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Woman murdered in her Tampines flat; 80-year-old man arrested
Published on Aug 21, 2014 2:26 PM
The body of a 54-year-old Chinese woman, who was killed on Thursday in her third-floor flat at Tampines Street 43, is brought out. -- ST PHOTO: DANSON CHEONG
Police investigators search through the rubbish chute for clues at the block where the murder happened. -- ST PHOTO: DANSON CHEONG
By Danson Cheong
SINGAPORE - A 54-year-old Chinese woman was killed on Thursday in her third-floor flat at Tampines Street 43, police said.
The Straits Times understands that the woman was found covered in blood in a bedroom in the house. An 80-year-old man, believed to be her father-in-law, has been arrested in connection with the case. According to the victim's older brother, she was a housewife.
One neighbour, a housewife in her 50s who lives in a higher-floor unit, said her maid heard a woman's screams coming from a unit below at about 9am. She said: "I am quite shocked, they are a very friendly family."
Officers were seen combing through the rubbish chute at about 2pm. They later retrieved a 1m-long metal rod, a purple handkerchief and a grey T-shirt that appeared to be stained with blood.
Police said that at 10.04am, they received a call for assistance. When they arrived, the woman was found lying motionless. She was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene at about 10.18am. Police have classified the case as murder and investigations are ongoing.
SINGAPORE : A chilling murder involving an 80-year-old suspect – one of the oldest Singapore has seen – and the 54-year-old daughter-in-law he lives with rocked the Tampines Street 43 neighbourhood on Thursday (Aug 21).
When Madam Ong Guat Heng’s daughter discovered her mother’s blood-drenched body at home shortly after 10am on Thursday, the suspected assailant, her grandfather, was believed to be heading towards Bedok North Neighbourhood Police Centre, where he was arrested.
Soon after that, Criminal Investigation Department officers attending to the case at a third-floor corner unit at Block 440 rummaged through the rubbish chute and fished out a black metal rod, measuring about 1m-long and which had multiple dents on it.
The officers also retrieved a blood-stained T-shirt and a handkerchief.
As investigators swarmed around the block for about 11 hours on Thursday, neighbours and passers-by gathered around the cordon the police had set up, with some snapping pictures with their mobile phones.
At about noon, Mdm Ong’s family members had also gathered outside her unit and started chanting Buddhist prayers.
Shaken by what had happened, a few family members got worked up when the media approached them and tried taking pictures.
Later in the day, two of Mdm Ong’s 12 siblings spoke to reporters. One of her brothers said she has a son and two daughters who are in their 20s and married. Neighbours said both daughters had moved out and Mdm Ong, her husband, their son and her father-in-law live in the five-room unit.
Mdm Ong’s eldest sister said one of the daughters found her in a pool of blood. When asked by reporters about Mdm Ong’s relationship with her father-in-law, she said it was unavoidable that quarrels would happen once in a while.
One of their neighbours, who declined to be named, said he saw the elderly man – described as tall and skinny – carrying a black rod measuring about 1m-long at about 9am on Thursday, when he was on his way to buy breakfast.
The neighbour, who said he has known the family for more than a decade, added: “I wanted to say ‘Hi’, but he looked nervous.” He also said his sister had heard quarrelling in Mdm Ong’s unit on Wednesday night. “Argue about what; I don’t know,” he added.
After he returned to his home, the neighbour said he heard someone screaming at around 9.30am to 10am. Another resident at the block, who wished to be known only as Mdm Siti, said her maid had also heard screams at about 8.30am but did not think much about it.
Neighbours interviewed described Mdm Ong, whom they knew as Jenny, as a cheerful, nice and pretty woman whose weekend routine was to dress up and go for karaoke.
Mr Ng Eng Chai, 58, who is a newspaper vendor in the neighbourhood, described Mdm Ong’s father-in-law as tall and skinny.
A 24-year-old hawker at a coffee shop in the neighbourhood added that the elderly man is a regular patron who usually turns up at about 6am and leaves only at about 3pm to 4pm.
“He will sit at the same table, watching TV,” he added.
The 80-year-old man will be charged in court on Friday.
Char Chin Fah is said to have caused Madam Ong Guat Leng's death between 9am and 10.04am on Thursday, at her home in Block 440, Tampines Street 43. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
By Ian Poh
SINGAPORE - An 80-year-old man was charged on Friday with the murder of his daughter-in-law.
Char Chin Fah is said to have caused Madam Ong Guat Leng's death between 9am and 10.04am on Thursday, at her home in Block 440, Tampines Street 43.
Said to be one of 13 children, Madam Ong, 54, was reportedly found dead by one of her daughters in a pool of blood inside a bedroom in the third floor flat.
Char was understood to have turned himself in. Wearing a red polo T-shirt, he looked calm and alert in court as the charge was read to him in Mandarin.
He has been remanded in Central Police Division for a week for further investigation, including being brought back to the scene of the alleged crime.
Char's case will be next heard in court next Friday. If convicted of murder, he faces the death penalty.
Tampines murder case: 80-year-old accused remanded for psychiatric evaluation
Published on Aug 27, 2014 11:58 AM
Char Chin Fah, 80, charged with murder his daughter-in-law Madam Ong Guat Leng, 54, found dead in Tampines flat. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
By Ian Poh
SINGAPORE - The 80-year-old man accused of murdering his daughter-in-law has been remanded at Complex Medical Centre in Changi for psychiatric assessment.
Char Chin Fah, who allegedly murdered Madam Ong Guat Leng, 54, between 9am and 10.04am on Thursday in their home in Block 440 Tampines Street 43, was ordered to go for the assessment by a district court on Wednesday.
Char, believed to be the oldest to be accused of murder in Singapore's recent history, will be assessed for three weeks. His case will be heard again in court on Sep 17. He will be defended by lawyer Ramesh Tiwary, who was engaged by Char's family after he was charged last week.
