March 05, 2021 Tan Hong Sheng was one of seven people initially charged with Mr Satheesh's murder on July 2, 2019. The Straits Times SINGAPORE - A man originally accused of murder following a 2019 brawl at Orchard Towers was sentenced on Friday (March 5) to four years and nine months' jail with 12 strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of being in the company of someone who had a weapon in his possession. Tan Hong Sheng, now 24, was the sixth person linked to the case who was dealt with in a district court. On Feb 5, he pleaded guilty to being in the company of Tan Sen Yang, now 29, who had a kerambit knife at Orchard Towers on the day Mr Satheesh Noel Gobidass, 31, was killed.