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This reminds me of the kidnapping in JB being changed to robbery and wrongful confinement. Sinkie Police investigation at its best!
Body in water tank case: Cleaner discharged for murdering maid
A cleaner was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal for murdering a maid whose body was found in a water tank last year.
The Straits Times reported that Bangladeshi Md Repon Mostafa, 29, was originally accused of causing the death of Indonesian maid Ms Ruliyawati, 30 at the rooftop of Block 686B Woodlands Drive 73 on May 16.
The story made headlines last year after the dead body of an Indonesian maid was discovered on May 16 inside the rooftop water tank of Block 686B, Woodlands Street 73.
This led to new measures by the PUB to secure water tanks in all HDB buildings.
The water tank in the affected block was replaced by a $40,000 tank about a month later by the Sembawang Town Council after residents petitioned.
The prosecution has tendered five new charges against him.
Mostafa allegedly willfully trespassed into the area three times on April 10 and 12, and May 16, 2011 without a valid reason.
In addition, he faces two charges under the Films Act of having eight films without a certificate and an obscene film on his mobile phone.
The case was adjourned to July 24 for the lawyer to take instructions from his client on the five new charges.
Bail of $5,000 was allowed, and Mostafa's passport has been impounded.