Man, 49, arrested for suspected murder of 35-year-old at Yishun flat
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SINGAPORE – A 49-year-old man has been arrested for the suspected murder of a 35-year-old man at a Housing Board flat in Yishun Ring Road on July 27.
In a statement, the police said they responded to a call for assistance at 8.35am, and officers arriving on the scene found the victim lying motionless.
He was pronounced dead by paramedics.
The 49-year-old man was arrested at the scene. He is expected to be charged on July 28 with murder. The offence of murder carries the death penalty.
The police added that preliminary investigations found that both men knew each other.
A large police presence was seen at the HDB block on the morning of July 27, following the fatal incident.
When The Straits Times arrived at the scene on the 10th floor of Block 803 Yishun Ring Road, a covered body was lying near the lift landing. Blood could also be seen on the floor, parapet and walls of a unit.
The body was subsequently removed by police at about 4.25pm and placed in a hearse, which left the scene escorted by one police car.
The dead man is believed to have lived in the block.
The entire level was cordoned off. Police officers and crime scene investigators were present, along with four police cars and a Criminal Investigation Department van.
The police presence had seemingly alarmed the neighbours, with many observing the scene from their homes, or from behind the cordons.
Police officers were seen rummaging through a refuse bin on the ground floor of the block.
Police officers searching a refuse bin at Block 803 Yishun Ring Road on July 27.
ST PHOTO: ANDREW WONG
Residents who spoke to ST said they had heard two men arguing loudly before the incident took place some time between 8am and 9am.
A resident in Block 802 who wanted to be known only as Madam Tan said the argument probably lasted for about 10 minutes.
“Although I have lived here for the past 10 years, this was the first time I had heard such intense shouting in the neighbourhood,” she said in Mandarin.
A neighbour who gave her name as Madam Jameah said she knew the victim, describing him as a “good boy” who was a resident there for a long time.
