A 49-YEAR-OLD man suspected of killing his neighbour after a fight was arrested by police on Saturday night.
It is believed that a scuffle had broken out earlier in the evening in the dead man's rental flat at Lorong7, Toa Payoh.
Police identified the victim, who was unemployed, as Mr Mohan, 51.
Neighbours said the two friends often fought after they got drunk together, and that police have had to intervene on several occasions. But they would resolve their differences the next day.
However, the latest episode proved fatal. The suspect is understood to have consumed alcohol shortly before heading to Mr Mohan's flat on the seventh floor, just two doors away from his.
Mr Mohan's brother told Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao that the suspect had come striding into their flat and started shouting while punching and kicking his brother.