Gao Yong, 50, and his son, Gao Zhenhan, 25, pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to the 35-year-old victim. They were sentenced on November 11, The Straits Times reported . Both Yong and Zhenhan will spend 10 weeks in jail each.
A father-son duo that flew from China to Singapore to assault a businessman over a deal turned sour has been sentenced to jail.
The two confronted him about their investment before punching him several times. The father also tied the victim’s neck to the car’s headrest using a long rope, after which they resumed the assault. The incident was captured on CCTV cameras in the carpark. Two security officers eventually approached the car and knocked on its door. They alerted the police, who arrested the father and son soon after.
Interested in the proposal, the father and son sold their family car and took bank loans to raise money. The following day, they travelled by train to VivoCity mall. They spotted the victim working at a food court in the basement and approached him. As the victim reached his car, Gao Yong ran towards him and swung his hand at his head. He then pushed the businessman into the passenger seat. His son joined in, restraining the victim to prevent him from escaping.
The father and son had planned to open a shop in Singapore and approached a Singaporean contact in April 2026 to apply for work passes. The contact introduced Gao Zhenhan to the victim, a 35-year-old Malaysian businessman who was looking for investors for his food businesses in Singapore. They invested at least S$18,000 in the beverage business in Singapore. The father and son demanded that the victim repay 200,000 yuan (about S$38,300). The victim refused and offered S$5,000 instead, but the father rejected the amount. He subsequently offered S$10,000, which was also turned down.
