The DTE Gang Killing...one more caught!

Ninth youth charged with Downtown East murder

By Shaffiq Alkhatib

Posted: 01 December 2010 1214 hrs
Channelnewsasia.com

SINGAPORE:

Another young man has been charged with the Downtown East murder that took place on October 30.

18-year-old Ho Wei Quan is the latest person to be accused of being part of an unlawful assembly that attacked and killed 19-year-old Darren Ng Wei Jie between 5.30pm and 6pm at the entertainment complex.

Darren, a Republic Polytechnic student, died some five hours later at Changi General Hospital.

Ho, who was wearing a long-sleeved t-shirt and sports dyed brown hair, was expressionless when he appeared before the judge.

More than ten of his friends and family members were sitting in the gallery.

He will be back in court on December 8.

If convicted of murder, he will face the death penalty.

-CNA/ac

Unk Dicko's Comments:

With the arrest of this 9th murder suspect only one more remain outstanding. It won't be too long before he too will be nabbed. Our police field and special operations officers must be commended for tracking this latest fugitive down. We are right now into the month of December where large numbers of students and teens will be out of their schools and homes...and spending a lot of time outside. Parents should be concerned enough to know not just where their kids are but WHAT they are doing and with WHOM they are spending their time, WHOM are they associating with.

All those involved in the gang killing at DTE and in the gang attack at Bukit Panjang came from homes and families. Most have parents, grandparents and other family members WHO COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE to all those detained and charged had they taken serious pre-emptive action earlier. Perhaps,the schools or institutions they went to could also have worked more closely with the police and especially the SSB to identify, refer and take serious action. Much more can be done by many.

But the important fact remains...the individual boy or girl who has chosen to travel on this slippery path of youth gangs, secret societies and crime...on a one way ticket to hell, has only himself to blame. In the several years before a samseng kia is arrested and charged for serious crimes, he MUST HAVE HAD SEVERAL WARNINGS and CAUTION while he was still a minor and in school...about his potential for wrongdoing and his gang activity. The question is whether there was any proper follow-up action regarding all this warnings to the PARENTS and other police agencies. And if there was, what follow-up action was carried out and re-communicated to the parents and the schools.