Man Tasered & Arrested After Hacking Wife With Chopper In Singapore
Members of the public intervened in the brutal attack and managed to fend off the alleged assailant from killing the victim.
By Sabrina Zainal — 16 Apr 2022, 04:15 PM
Earlier this week, police in Singapore had to taser a man in order to arrest him after he publicly slashed his wife
In a statement on Facebook, the Singapore Police Force said they responded to a case of assault with a chopper at Beach Road on the evening of Thursday, 14 April.
Han Hong Li, the 41-year-old victim, was found with slash wounds outside a steamboat restaurant and was conveyed conscious to the hospital.
The suspect, 46-year-old Cheng Guoyuan from China, had allegedly attacked his wife with a chopper. Upon locating him, officers had to taser the man to subdue him, police said.
The man was believed to have slit his own wrists with the chopper before the police arrived. He was sent to the hospital for treatment and is under arrest for attempted murder.
He was charged in court today, 16 April with attempted murder. If found guilty, the man will be liable for life imprisonment, a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine, or both.
Before the police arrived at the scene, several viral videos show members of the public intervening to help Han as her husband relentlessly swings the chopper at her
Restaurant workers in the same street as the steamboat eatery immediately took action as soon as they heard a woman screaming for help, reported The New Paper.
The videos show dozens of onlookers but only about 10 men, including two air-con technicians, grabbed whatever they could and threw them at the alleged attacker.
Plastic chairs, plastic crates, metal signposts, and trash bins were just some of the items used to fend off the man. A few members of the public were seen holding up ladders to defend themselves in case the man decided to lunge at them.
The workers eventually chased him into an alley behind the row of restaurants. In another video, Cheng, already dripping with blood, is seen slitting his wrist before he goes inside the restaurant where his wife works.
The entire incident reportedly took place in about 10 minutes before the police moved in to restrain him.
The swift actions of the restaurant workers were praised by many, including the police
"The police would like to commend the members of the public who had intervened to prevent the man from causing further harm to the woman," Commander of Central Police Division ACP Jeremy Ang said.
The police officers who cornered Cheng were also lauded for keeping calm when arresting him.
Investigations into the attempted murder case are ongoing. It is also understood that Cheng will be remanded for psychiatric assessment after he is discharged from the hospital.
Meanwhile, The Straits Times reported that those who know Chen and Han said the couple are separated and that they have two children together.
Han had been working at Chong Qing (Origin) Steamboat in Beach Road for about a year.
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