SINGAPORE: Two men were charged in court on Thursday (May 2) for their alleged roles in an armed gang robbery involving more than S$4.34 million (US$3.19 million) in cash, cryptocurrency and other valuables.
Goh Boon Tong, 28, and Muhammad Tauffiq Ahmad Fauzi, 32, both Malaysians, were each handed a count of armed gang robbery.
According to their charge sheets, the pair were with three or more other people when they jointly robbed six victims of their valuables at a residence along King Albert Park in Bukit Timah in the early hours of Apr 18. The items stolen were worth about S$4,341,328.
In robbing these six people, the group also wrongfully restrained another five individuals and put them in fear of hurt, the charge sheets said.
The suspects purportedly carried out the robbery while armed with parangs and baseball bats, which are considered deadly weapons.
Goh and Tauffiq were both remanded and will return to court on May 9.
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