They were with fellow Sarawakians Micheal Garing, Hairee Landak, Tony Imba and Peter Usit Musa when one or more of them used a parang to rob the Chinese national construction worker.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Serene Seet said the group of Malaysians from Sarawak had been drinking in a rented room in Geylang when Micheal and Tony suggested that they go out and look for “kantau”, which everyone understood to mean “to go out and rob” people.
Before leaving the room, Micheal took a parang, which had its own improvised paper sheath, and tucked it into the back of his trousers, under his shirt. That evening, they were walking around looking for potential victims to rob when they saw Mr Wang squatting next to the pavement under the MRT track, talking on his mobile phone.
Tony picked up a rock from the ground and struck the victim on the back of his head, causing him to fall.
Sylvester and Landa and their accomplices immediately joined Tony in kicking and punching the victim.
Mr Wang managed to get off the ground at some point and ran, but he fell into a nearby drain.
As he was trying to get out of the drain, Micheal took out his parang and slashed him with it. The victim raised his left hand to shield himself, which resulted in a deep cut on four of his fingers.
While the victim was being slashed, one of the accomplices snatched his mobile phone.
Sylvester and Landa, who had another charge taken into consideration, could have been jailed for up to 20 years, plus a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane.
The group was said to be involved in several robberies that took place mostly in the Kallang area.
In October last year, the first among the group to plead guilty, former technician Shahman Milak, 21, was given two years and six strokes of the cane for attempted robbery.
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