Accused: I didn't know I had piece of wood in hand"
1213:"Accused: Mother and son rushed at me with choppers"
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His name was also spelt as 潘汉宾 Pān Hànbīn in Chinese
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During the period of Haw Tua Tau's incarceration on
1877:"KL govt tables Bill to amend criminal legislation"
1339:"工程师陈成昌出庭供证说当死者汉良被击一老妇和被告纠缠过后被告逃跑手上仍持利物母子遭杀惨案审讯第五天"
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1177:"控方供证毕官判表面罪名成立被告開始進行申辯声称两名死者当时持刀欲砍他母子遭杀案今日在第二庭續审"
248:operating at the same hawker centre, 35-year-old
1733:"Ex-supervisor is acquitted for the second time"
1411:"Hawker is sentenced to death for double murder"
1015:"'Petty quarrels led to killing of mother, son'"
979:"Kes bunuh 2 orang akan didengar lagi Isnin ini"
244:(许润琼 Xǚ Rùnqióng) were both murdered by another
806:His name was also spelt as 潘四 Pān Sì in Chinese
473:Anger due to improper cleaning of hawker tables
2003:"The case for proving beyond reasonable doubt"
1249:"小贩中心母子遭杀惨案续审被告口供列为证据口供书指两死者当时均持刀女助手供述惨案发生时经过"
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1643:"Cleaning of tables led to hawkers' murders"
1393:"前后审讯十天母子遭杀案审结两项谋杀罪名成立官判被告应受绞刑案情显示被告非受挑衅失自制"
1357:"母子遭杀案被告摊位女助手称案发前两方摊位间发出玻璃瓶互掷声今日续审时另二名证人将供证"
1105:"母子遭杀惨案续审讯美容师受召出庭供说看见被告推刺死者潘汉良过后一妇女被扶凳上气绝身亡"
1985:"Gunman in goldsmith shop shoot-out hanged"
1769:"Hockey coach gets 10 years' jail for rape"
1465:"Hawker's murder appeal: Judgment reserved"
1303:"Murder accused denies making up testimony"
570:As such, 37-year-old Haw Tua Tau was found
260:Haw was charged with the double murder and
1949:"被告律师建议摒弃"侯大头"案例没被接受 持枪抢劫天成金庄被告上诉失败维持死刑原判"
1913:"Gunman who shot Cisco officer gets death"
1679:"DPP appeals against graft case acquittal"
1661:"How much proof — how Privy Council ruled"
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1715:"不必顾虑控方对所指控是否达致确切程度 下级法庭法官和推事即可传召被告人进行答辩"
1519:"Hawker's death sentence appeal rejected"
1195:"一被吿继续未完答辩时声称当时手上拿着木棍只想将两死者推开母子遭杀惨案审讯第九天"
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1751:"More proof required in criminal trials"
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1429:"Bunuh ibu-anak: Penjaja dihukum mati"
1051:"死者潘汉良姊姊佳巧供说被告刺殺其弟後轉而以利器刺她母子遭杀惨案审讯第六天"
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1033:"小贩中心母子遭剌殺案開審 顾客在对方桌子吃东西 彼此未將桌抹乾为禍端"
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1697:"督工被控贪污向高院申请获准 案中所引起法律问题提交最高法院作判决"
498:2nd charge: Murder of Hu Yuen Keng
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2088:Violence against men in Singapore
742:On 28 October 2009, Law Minister
1805:"Coach acquitted of rape charge"
1626:Haw Tua Tau v. Public Prosecutor
2098:Deaths by stabbing in Singapore
2073:Capital punishment in Singapore
2027:(in Chinese). 19 December 1999.
1721:(in Chinese). 23 November 1982.
1615:(in Chinese). 19 December 1980.
1579:(in Chinese). 8 September 1979.
1561:(in Chinese). 8 September 1979.
872:Public Prosecutor v Haw Tua Tau
761:Capital punishment in Singapore
1973:(in Chinese). 26 January 1995.
1955:(in Chinese). 27 January 1995.
1937:(in Chinese). 26 January 1995.
1703:(in Chinese). 21 October 1982.
1609:"谋杀云吞面摊贩母子判死刑 死囚侯大头获准在英国枢密院上诉"
1501:"小販中心殺害一雙母子 蠔煎小贩被判极刑 上訴要求推翻原判"
1483:"因谋杀小贩母子被判死刑 死囚沙爹小贩上诉三司宣佈保留判决"
1267:"谋杀母子案被告续答辩 作供紧张致说错话 实际指推开两死者"
1123:"工程师陈盛昌庭上供证 看见被吿走向死者 挥动双手推前拉回"
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1321:"沙爹小贩谋杀母子案 被吿刺杀潘汉良前 双方並未发生打架"
997:"HIGH COURT TRIAL FOR HAWKER"
985:(in Malay). 21 December 1976.
943:"沙爹小贩刺杀母女案 麵档女助手昨供述 目睹发生血案经过"
925:"沙爹小贩刺杀母子案 死者兄姐出庭供述 目击血案发生经过"
907:"沙爹小贩谋杀母子案 潘汉彬在庭上供称 亲睹被吿刺杀哥哥"
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1159:"被控谋杀母子案件 沙爹小贩昨答辩称 对方挥菜刀欲砍他"
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1931:"持枪打抢，拒用本地律师上诉 聘大马律师 死囚还是死"
1847:(in Chinese). 28 July 1996.
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1141:"小販母子雙屍命案被吿在庭答辯 否認蓄意謀殺母子兩人"
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1841:"4对3票裁定刑事提证标准 200上诉死囚再有生机"
1555:"谋杀云吞麵摊贩母子 判死刑的侯大头提出上诉被驳回"
1537:"在小贩中心杀死两母子被判死刑 沙爹小贩上诉遭驳囘"
1435:(in Malay). 18 March 1978.
746:delivered a speech to the
545:Singapore General Hospital
309:Singapore General Hospital
170:12 December 1976 (aged 56)
73:12 December 1976 (aged 24)
2063:1976 murders in Singapore
1573:"小販持锉殺一對母子 判绞刑提上訴 遭驳囘難逃死"
1075:(in Malay). 9 March 1978.
700:Federal Court of Malaysia
521:
465:
356:
222:Phoon Kai Kiew (daughter)
132:
39:
704:four strokes of the cane
459:Haw Swee Heok (daughter)
461:Haw Swee Noi (daughter)
457:Haw Swee Gek (daughter)
291:According to Professor
1630:[1981] UKPC 23
673:
594:Court of Appeal ruling
2083:Female murder victims
961:"Murder case hearing"
668:
117:Hu Yuen Keng (mother)
1919:. 16 September 1994.
1525:. 10 September 1979.
680:in 1982 is unknown.
625:Privy Council appeal
533:Arumugam Ponnu Rajah
424:Execution by hanging
338:Trial of Haw Tua Tau
224:Phoon Ah Leong (son)
1883:. 20 December 1996.
1865:. 15 November 1996.
1811:. 8 September 1996.
1685:. 9 September 1982.
1597:. 19 December 1980.
1543:. 8 September 1979.
1375:"母子小贩雙屍命案審結 侯大头判死刑"
1087:"母子双屍谋杀案续审 被吿女助手供证"
967:. 21 December 1976.
420:Cause of death
389:Straits Settlements
226:Phoon Hon Pun (son)
220:Phoon Hon Sun (son)
185:Cause of death
160:Straits Settlements
88:Cause of death
63:Colony of Singapore
2045:. 28 October 2009.
1739:. 5 February 1983.
674:
584:mandatory sentence
576:sentenced to death
262:sentenced to death
115:Phoon See (father)
2007:The Straits Times
1989:The Straits Times
1917:The Straits Times
1899:The Straits Times
1881:The Straits Times
1863:The Straits Times
1827:The Straits Times
1809:The Straits Times
1791:The Straits Times
1773:The Straits Times
1755:The Straits Times
1737:The Straits Times
1701:Nanyang Siang Pau
1683:The Straits Times
1665:The Straits Times
1647:The Straits Times
1613:Shin Chew Jit Poh
1595:The Straits Times
1559:Shin Chew Jit Poh
1541:Nanyang Siang Pau
1523:The Straits Times
1487:Nanyang Siang Pau
1469:The Straits Times
1447:"谋杀母子罪成立 沙爹小贩判死刑"
1415:The Straits Times
1397:Nanyang Siang Pau
1361:Nanyang Siang Pau
1343:Nanyang Siang Pau
1325:Shin Chew Jit Poh
1307:The Straits Times
1289:The Straits Times
1253:Nanyang Siang Pau
1235:The Straits Times
1217:The Straits Times
1199:Nanyang Siang Pau
1181:Nanyang Siang Pau
1109:Nanyang Siang Pau
1055:Nanyang Siang Pau
1019:The Straits Times
1001:The Straits Times
965:The Straits Times
947:Shin Chew Jit Poh
929:Shin Chew Jit Poh
911:Shin Chew Jit Poh
893:Nanyang Siang Pau
643:Louis Blom-Cooper
525:
524:
230:
229:
121:
120:
16:(Redirected from
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2046:
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2009:. 21 March 1995.
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1981:
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1974:
1963:
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1956:
1945:
1939:
1938:
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1920:
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1901:. 3 August 1996.
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1885:
1884:
1873:
1867:
1866:
1855:
1849:
1848:
1837:
1831:
1830:
1829:. 21 March 1995.
1819:
1813:
1812:
1801:
1795:
1794:
1793:. 2 August 1996.
1783:
1777:
1776:
1775:. 17 March 1995.
1765:
1759:
1758:
1747:
1741:
1740:
1729:
1723:
1722:
1719:Sin Chew Jit Poh
1711:
1705:
1704:
1693:
1687:
1686:
1675:
1669:
1668:
1667:. 21 March 1995.
1657:
1651:
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1649:. 3 August 1996.
1639:
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1569:
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1497:
1491:
1490:
1489:. 24 April 1979.
1479:
1473:
1472:
1471:. 24 April 1979.
1461:
1455:
1454:
1451:Sin Chew Jit Poh
1443:
1437:
1436:
1425:
1419:
1418:
1417:. 18 March 1978.
1407:
1401:
1400:
1389:
1383:
1382:
1371:
1365:
1364:
1353:
1347:
1346:
1335:
1329:
1328:
1317:
1311:
1310:
1309:. 17 March 1978.
1299:
1293:
1292:
1281:
1275:
1274:
1271:Sin Chew Jit Poh
1263:
1257:
1256:
1245:
1239:
1238:
1237:. 16 March 1978.
1227:
1221:
1220:
1209:
1203:
1202:
1191:
1185:
1184:
1173:
1167:
1166:
1163:Sin Chew Jit Poh
1155:
1149:
1148:
1137:
1131:
1130:
1127:Sin Chew Jit Poh
1119:
1113:
1112:
1101:
1095:
1094:
1091:Sin Chew Jit Poh
1083:
1077:
1076:
1065:
1059:
1058:
1047:
1041:
1040:
1029:
1023:
1022:
1011:
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986:
975:
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968:
957:
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939:
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361:
347:
303:Criminal charges
137:
123:
44:
30:
21:
2118:
2117:
2113:
2112:
2111:
2109:
2108:
2107:
2053:
2052:
2051:
2050:
2043:Ministry of Law
2037:
2036:
2032:
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1991:. 16 July 1995.
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1982:
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1816:
1803:
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1798:
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1255:. 8 March 1978.
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1229:
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1219:. 8 March 1978.
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977:
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728:Ng Theng Shuang
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627:
604:Court of Appeal
596:
561:
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493:Criminal charge
478:
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438:Criminal status
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127:Hu Yuen Keng
2021:"十大最具影响力判例"
1967:"枪匪上诉遭高庭驳回"
744:K Shanmugam
717:Oh Laye Koh
654:prima facie
403: 1982
380: 1941
373:Haw Tua Tau
351:Haw Tua Tau
328:prima facie
274:prima facie
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