Murder of Koh Ngiap Yong

On 8 August 2000 in Singapore, a group of three men, who were armed with firearms with an intent to commit robbery, had robbed and killed a taxi driver in midst of a planned crime spree. The victim was a 42-year-old taxi driver named Koh Ngiap Yong, whose taxi was taken by the trio as an escape vehicle for future robbery crimes and whom the three men killed by using a bayonet to stab him to death. In the aftermath of Koh's murder, the robbers had committed yet another robbery and also killed their next victim.

Murder of Iordanka Apostolova

On 13 January 1998, a Bulgarian student named Iordanka Apostolova, alias Tamia Pachinko, was discovered dead in a canal at Tanah Merah Ferry Road, Singapore. Investigations led to the police to arrest one male suspect, who was Iordanka’s friend while

Orchard Towers double murders

The Orchard Towers double murders was the case of two deaths occurring at Balmoral Park, Singapore, before the victims' bodies were discovered at a carpark in Orchard Towers, thus the title of the case. The victims were 46-year-old Kho Nai Guan and Kho's

Leslie Khoo Kwee Hock

Leslie Khoo Kwee Hock is a criminal from Singapore who was convicted for the murder of his Chinese girlfriend Cui Yajie, with whom he had a relationship despite the fact that he was already married with a son. Khoo, who had previous past convictions for

Teo Cheng Kiat

Teo Cheng Kiat is a Chinese Singaporean who was known for embezzling $35 million from Singapore Airlines (SIA) while he was still employed there, and the embezzlement lasted for 13 years between 1987 and 2000 before the detection of his criminal deeds and

Commonwealth double murders

The Commonwealth double murders were the two family-related murders of the suspect's mother and grandmother, which occurred on 27 October 2019 in Commonwealth, Singapore. The suspect, 22-year-old Gabriel Lien Goh, is alleged to have argued with his mother

Sim Ah Cheoh

Sim Ah Cheoh was a Singaporean drug trafficker of Chinese descent. She was originally sentenced to death in 1988 for the crime, for which she was arrested in 1985, and Sim's two accomplices Lim Joo Yin and Ronald Tan Chong Ngee were also arrested and

Woodlands double murders

The Woodlands double murders were the murders of pregnant housewife Choong Pei Shan and her daughter Teo Zi Ning by her husband Teo Ghim Heng on 20 January 2017. The murders, which took place in their Woodlands flat in Singapore, were supposedly committed

Rolex watch murder

On 20 April 1998, in Marina South, Singapore, a 23-year-old Malaysian named Jonaris Badlishah, who was the nephew of the Sultan of Kedah, brutally murdered 42-year-old beautician Sally Poh Bee Eng in order to rob her of her Rolex watch, which he wanted to

Murder of T. Maniam

On the early morning of 21 April 1999, a 55-year-old former police officer named T. Maniam was ambushed by two men who used weapons to brutally beat him to death on the road between his house and his neighbour's home in Phoenix Garden, Singapore. His

Diminish and Ascend

Diminish And Ascend is a welded aluminum stairway sculpture by David McCracken. It is permanently installed in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens in New Zealand. The sculpture is an optical illusion