Under The Angsana Tree: Guilty As Charged

25 Crimes that have shaken Singapore since 1965

Guilty As Charged: 25 Crimes That Have Shaken Singapore Since 1965, was first published in The Straits Times Star E-Books app in Jul 2015. The publication was a collaboration between The Straits Times and the Singapore Police Force.

THE SUNNY ANG TRIAL (1965)

KILLER: Sunny Ang Soo Suan killed his 22-year-old girlfriend after taking out a host of insurance policies on her life. PHOTO: ST FILE

THE CASE OF MIMI WONG (1970)

Mimi Wong Weng Siu was the first woman to be sent to the gallows after Singapore’s independence. PHOTO: ST FILE

GOLD BAR MURDERS (1971)

Criminal Investigation Department officers inspecting the recovered gold bars. PHOTO: ST FILE

THE CASE OF LIM BAN LIM (1972)

Lim Ban Lim’s body covered with a tarpaulin after police were finally able to bring him down. WANBAO FILE PHOTO

THE TONTINE KILLING (1974)

Police officers removing an earthernware jar containing a woman’s torso. It belonged to Madam Quek Lay Eng. PHOTO: ST FILE

SWIMMING TRUNK GANG (1975)

ROBBERS: Khalil (left) and Suhaymi of the swimming trunk gang arriving for court before being sentenced to 64 years in jail and 144 strokes of the cane in total. PHOTO: ST FILE

MOUNT VERNON MURDERS (1978)

THE KILLERS: (from left) Yeo Ching Boon, Ong Hwee Kuan and Ong Chin Hock. PHOTO: ST FILE

RITUAL MURDERS (1981)

Adrian Lim's House of Horror: Two children were killed here, a seventh-story flat in Block 12, Toa Payoh Lorong 7. The unit was vacant for five years after the murders until a Catholic family moved in. PHOTO: ST FILE

ANDREW ROAD MURDERS (1983)

Members of the Police Tactical Team outside retired businessman Robert Tay’s bungalow at Andrew Road on July 23, 1983. Mr Tay, his wife and their Filipino maid were found murdered. PHOTO: ST FILE

NICK LEESON, ROGUE TRADER (1995)

Leeson being escorted by Commercial Affairs Department officers as he clears immigration at Changi Airport after being extradited from Frankfurt. PHOTO: ST FILE

TOURIST FROM HELL (1996)

The prison van carrying murderer John Martin Scripps leaving the High Court after the trial. PHOTO: ST FILE

ROLEX MURDER (1998)

A police officer holding the watch for which Jonaris killed Madam Poh. PHOTO: ST FILE

THE CASE OF ANTHONY LER (2001)

Anthony Ler faking sorrow at his wife’s wake. PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER FILE

ORCHARD TOWERS MURDERS (2002)

British businessman Michael McCrea sitting in a police van leaving the Subordinate Courts. He killed his driver and a Chinese national, and was sentenced to a total of 24 years in jail. PHOTO: ZAOBAO FILE

HIGH-ROLLING HUSTLER (2004)

Asia Pacific Breweries executive Chia Teck Leng (left) cheated four banks of more than $117 million. His girlfriend Li Jin faced charges of using a forged passport to enter and leave Singapore. POLICE FILE PHOTOS

HUANG NA'S MURDER (2004)

Huang Na's parents had to be supported at the Mandai Crematorium as they watched their daughter's coffin roll into the furnace. The Primary 2 student was killed in a storeroom at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre. PHOTO: ST FILE

KALLANG BODY PARTS MURDER (2005)

The police found the murdered woman’s head at an incineration plant in Tuas. PHOTO: ST FILE

BODY PARTS IN ORCHARD ROAD (2005)

Body parts were found in a bag near the Orchard MRT station on Sept 9, 2005. PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER FILE

THE ONE-EYED DRAGON (2006)

The killer Tan Chor Jin (in red) being brought back to the murder scene in Serangoon Avenue 4. There, he was shouted at by the victim’s wife and mother. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

THE SUNSHINE EMPIRE (2006)

James Phang Wah, the founder and head of Sunshine Empire, was sentenced to nine years’ jail and a $60,000 fine for criminal breach of trust. PHOTO: ST FILE

KILLING OF NONOI (2006)

Madam Mastura Kamsir refusing to leave her daughter Nonoi’s side after she was buried. PHOTO: ST FILE

YISHUN TRIPLE MURDER (2008)

Murder suspect Wang Zhijian being escorted to the crime scene at Block 349, Yishun Avenue 11 by police officers. He killed three women, including his lover and her daughter. PHOTO: ST FILE

TAXI MURDER (2009)

Police at a forested area near Sembawang Beach, where the body of taxi driver Yuen Swee Hong, 58, was found. PHOTO: SHIN MIN FILE

YAP WENG WAH, SEX PREDATOR (2015)

Yap Weng Wah committed the offences over a period of three years, until June 2012 when the sister of an 11-year-old checked his cellphone. She found SMS exchanges between Yap and her brother. They went to the police. PHOTO: ST FILE

Singapore has one of the lowest crime rate in the world, which is unsurprising considering punishment for crimes include caning, life imprisonment, or even death. However, recent years have seen an increase in the spate of particularly bloodcurdling crimes, rendering us to question just how safe Singapore really is. We’ve come up with a list of 10 grisly murders in recent years dating back to no more than 2012, in chronological order:

Bukit Batok murder
Kovan double murder
Tampines stabbing
Murder of her infant
Headless body murder
Legless body suitcase murder
Murder of daugher-in-law
Ang Mo Kio murder
Ang Mo Kio Double Tragedy
Tampines murder

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10 Epic Unsolved Crimes In Singapore's History From As Early As 1972 Fit For A CSI Remake

Despite her young age, Singapore has had her fair share of unsolved crimes from bone-chilling murders to vanishing acts. Black marks on our little red dot, these real-life whodunits have baffled Singaporeans as no one knows exactly what happened - even till today.

We’ve picked out 10 unsolved stories that are so gruesome, you’ll definitely sleep with a light on the next few nights:

McDonald's Boys Case (1986)
Queenstown Shooting Incident (1972)
Geylang Bahru Murder of the Tan Children (1979)
Abduction of Social Escorts (1978)
The Curry Murder (1984)
Mona Koh Shooting (1994)
Winnifred Teo Case (1985)
Bukit Batok Rape Case (2000)
Tan Lay Lan Murder (2008)
Murder of Kelly Tan (1990)

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10 Most Unbelievable Crimes That Happened In Singapore

When thinking of Singapore, atrocious crimes do not come to mind.

But you’d be surprised to know that Singapore has had its fair share of outrageous crimes that devastated the entire nation. While most of these crimes ended in murder, a few of them were unbelievable for other reasons.

Let’s take a look at the most unbelievable crimes that happened in Singapore:

Sheng Siong Kidnapping
Maid found dead in water tank
Mother raped by her son
8-year-old Huang Na’s death
The murder of a prison police officer & his 3 assistants
Curry murder
Murder over a Rolex watch
Daughter commits suicide after killing mother
Toa Payoh ritual murders
The abuse of an intellectually disabled woman that led to her death

The ritual sacrifice of children in Toa Payoh, a shooting in gun-free Singapore, a policeman making a kill – real-life horrors that should make you want to lock your house door now.

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