JUDGMENT

Wee Chong Jin CJ, Lai Kew Chai J, AP Rajah J:

The appellant, Sim Min Teck, was convicted by the High Court on two charges that on 2 November 1980 at about 8.50 a.m. at Block 35, Unit 201, Fishery Port Road, the office of M/s. Siang Huat Fish agent, with Beh Meng Chai and Chng Meng Joo, also known as Sam Mau @ Ah Joo, in furtherance of a common intention committed murder by causing the deaths of Lee Cheng Tiong and Teo Keng Siang. He was sentenced to death. His appeal against both convictions was dismissed by us. We now give our reasons.

The facts of the case can be briefly stated. The appellant met Beh Meng Chai ("Beh") and Chng Meng Joo ("Chng") on 1 November 1980. The appellant and Chng planned to commit robbery and invited Beh to join them. The three of them met on the following morning and boarded a bus and went to a fish market in Jurong. Two of them, namely, the appellant and Chng, were then each armed with a knife and they went to Block 35, Unit 201, Fishery Port Road, which is the office of M/s. Siang Huat Fish Agent. They entered the premises, and while Beh waited at the outer office, the appellant and Chng entered the inner office where they found the proprietor,