Two M'sians charged over armed gang robbery involving more than S$4.3mil


Goh Boon Tong (left) and Muhammad Tauffiq Ahmad Fauzi, both Malaysians, were caught in their home country. - SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

SINGAPORE: A group of men armed themselves with parangs and baseball bats to rob 11 people of cash and valuables worth over S$4.3 million in total in a King Albert Park house near Dunearn Road on April 18, 2024.

Two of the alleged offenders – Goh Boon Tong, 28, and Muhammad Tauffiq Ahmad Fauzi, 32 – both Malaysians, were caught in their home country before they were each handed a robbery charge in a Singapore district court on Thursday (May 2).

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