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Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow

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Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow. (2026, September 15). South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3367522/singapore-jails-armed-malaysian-gang-us39-million-lightning-heist-bungalow?utm_source=rss_feed

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Singapore has sentenced a gang of seven armed Malaysians who stole US$3.9 million from a high-stakes poker game location in a “lightning heist” on April 18, 2024. The men entered King Albert Park good class bungalow early that morning, tying up the occupants and taking cash, valuables, and cryptocurrency. Most were arrested, but one suspect remains at large, having fled to Thailand.

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On April 18, 2024, a group of seven armed men, some carrying machetes and baseball bats, committed what prosecutors described as a "lightning heist" at a high-end bungalow in King Albert Park, Singapore. The robbers stole approximately S$4.9 million (US$3.9 million) in cash, valuables, and cryptocurrency from the home of a woman who hosted high-stakes poker games. This theft is considered one of the highest-value robberies in recent Singaporean history. Most of the suspects were arrested, but Muhammad Yusuf Kassim, a 33-year-old Malaysian national, remains at large and is believed to have fled to Thailand.

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Topics

Malaysia Malaysian Singapore Thailand

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Singapore GPE · 3× Malaysian NORP · 2× Malaysia GPE · 1× Muhammad Yusuf Kassim PERSON · 1× Thailand GPE · 1×

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The prosecution said the theft at the home, where a woman held high-stakes poker games, was one of the highest-value robberies in Singapore Prosecutors said seven men entered the King Albert Park good class bungalow in the early hours of April 18, 2024, in a “lightning heist”, some of them armed with machetes and baseball bats.

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2026-09-15 · South China Morning Post

Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow · assertive framing

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Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow asserted

Singapore → jail → bungalow

some → say → machetes

They tied up the people inside and stole about S$4.9 million (US$3.9 million) in cash, valuables and cryptocurrency. asserted

They → tie → cash

Most of the men in the group were subsequently arrested and taken back to Singapore to face prosecution. asserted

Most → arrest → prosecution

One man, 33-year-old Malaysian Muhammad Yusuf Kassim, remains at large and is believed to have left Malaysia for Thailand, court documents stated. asserted

documents → remain → Thailand