on 27 December 1992. Subsequently, on 7 January 1993, after investigations revealed that Junalis was responsible for the first killing of Seing Koo Wan back in April 1992, the prosecution also tendered a second preliminary charge of murder against Junalis for murdering Seing. If found guilty of murder, both Junalis and Mohamad would face capital punishment in Singapore. The rising cases of taxi drivers being violently killed during robberies between 1991 and 1993 had also incurred concerns from the public about the safety of taxi drivers during their line of work. Trial and sentencing On 23 February 1994, both 22-year-old Junalis Lumat and 21-year-old Mohamad Ashiek Salleh stood trial at the High Court for the murder of 59-year-old Teo Kim Hock. Although there was sufficient evidence, the second charge against Junalis for killing 58-year-old Seing Koo Wan was temporarily stood down in view of his trial sessions for Teo's killing. Junalis was represented by Ahmad Khamis (later replaced by James Masih) while Mohamad was represented by Subhas Anandan in the trial, and Justice S. Rajendran was the trial judge who heard the case. Bala Reddy prosecuted both Junalis and Mohamad in the case. It was revealed that both Mohamad and Junalis were in need of money and could not find a job, which was why they decided to rob taxi drivers, and even bought nylon rope, two pairs of gloves and a toy gun. Both Junalis and Mohamad put up a defence that they never intended to kill Teo but to rob him. They stated that on the day of the murder, they boarded Teo's taxi and as it drove to a secluded area in Yishun, they used a toy gun to threaten Teo, who was told to surrender his wallet and he was tied up. While Teo was tied up, he struggled and screamed out of fear, and the two robbers were sent into a panic, which made them used a yellow nylon rope to tie around the mouth but due to Teo's struggles, it unexpectedly slipped tightly around Teo's neck and suffocated him to death. Both men stated that after they abandoned Teo's corpse and taxi, they stole S$200 from his possessions and divided it between themselves. The prosecution argued otherwise that the two men had intentionally strangled Teo with the nylon rope and they had done so with considerable force based on the forensic findings of Dr