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Hoi Kim Heng
On 21 May 1994, Corporal Hoi Kim Heng, a police officer of the Singapore Police Force was stabbed to death by a drug addict, Soh Loo Ban, after a chase near Fook Hai Building in Chinatown, Singapore, Chinatown, Singapore. Police chase and murder On 21 May 1994, Hoi, a regular police officer with the Central Police Division, was on regular patrol with his partner, 31-year-old Corporal Tan Huang Yee, in their Fast Response Car in the Chinatown, Singapore, Chinatown area when they spotted 50-year-old Soh Loo Ban along Nankin Street behaving suspiciously. They stopped and stepped out to check on Soh, who was known for his history of crimes such as theft, armed robbery, drug offences and secret society activities. Soh's most recent offence had been barely a month ago, when he was arrested for possession and consumption of drugs on 23 April, for which he was released on bail but later absconded. When Tan asked Soh for his identity card, he pretended to reach for his card but instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |