Singapore: Two Indian-origin men in Singapore were today jailed up to nine years and ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane for robbing a currency exchanger to the tune of $ 4.3 lakh in Singapore in 2014.
Annadurai Raman, 43, a Singaporean permanent resident and Malaysian Tachana Moorthy Peromal, 29, admitted to abetment by conspiring with six others to rob a person named Ali Yousouf Saiboo of two luggage bags containing local and foreign currencies amounting to 624,036 Singapore dollar (USD 4.3 lakh) and two mobile phones on November 5, 2014.
Mr Annadurai was sentenced to seven years in prison and 12 strokes while Mr Tachana, who played a key role in the planning and execution of the robbery, was given nine years jail term and caning. They could have been jailed for up to 20 years and caned.
Their accomplice Ravi Sandhira Sagaran, a 28-year- old Malaysian-Indian, has already been sentenced to seven years' jail and 12 strokes.
The three, along with other Malaysian accomplices, had planned to rob Mr Saiboo, 35, who worked as a manager in a money changing business.
The other accomplices are still at large.
Annadurai Raman, 43, a Singaporean permanent resident and Malaysian Tachana Moorthy Peromal, 29, admitted to abetment by conspiring with six others to rob a person named Ali Yousouf Saiboo of two luggage bags containing local and foreign currencies amounting to 624,036 Singapore dollar (USD 4.3 lakh) and two mobile phones on November 5, 2014.
Mr Annadurai was sentenced to seven years in prison and 12 strokes while Mr Tachana, who played a key role in the planning and execution of the robbery, was given nine years jail term and caning. They could have been jailed for up to 20 years and caned.
The three, along with other Malaysian accomplices, had planned to rob Mr Saiboo, 35, who worked as a manager in a money changing business.
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