Last week was a particularly tragic one.
Two fatal traffic accidents were reported, a domestic helper died after allegedly falling from the sixth storey of an HDB unit, and two teenage girls were also found dead at the foot of an HDB block in Toa Payoh last Saturday.
Now, it seems that a murder took place on the same day as the last incident mentioned.
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Man Found Motionless in Residential Unit
On Saturday (3 Apr), the police were alerted to a stabbing incident at a residential unit along Bedok Reservoir Road at around 10:15am.
When officer arrived on the scene, they found a man lying motionless in the residential unit.
The 49-year-old man was later pronounced dead at the scene.
At the time, another 49-year man was arrested for his suspected involvement in the murder.
Now, the authorities are sure that they have the right man.
Man Charged for Stabbing 49YO Victim
Naing Lin, the 49-year-old suspect, was charged in court today (5 Apr) for murdering the victim.
Lin is believed to have stabbed the victim, though no further information on the weapon used was disclosed to the public.
Investigations revealed that both men are known to each other.
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Domestic Helper Heard the Men Arguing the Previous Night
According to Shin Min Daily News, both Lin and the victim came from Myanmar and had been working in Singapore for some time.
One neighbour told the local Chinese daily that the owner of the unit had been renting out the flat to foreign workers for around six years.
According to one domestic helper living in the same block, four men, and two women lived in the unit.
Another domestic helper in the same block said she had overheard two men arguing in the unit on Friday night, the day before the victim’s body was found.
She said she heard one of the men shouting, “Stop it, I’m already angry” during the quarrel. It’s unknown when exactly the stabbing took place, and when the victim succumbed to his injuries.
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Lin is remanded at the Central Police Division. He will return to court on 12 Apr.
If convicted of murder, Lin faces the death penalty.
Similar Incident Occurred in 2017
A similar incident occurred in 2017, where a man ended up killing someone he knew after an argument.
On 16 August 2017, Mohammad Rosli Abdul Rahim, 51, brutally murdered his housemate, 35-year-old Mohammad Roslan Zaini.
Why?
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Money.Â
Before they met each other, Rosli was homeless and slept at void decks in Bukit Batok. He later slept outside his acquaintance’s unit at Block 165A, Teck Whye Crescent.
When he was living in that area, Roslan approached him and suggested that they co-rent his flat together.
However, Rosli began to suspect that Roslan was overcharging him for the rent.
On that fateful day, the two men began arguing over money. Angered by Roslan’s comments, Rosli took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed his housemate in the chest.
Rosli stabbed him twice more in the forearm and thigh, leaving him with wounds at least 11cm deep.
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The 35-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and the 51-year-old is now on trial for murder.
Just like Lin, he too, could be put to death for his crime.
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