{"id":2943,"date":"2025-07-18T01:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/man-72-jailed-for-slashing-another-elderly-man-who-later-died\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T01:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:40:21","slug":"man-72-jailed-for-slashing-another-elderly-man-who-later-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/man-72-jailed-for-slashing-another-elderly-man-who-later-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 72, jailed for slashing another elderly man who later died"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What started out as two elderly neighbours knocking into each other at a lift lobby escalated into a knife attack that left one of them with non-fatal wounds.<\/p>\n

However, the victim, identified as Mr Chua Kin Tong, 69, later died of a heart disease about two hours after the attack on Dec 22, 2024.<\/p>\n

His assailant, Lim Tee Tee, 72, was sentenced to a year in jail after he pleaded guilty to an assault charge on July 17.<\/p>\n

At the time of the offence, Lim and Mr Chua were living on the eighth floor of a Housing Board block of flats in King George’s Avenue, near Jalan Besar.<\/p>\n

Lim was on his way home shortly before 11.30am on Dec 22, 2024, and was stepping out of a lift on the eighth floor when he knocked into Mr Chua, who was trying to enter it.<\/p>\n

Both men became unhappy over this encounter and Lim returned to his flat.<\/p>\n

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However, Mr Chua later asked another neighbour, Mr Hussain Mohamed, 66, to meet him.<\/p>\n

Mr Hussain agreed even though he did not know why Mr Chua wanted to see him.<\/p>\n

Deputy Public Prosecutor Joseph Gwee told the court: “The victim and Hussain went to the accused’s unit. The victim took a wooden stick and confronted the accused about the earlier collision.<\/p>\n

“The accused opened the gate to his unit. The verbal argument escalated when the victim used the wooden stick to hit the accused once outside the unit.”<\/p>\n

Lim then ran to his kitchen and retrieved a 50cm-long knife with a 37cm-long blade.<\/p>\n

A scuffle broke out between Mr Chua and Lim at the common corridor near their homes.<\/p>\n

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During the fight at around 11.30am, Lim repeatedly slashed Mr Chua, causing injuries to his head and limbs.<\/p>\n

Seeing this, Mr Hussain grabbed Lim and told both men to stop fighting.<\/p>\n

However, Lim continued to swing the knife rashly, wounding Mr Hussain’s left forearm.<\/p>\n

Court documents stated that Mr Chua managed to get away and met police officers who were on patrol as he stepped out of a lift at the ground floor.<\/p>\n

He told the officers about what had happened and collapsed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lim had stopped brandishing the knife and Mr Hussain asked him for some water to clean his wounds.<\/p>\n

The pair remained near Lim’s unit when the police officers arrived at the scene soon after.<\/p>\n

Both Mr Chua and Mr Hussain were taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where Mr Chua was pronounced dead at 1.20pm.<\/p>\n

Lim, who suffered multiple injuries, including wounds to his forehead and left leg and arm, was taken to Changi General Hospital. He was arrested later that day.<\/p>\n

An Institute of Mental Health report dated Jan 23, 2025, stated that he had persistent depressive disorder, which had a mild contributory link to his offending behaviour.<\/p>\n

The DPP said: “However, he remained cognitively aware that it was wrong for him to bring the knife out, and had chosen the knife deliberately as a suitable weapon for self-defence.”<\/p>\n

He added that Lim was not of unsound mind at the time of the offence and is fit to plead in court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shaffiq Alkhatib for The Straits Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What started out as two elderly neighbours knocking into each other at a lift lobby escalated into a knife attack that left one of them with non-fatal wounds. However, the victim, identified as Mr Chua Kin Tong, 69, later died of a heart disease about two hours after the attack on Dec 22, 2024. His…<\/p>\n

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