Singapore gunman who shot woman in robbery jailed after 32 years on the run

Chin Sheong Hon was charged with committing three robberies between July and November 1981 while armed with a revolver. - SINGAPORE POLICE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): One of Singapore’s most wanted fugitives, who spent more than 30 years on the run after shooting a woman here in a robbery, was sentenced to 18 years’ jail on Tuesday (Nov 15) for a series of firearm robberies he committed in 1981.

Chin Sheong Hon, now 72, who has been in custody for more than nine years, would have to spend another 2½ years behind bars, given the usual one-third remission and the backdating of his jail term.