The Arms Offences Act defines the punishment to be meted out for different scenarios of violations, and serves as an instrument for the imprisonment and caning of offenders.
[2] The Arms Offences Act has also played a part in the 1983 high-profile Andrew Road triple murders, which were committed by 19-year-old NS conscript Sek Kim Wah.
Filled with horror upon witnessing his accomplice's actions, Nyu locked himself in a room with the remaining two hostages (the tutor and the daughter) and the rifle to protect the girl and teacher from Sek's murderous rampage.
Initially charged with murder, Nyu Kok Meng was subsequently tried and convicted under the Arms Offences Act for using a firearm to commit armed robbery in July 1985, and sentenced to serve life in prison with 6 strokes of the cane, while Sek was sentenced to death in a separate trial for the triple murders at Andrew Road on 14 August 1985.
[4] On 9 January 2009, 42-year-old gunman Tan Chor Jin (AKA: the One-eyed Dragon) was hanged in Changi Prison for fatally shooting 41-year-old nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon in 15 February 2006.