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Toh Sia Guan
On 9 July 2016, a 52-year-old coffee shop worker named Goh Eng Thiam was attacked and stabbed six times by an elderly man in front of several witnesses outside a coffee shop at Geylang Lorong 23, Singapore. Goh, who sustained several knife wounds, died as a result of massive bleeding from a stab wound to his right arm, which cut through a major blood artery and caused him to die. Prior to the stabbing, Goh and the old man had gotten into a fight earlier on after the elderly man allegedly provoked him by asking if he was selling medicine, resulting in Goh fighting him before the man went to purchase a knife to seek revenge on Goh. The elderly attacker was recognised by the witnesses and many other people as a homeless "karang guni" man, nicknamed "Hong Qigong" (meaning "chief of beggars" in Chinese), who often roamed the areas of Geylang to collect cardboard and re-sell them for money. The police spent twelve days tracing the man before they finally arrested the 64-year-old homeles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geylang
Geylang is a planning area and township located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore, bordering Hougang and Toa Payoh in the north, Marine Parade in the south, Bedok in the east, and Kallang in the west. Geylang is perhaps best known as a red-light district, particularly the areas along Geylang Road. Geylang is also where one of Singapore's oldest Malay settlements, Geylang Serai, is located. During Ramadan, the neighbourhood is famous for its popular and iconic Ramadan lights and bazaars. Etymology The word ''Geylang'' is found early in Singapore's history and also in early topographical maps showing marsh and coconut plantations beside and adjacent to the mouth of the Kallang River, home to the Orang Laut (sea gypsies) called ''orang biduanda kallang'' who inhabited the area at the time of Raffles' arrival in 1819, and after whom the river is named. ''Geylang'' may be a corruption of ''Kallang.'' The place name appeared in an 1830 survey map of Singapor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Hong Mei
The Kallang River body parts murder was a murder and dismemberment case that occurred in Singapore. The case earned its name due to the body parts of the victim, 22-year-old Liu Hong Mei (), being found disposed in Kallang River. In this case, Liu's 50-year-old supervisor Leong Siew Chor () used a towel to strangle her to death, and he also butchered her body into seven pieces - mainly her head, upper torso, lower torso, legs and feet - before disposing them in Kallang River and other locations in Singapore. Leong, a married man with three adult children, was revealed to have engaged in an illicit love affair with Liu for a year before he calculated and executed her murder on 15 June 2005, as a result of wanting to cover up the affair and theft of Liu's credit cards and money from her bank account. He was arrested three days after the murder, and the police also managed to locate five of her body parts. However, Liu's severed feet were never found. Leong was eventually found Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
