Vui Kong, who is now a devout Buddhist, has spent nearly half his life in jail and will be eligible for a parole hearing in June 2027.
is alive and well, though still incarcerated, as he sees the 15th year since a last-minute appeal saved his life from the gallows.
His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment and caning, and there is a possibility that he could be released on parole after serving 20 years in prison.Now 36, Vui Kong has been at Changi Prison since June 12, 2007, which means he has spent nearly half his life in jail and will be eligible for a parole hearing in June 2027.
He was forced to fend for himself and quickly fell in with the wrong crowd, ending up delivering “gifts,” which turned out to be drugs. Since Vui Kong asked his original lawyer to withdraw his appeal, when M Ravi took over his case, he applied to have the appeal restored, which the Court of Appeal later did.
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