TWO men who tried to rob a businessman nearly 16 years ago and then fled to Thailand where they committed murder were jailed and ordered to be caned.

Sng Wee Seng, 40, and Lee Bok Ho, 40, pleaded guilty last week to trying to rob Mr Yew Chay Huat, then 31, of his jewellery and cash totalling about $33,000 in a car along Shenton Way on Dec 21, 1992.

Sng had pretended to sell sharks fin to Mr Yew, then a sharks' fin dealer, and roped in his childhood friend to rob him.

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