Gang chief jailed 42 months, caned 18 strokes

SINGAPORE: The headman of a secret society was sentenced to 42 months' jail and given 18 strokes of the cane for offences including being part of an unlawful assembly that attacked a 16-year-old boy.

Twenty-eight-year-old Mohammed Hussein Mohammed Kassim and five other men attacked Rashvin Ravindran with a knife at a playground near Block 511, Jurong West Street 51 at around 4.20pm on 14 August.

Hussein, who is the headman of the 18 Sio Ghi Ho secret society, directed the assault.

The fight broke out after a member of his group accused Rashvin of calling his friend a "dog".

They then attacked the boy before he even had the chance to answer.

The 13 youths, aged between 14 and 21, were charged with the crime.

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