Case of Anthony Ler: Victim Annie Leong’s mum not bitter, says family friend

Above: Madam Annie Leong was stabbed multiple times outside the lift, seen in a photo taken last week, on the fourth floor of the Housing Board flat in Hougang on May 14, 2001. Below: The scene of the crime. Madam Leong died of her injuries in hospit
Above: Madam Annie Leong was stabbed multiple times outside the lift, seen in a photo taken last week, on the fourth floor of the Housing Board flat in Hougang on May 14, 2001. PHOTOS: JOYCE LIM, SPF
Above: Madam Annie Leong was stabbed multiple times outside the lift, seen in a photo taken last week, on the fourth floor of the Housing Board flat in Hougang on May 14, 2001. Below: The scene of the crime. Madam Leong died of her injuries in hospit
The scene of the crime. Madam Leong died of her injuries in hospital. PHOTOS: JOYCE LIM, SPF
Madam Leong was the victim of an elaborate murder plotted by her estranged husband, Anthony Ler, who was hanged in 2002.
Madam Leong (above) was the victim of an elaborate murder plotted by her estranged husband, Anthony Ler, who was hanged in 2002.
Above: Madam Annie Leong was stabbed multiple times outside the lift, seen in a photo taken last week, on the fourth floor of the Housing Board flat in Hougang on May 14, 2001. Below: The scene of the crime. Madam Leong died of her injuries in hospit
Madam Leong was the victim of an elaborate murder plotted by her estranged husband, Anthony Ler (above), who was hanged in 2002. PHOTOS: JOYCE LIM, SPF
Tan Tam Mei
Thailand Correspondent
Updated
Dec 16, 2018, 12:33 PM
Published
Dec 16, 2018, 05:00 AM
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For the last 17 years, Madam Chin Chooi Ling has taken the same lift and walked down the same Housing Board corridor to her flat.

This was the exact route her late daughter, Madam Annie Leong, 30, took in 2001, moments before her life was taken by a 15-year-old boy who slashed her neck and stabbed her in the chest just 30 paces from her doorstep.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on December 16, 2018, with the headline Case of Anthony Ler: Victim Annie Leong’s mum not bitter, says family friend. Subscribe

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