A 31-year-old woman was arrested by police for her suspected involvement in the murder of her father at Block 190A Rivervale Drive in Sengkang.
According to media reports, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they received calls for assistance at about 5.30am on Friday.
“Upon arrival, officers found a 67-year-old man lying motionless with multiple wounds inside the unit,” the police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic. Police arrested the woman at the scene.
A resident told the media that he was out for his morning walk when he saw police officers arriving at around 6.45am.
“Police were looking around the rubbish chute this morning. It has been three hours and they are still here,” he added.
According to Channel News Asia, one resident and a cleaner at the block also saw the police looking through the rubbish dump at the foot of the block. The police took a red plastic bag up to level 15, they said. It is not clear what was in the bag. On the 15th storey of the HDB block, police had put up a tape, and were interviewing neighbours around one of the flats.
At about 11.15am, two police officers and two Singapore Casket employees were seen carrying a black body bag out of a unit and into a police vehicle.The police vehicle left the block about five minutes later. CNA journalists saw a woman crying loudly as the police spoke to her.
The man’s wife passed away from cancer two months ago, according to the man’s two next-door neighbours, Ms. Lalitha Sivalingam and Madam. Vathembal Kandasamy, who have lived there for 23 years. He also suffered a stroke ten years ago.
“They were quiet people who barely had visitors over,” said the neighbor.
The woman will be charged in court on Saturday with murder, which carries the death penalty.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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