IMH report ready for suspect in murder of teenager in 2007
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Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa'ee is accused of murdering Ms Felicia Teo Wei Ling (far left) in a Marine Terrace flat in 2007.
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Following psychiatric evaluation, the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) has prepared a report on the condition of a man accused of murdering Ms Felicia Teo Wei Ling in 2007.
Details of the IMH report, however, were not revealed yesterday when the accused, Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa'ee, now 36, appeared in a district court.
He is represented by Mr Shashi Nathan, Ms Tania Chin and Ms Laura Yeo from law firm Withers KhattarWong.
Ahmad, who is now in remand, will be back in court on March 11.
The Singaporean is accused of murdering Ms Teo, 19, in a Marine Terrace flat on June 30, 2007.
Ahmad is said to have committed the offence along with Ragil Putra Setia Sukmarahjana, now 32.
The two men are believed to have been friends of Ms Teo.
It was not mentioned in court yesterday if there are updates on the whereabouts of her remains.
No mention about investigations surrounding Ragil, who is said to be overseas, was also made.
Ms Teo's disappearance made headlines when her family and friends appealed for help, refusing to believe the teenager had run away.
They last saw her on June 29, 2007, when she left her home in Bras Basah.
Closed-circuit television footage later showed her entering a lift in a Marine Terrace housing block with two men. She was never seen nor heard from again.
Her mother lodged a missing persons police report on July 3 that year.
Officers began investigating the matter and they initially classified Ms Teo's disappearance as a missing persons case.
This was because they did not find any facts linking the two men to her disappearance. The men had told officers earlier that Ms Teo left the flat of her own accord.
Her friends and family then conducted their own search and more than 200 people got involved.
Meanwhile, the police kept reviewing the case regularly.
The case was referred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in July last year and officers uncovered new leads.
The officers arrested Ahmad on Dec 15 and he was charged with murder in a district court two days later.
Offenders convicted of murder face the death sentence.
