Six murder cases which happened in 2022
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Officers removing the body of Mr Tan Ah Bang after he was found lying motionless in his flat in Sengkang on Nov 4, 2022.
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SINGAPORE – Six people were charged with murder in 2022, including two in November, in a year which saw a dip in family violence cases. These are the cases.
November: Father killed in Sengkang
Tan Qiu Yan, 31, is charged with killing her father,
Mr Tan Ah Bang, whose wife was said to have died a few months before the incident, was found lying motionless inside his flat with multiple wounds.
November: Business partner went missing
Caleb Joshua Chai Shanmugam (centre) is accused of killing Ms Ang Qi Ying in a ground floor unit at Block 2 Beach Road at around 7pm on Nov 9.
PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
Caleb Joshua Chai Shanmugam, 50, is accused of killing his business partner,
The pair were co-directors of Smart Click Services.
The Straits Times previously reported that Ms Ang had gone missing on Nov 9, prompting pleas from friends and family for information on her whereabouts. Her last message was to her mother that day, saying she would not be returning home.
Chai, after allegedly killing Ms Ang, left for Malaysia on Nov 10. The renovation firm co-director was arrested in Malaysia on Nov 16 and extradited to Singapore.
October: Teenager arrested for murder
Police were seen at the scene of the murder case on Oct 10, 2022.
PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Sylesnar Seah Jie Kai, 19, is said to have murdered his 47-year-old father,
The victim was seen staggering outside a fourth-floor unit with his face and clothes covered in blood.
April: Maid charged after elderly man found dead
The block and unit where a 49-year-old migrant domestic worker has been arrested for allegedly murdering a 73-year-old man.
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Indonesian maid Sumiyati, 49, is accused of murdering Mr Low Hoon Cheong, 73,
Neighbours said Sumiyati, who goes by one name, was hired by the family around two years ago to look after Mr Low, who used a wheelchair.
January: Twins found dead in canal
Police officers with suspect Xavier Yap Jung Houn beside the canal near Greenridge Crescent playground on Jan 27, 2022.
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Twins Aston Yap Kai Shern and Ethan Yap E Chern, both 11, are found dead in a canal in Upper Bukit Timah Road
The boys were said to have special needs and were believed to be students of a school in the Eng Kong estate area.
The father – Xavier Yap Jung Houn, 48 – had alerted the police about the incident, and the authorities initially sent out an alert for a “tan looking” suspect and conducted a search in the nearby forest.
Yap was arrested the next day and has been charged with two counts of murder.
January: Wife killed in Ang Mo Kio home
A Criminal Investigation Department vehicle at Block 228B Ang Mo Kio Street 23 on Jan 11, 2022.
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David Brian Chow Kwok-Hun, 33, was charged with killing his wife,
The 30-year-old woman had pursued a juris doctor graduate law degree course at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, a friend told ST. The same friend added that Ms Francis had revealed she was pregnant.
