A WOMAN confessed to poisoning her husband when quizzed by a police officer, a district court heard on Friday

Fong Quay Sim, who turned 68 on Friday, admitted poisoning her husband, Mr Chan Tin Sun, 70, to the investigation officer, Sheik Faisal, on Oct 29 last year.

The Bedok police division station inspector said he met Fong near her house at Opera Estate the day before and told her he had to re-interview her. The next day, he told Fong that based on the arsenic found in the victim's blood, police suspected that someone could have deliberately given poison to the victim.

He then asked if she had any comments on the matter. After a while, Fong told him that she was the one who had poisoned him, claiming that she was 'angry and depressed with her husband'.

The officer stopped the interview and contacted his supervisor who directed him to invite Fong to write her own confession.

Fong is alleged to have caused her husband to take arsenic at their former home at Jalan Ulu Siglap between 2004 and 2005. The trial continues.