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SINGAPORE - Annoyed with his older brother’s behaviour at home, a man used a homemade flamethrower to lure the older man out before slashing him with a chopper. In the midst of the scuffle, Daniel Fock Ming Chai cut his 32-year-old brother on the right hanBad blood: Man slashes older brother with chopper, sets fire to his bedroom door
SINGAPORE - Annoyed with his older brother’s behaviour at home, a man used a homemade flamethrower to lure the older man out before slashing him with a chopper. In the midst of the scuffle, Daniel Fock Ming Chai cut his 32-year-old brother on the right hand, chest and right leg. The brother was left with multiple lacerations, as well as cuts to his forearm tendon and nerves in his right thumb and fingers, which will likely leave permanent numbness. On Sept 3, Fock pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon. Two charges of mischief by fire will be taken into consideration for the 27-year-old’s sentence. Deputy Public Prosecutor Colin Ng told the court that the pair had a strained relationship growing up. After their parents’ divorce in 2000, Fock lived with his mother in a rental apartment while his brother lived with their father in a flat. DPP Ng said Fock’s mother moved out of the rental property some time in March 2023 to live in her shop. He did not elaborate on where the shop was. Read more