Overview

• Arokkiyasami Daison, 23, and Rajendran Mayilarasan, 27, admitted to voluntarily causing hurt while committing robbery.
• In a Jalan Besar hotel room, they tied and slapped a woman and stole jewellery, SGD 2,000 in cash, her passport, and bank cards.
• Hours later on Desker Road, they dragged a second woman, covered her mouth to silence her, and took SGD 800, two phones, and her passport.
• The crimes surfaced after the second victim told another person the next day, leading to a police report and the men’s arrest.
• In mitigation, both cited family financial hardship in India; the offence carries five to 20 years’ imprisonment and at least 12 cane strokes.