to Neoh and Lim, also appeared as a key witness for the prosecution, and he testified that Lim and Neoh had mentioned about them killing Chew during a robbery when he met them at a coffee shop. He also claimed that Neoh passed to him a revolver and five bullets, wanting to sell it to him, but Lee did not have the money, so he asked to keep it until Neoh's return to Singapore from Penang. That gun, which Lee surrendered to the police after Neoh's arrest, was the same murder weapon which the men used to kill Chew. Lee also stated that he heard Lim saying that during the robbery, he held the victim Chew on gunpoint and told him in Penang Hokkien that he should not move or he will "splash" him. Under Lee's recount to the court, the term "splash" meant "shoot" in Hokkien. The defence counsel sought to cast doubt over Lee's evidence, claiming that Lee had bought the gun instead of safekeeping it for Neoh, and deliberately falsified his testimony in order to avoid being implicated for the offence of illegally possessing a firearm, which was punishable by imprisonment and caning. It was established by the prosecution that both men had tried to rob Chew but failed to, which led to them killing Chew. It was also established through witness accounts and fingerprint tests that the gun belonged to Neoh, and that Lim was the one who fired the gun and killed Chew, and both of them were indeed at the scene of crime. Although it was certain and clear-cut from the prosecution's case and evidence that Lim, who directly killed Chew, would face the death penalty for murder, there was however, a crucial question at trial on whether Neoh should be held equally culpable like Lim for killing Chew despite being not the one firing the gun. Defence's case and closing submissions Both men elected to give evidence under oath. Neoh admitted on the stand that the gun belonged to him and he had indeed loaded the gun, but he testified that there was never an intention to commit murder despite their plan to commit robbery. Neoh stated that after he and Lim travelled from Penang to Singapore to commit armed robbery, they brought along the gun, which would be used to threaten Chew if necessary. He recounted that after Chew put up a