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Tan Hui Ngin
On 16 October 1990, four days after her disappearance, 30-year-old Tan Hui Ngin (陈惠银 Chén Huìyín) was found dead at a disused egg hatchery nearby her home at Punggol, and when her decomposed body was discovered, Tan was half-naked and had fractures to her skull, and showed signs of possible sexual assault before her death. Five months later, with the assistance from the Malaysian police, a suspect was finally arrested and brought back to Singapore to be charged with the brutal rape-murder of Tan. The killer, Tan's 30-year-old childhood friend Lim Lye Hock (林来福 Lín Laífú), was eventually found guilty of murdering Tan and Capital punishment in Singapore, sentenced to death on 1 December 1993. Death of Tan Hui Ngin On 16 October 1990, two contractors were inspecting an abandoned chicken hatchery at Punggol due to an upcoming redevelopment project. Just as they scouted the area, they discovered a half-naked decomposing female corpse inside the abandoned building; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punggol
Punggol, alternatively spelled as Ponggol, is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, new town situated on the Tanjong Punggol peninsula in the North-East Region, Singapore, North-East Region of Singapore. The town directly borders Sengkang to the south and shares riverine boundaries with the planning area of Seletar to the west and Pasir Ris to the east. Bounding the town to the north and north-east is the Straits of Johor, with Coney Island, Punggol, Coney Island included as a part of the Punggol planning area. Under the Punggol 21 initiative, plans to turn the area into a new residential town were announced in 1996 and development of the town started in 1998. Due to the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the financial troubles within the construction industry in 2003, the plan did not fully materialise. In 2007, a new initiative, the Punggol 21-plus plan, was introduced to redevelop the area into a waterfront town. Punggol is divided into 11 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
