KUCHING: The High Court has sentenced an Indonesian man to 30 years in prison for the murder of two colleagues on a fishing vessel in the Muara Tabuan Light Industrial Park three years ago.
Kim Loi Ujin, 50, pleaded guilty to three amended charges read out by an interpreter before Judge Leonard David Shim.
On the first and second amended charges, he was accused of intentionally killing Wong Jing Soon, 24, and Ngu Yu Soon, 26.
Both charges were framed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or imprisonment of up to 40 years, and, if not sentenced to death, also carries caning up to 12 lashes, on conviction.
On third count, he stood charged with intentionally injuring skipper Ngu Swee Hook, 52, using a machete, which could have resulted in death.
The third charge was framed under Section 324 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum ten-year imprisonment or a fine or whipping or with any of the aforementioned punishments, if convicted.
All the offences were committed on a fishing vessel at Muara Tabuan Light Industrial Park around 2.31am on Aug 16, 2021.
Shim sentenced Kim to 30 years in prison on the first and second charges, and four years in prison on the third.
The court ordered all sentences to run concurrently effective from the date of arrest on Aug 16, 2021.
Based on the facts of the case, the complainant, who was approached by Kim in a bloody state, told him to report to the police that he had attacked three men with a machete while they were sleeping.
The complainant called the police to report a fight on a fishing vessel in Kampung Tabuan Melayu.
Investigations found that Kim had started attacking the skipper (Ngu Swee Hook) using a machete in the main room of the vessel, causing serious injuries.
He then left the room and went straight to the room of the skipper’s son Ngu Yu Soon and his nephew Wong Jing Soon, and slashed both victims to death.
Swee Hook, who was injured, could hear screams from both victims before they died. After attacking the two victims, Kim went back down to the main room to attack Swee Hook but failed. He later escaped.
It is understood that the the incident stemmed from Kim, who had only been working for six months, not being satisfied as he was often bullied by two of his colleagues.
DPP Danial Mohamad Ali prosecuted while Kim was represented by counsel Ranbir Singh. An officer from the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Kuching, Alexandri Legawa, held a watching brief.
