Security guard gets 13 years jail for murdering neighbour


GEORGE TOWN: A security guard has been sentenced to 13 years’ in jail by the High Court here for murdering his neighbour at an apartment where he was working at in Paya Terubong four years ago.

The punishment was meted out by High Court judge Quay Chew Soon after the accused Ong Lai Seng, 69, pleaded guilty to murdering Chuah Kok Seong, then 42, at the guardhouse of Block 8 of Desa May apartments in Persiaran Paya Terubong here at about 8.50pm on Dec 5, 2020.

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