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Murder Of Frankie Tan
On the night of 24 October 1984, a 39-year-old American Express banker, Tan Tik Siah, otherwise known as Frankie Tan, was ambushed and attacked by four men as he arrived home from work in Singapore. He was strangled to death by his assailants and his body was found by his wife, who reported the murder to the police. Three of the assailants and the victim's wife (who was in fact aware of the murder plot all along) were arrested and charged in the death. The murder was a classic case of a crime of passion that started with the extramarital affairs Frankie Tan had engaged in and the abuse of his wife, which led the wife, Lee Chee Poh, and Tan's adoptive brother Vasavan Sathiadew to plot the killing as revenge for the victim's infidelity and abuse. Poh and Sathiadew paid three Thai people, Thai construction workers to murder Tan. Throughout the 45-day murder trial, the three murderers, who challenged the validity of their confessions, tried to deny their guilt in the trial by ple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. Chen was listed 10th in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Feng Chen Chu Wei). In Cantonese, it is usually romanized as Chan (as in Jackie Chan), most widely used by those from Hong Kong. Chan is also widely used in Macao and Malaysia. It is also sometimes spelled Chun. In many Southern Min dialects (including dialects of Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan), the name is pronounced Tan, while in Teochew, it is pronounced Tang. In Hakka and Taishanese, the name is spelled Chin. In Wu it is pronounced Zen or Tchen. In Vietnam, this surname is written as Trần (in Quốc Ngữ) and is 2nd most common. In Thailand, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loh Lin Kok
Loh may refer to: People * Betty Loh Ti (1937–1968), Chinese actress * Christine Loh Kung-wai, Hong Kong university professor * John M. Loh (born 1938), USAF Chief of Staff * Loh Boon Siew (1915–1995), Penangite businessman * Loh (Ramayana) in Hindu mythology * Valerie Solanas, aka Onz Loh, U.S. writer * Sandra Tsing Loh (born 1962), US writer * Loh Kean Yew, Singaporean badminton player Places * A locality of Affoltern am Albis, Zürich, Switzerland * A misspelling of Lo Island, Vanuatu Others * ''Loh Kooi Choon v Malaysia'' (1977), a legal case about the constitution * A variant spelling of the Chinese surname, Lu (surname 盧), Lu () LOH may refer to: *Loss of heterozygosity in genetics *Light Observation Helicopter, US * HAL Light Observation Helicopter * Lostock Hall railway station, England, National Rail code * Ciudad de Catamayo Airport, Loja, Ecuador, IATA code *Late-onset hypogonadism, a medical condition {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toa Payoh Ritual Murders
The Toa Payoh ritual murders took place in Singapore in 1981. On 25 January, the body of a nine-year-old girl was found at a block of public housing flats in the town of Toa Payoh, and two weeks later, the body of a ten-year-old boy was found nearby. The murders were masterminded by Adrian Lim, a self-styled healer who pretended to have supernatural powers and scammed people for years. He had also been sexually assaulting female clients, often preying on younger women from impoverished backgrounds. Two clients later engaged in a relationship with him. They were: Tan Mui Choo, who he married, and Hoe Kah Hong, who was his "holy wife"—a term he used to manipulate women into having sex with him. Lim subjected them to extensive physical, sexual, mental and financial abuse, including forcing Tan into prostitution, for years before instigating the killings in which they participated. In 1980, Lim drugged and raped a woman who filed rape charges against him. To derail polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
