On 9 August 1972, which falls on Singapore's National Day, 42-year-old wine shop owner Chew Liew Tea (周留的 Zhōu Líudì), who operated a wine shop at Amoy Street, was shot and killed by two Chinese Malaysians Lim Kim Huat (林金发 Lín Jīnfā) and Neoh Bean Chye (梁民才 Liáng Míncaí), who both escaped Singapore and fled to their home state of Penang in Malaysia, before they were separately caught by the Malaysian police between September 1972 and February 1973, and extradited back to Singapore to be charged with Chew's killing. During their trial, both Lim and Neoh gave defences that they never intended to kill Chew. Lim stated that he never knew the gun was loaded when he fired it at Chew and claimed it was an accidental shooting, while Neoh stated that the gun, which belonged to him, was never meant for killing or hurting anyone, but to threaten Chew during their robbery plot. However, after the prosecution proven that both defendants had the intention to kill Chew in furtherance of committing armed robbery, Neoh and Lim were found guilty of murder, and sentenced to death on 8 November 1973, and two years later, the gunmen were hanged after the dismissal of their appeals against the death penalty. Shooting at wine shop During the early hours of 9 August 1972, which was also National Day of Singapore, at a wine shop located at Amoy Street, taxi driver Sim Ah Nam finished his drinks session with his friend Chew Liew Tea, who was the owner of the shop and who wanted to close his shop to go home. After Chew offered to invite him later on, Sim left the shop to take a wee at the back lane. At the time he left the shop, Chew was last seen with two other male customers, who were drinking beer and Guinness stout. Just as Sim was walking back to the shop after he finished, he heard a gunshot. Upon reaching the wine shop, Sim witnessed one of the two male customers holding a revolver above Chew, who was shot in the chest and laid unconscious on the floor. He quickly escaped and shouted out the word "robbery" to alert people nearby and seek help, before he returned to the shop, where he saw the two men escaping the shop on a motorcycle. A teenage noodles seller, who witnessed the escape of the