Credit: DavidelitCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenMacDonald House, Orchard Road, Singapore · 1965
A nitroglycerin bomb planted by two Indonesian marines exploded at MacDonald House on Orchard Road, Singapore, on 10 March 1965, killing three people and injuring dozens amid the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.
Credit: The New Paper (page scan, 13 July 2013); photo credit line on the page reads ALAN TAN…Editorial useSourceSOLVEDListenHillside Drive / Kovan MRT station, Singapore · 2013
On 10 July 2013, Tan Boon Sin, 67, and his son Tan Chee Heong, 42, were fatally stabbed at their Hillside Drive home in Singapore; the younger victim's body was dragged for about 1 km under a car and dislodged outside Kovan MRT station. Off-duty senior police officer Iskandar bin Rahmat was arrested in Malaysia two days later, convicted of murder in 2015, and hanged in Singapore on 5 February 2025 after his appeals and clemency petition failed.
SOLVEDListenDowntown East, Singapore · 2010
On 30 October 2010, 19-year-old student Darren Ng Wei Jie was chased and stabbed 28 times by a 12-member rival gang at Downtown East, Singapore, dying hours later; five attackers were convicted of culpable homicide and seven others of rioting.
SOLVEDListenKallang, Singapore · 2010
In the early hours of 30 May 2010, four Malaysian men from Sarawak committed a series of four robberies in the Kallang area of Singapore, seriously injuring three victims and killing construction worker Shanmuganathan Dillidurai. Two men were eventually convicted of murder; Micheal Anak Garing was hanged in 2019 and Tony Anak Imba was sentenced to life imprisonment and caning, while two other accomplices received lengthy jail terms and caning.
SOLVEDListenTanah Merah Ferry Road, Singapore · 1998
In January 1998, 26-year-old Bulgarian student Iordanka Apostolova was found dead in a canal near Tanah Merah Ferry Road, Singapore, her throat cut and legs weighted with a sack. Her friend Shaiful Edham bin Adam and his acquaintance Norishyam s/o Mohamed Ali were convicted of her murder and hanged in 1999; Shaiful's wife Hezlinda binte A. Rahman was separately convicted of helping conceal the crime and imprisoned for six years.
SOLVEDListenYishun Industrial Park, Singapore · 1989
In 1989, 17-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl Liang Shan Shan disappeared in Singapore after leaving school and was found dead nearly two weeks later at Yishun Industrial Park. Her school bus driver, Oh Laye Koh, was acquitted at first trial but convicted of murder in a re-trial after choosing to remain silent, and was executed in 1995.
SOLVEDListenChoa Chu Kang Christian Cemetery, Singapore · 1989
On 28 January 1989, 26-year-old Lim Lee Tin was found stabbed to death in a drain at a Choa Chu Kang cemetery in Singapore. Three Malaysian nationals — Chin Seow Noi, her brother Chin Yaw Kim, and their friend Ng Kim Heng — were convicted of the murder and hanged in 1995.
SOLVEDListenTuas, Singapore · 2004
On 17 May 2004, 39-year-old Chitrabathy Narayanasamy was killed outside her Tuas workplace by her husband, taxi driver G. Krishnasamy Naidu, ten days after he was released on bail for stabbing her. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, but the Court of Appeal reduced this to manslaughter due to morbid jealousy and imposed life imprisonment.
SOLVEDListenGeylang, Singapore · 2003
In 2003, 68-year-old Singaporean caretaker Chi Tue Tiong was bludgeoned to death in a Geylang rental apartment during a robbery. His killer, Zailani bin Ahmad, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death; his Indonesian girlfriend, who was also charged in absentia, fled to Batam and was never extradited or tried.
SOLVEDListenConstruction site, Jalan Kampong Chantek off Dunearn Road, Bukit Timah, Singapore · 1988
In 1988, 20-year-old Bangladeshi construction worker Mohamed Shafiqul Islam was found murdered and mutilated at a Bukit Timah construction site in Singapore. Two Bangladeshi co-workers were later convicted of his murder and executed in 1993.
The files run from 1965 to 2022. The 1980s hold the most, with 6 files. The oldest is MacDonald House bombing, from 1965.
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MacDonaldHousePlaque — Credit: DavidelitCC BY-SA 4.0SourceTan Boon Sin — Credit: The New Paper (page scan, 13 July 2013); photo credit line on the page reads ALAN TAN…Editorial useSource
Toa Payoh Ritual Murders' Flat — Credit: JappalangCC BY-SA 3.0Source
22. By status: 2 unsolved and 20 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
MacDonald House bombing, from 1965. Open the file
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