Tan Chor Jin

Not to be confused with Tan Chuan-Jin.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
Tan Chor Jin
Tan Chor Jin in 1987
Born(1966-03-29)29 March 1966[1]
Singapore
Died9 January 2009(2009-01-09) (aged 42)
Changi Prison, Singapore
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Other namesTony Kia, One-eyed Dragon
Criminal statusExecuted
AllegianceAng Soon Tong
Conviction(s)One charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm under the Arms Offences Act (1 count)
Criminal penaltyDeath
Partner(s)
  • Lim Choon Chwee, alias Ah Chwee (Tan's childhood friend) - failure to report a robbery (six months' imprisonment)
  • Ho Yueh Keong, alias Moh Tang - abetting Tan to escape Singapore (20 months' imprisonment)
Details
Victims1
Date15 February 2006
CountrySingapore
Date apprehended
25 February 2006

Tan Chor Jin (Chinese: 陈楚仁; pinyin: Chén Chǔrén;[2] 29 March 1966 – 9 January 2009), also known by his alias Tony Kia, was a Singaporean gang leader known for fatally shooting 41-year-old Lim Hock Soon, his former friend and nightclub owner, using a semi-automatic Beretta 0.22 calibre pistol on 15 February 2006. Tan, who had underworld affiliations and was a member of Ang Soon Tong since his early years, had also robbed the Lim family of their valuables before he escaped Singapore to Malaysia, where he was arrested ten days later. The media gave him the name "One-eyed Dragon" given that he was blind in the right eye.

Subsequently, Tan was charged with the execution-style murder of Lim, though the charge was later amended to one of an unlawful discharge of a firearm with intent to cause hurt or death in Singapore. Both charges were known to warrant the mandatory death sentence if found guilty, yet Tan chose to represent himself in his defence during the court proceedings, which failed and led to Tan being sentenced to death as a result of a lack of evidence in his favour. After losing his appeals, Tan was hanged on 9 January 2009.[3] His two accomplices, who played a part in assisting Tan to commit the crime and to escape Singapore, were each sentenced to six and twenty months' imprisonment in 2006 and 2016 respectively.

  1. ^ "Wife says he told her to remarry". The New Paper. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ "獨眼龍槍殺牛奶豬案窩藏罪犯男子被控". China Press 中国报 (in Chinese). 15 July 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ Anandan, Subhas (2015). The Best I Could. Marshall Cavendish Editions. ISBN 978-981-4677-81-3.