SINGAPORE: A 50-year-old man who was detained in Malaysia on Tuesday (Nov 15) and handed over to the Singapore Police Force (SPF) the next day will be charged in court with murder on Friday.
He was held in Malaysia for his suspected involvement in the unnatural death of a 27-year-old woman, SPF said in a press release on Wednesday.
The police said they were alerted to a case of unnatural death at a shop along Beach Road on Sunday.
They found the 27-year-old woman within the premises, and she was subsequently pronounced dead by the paramedic at scene.
The woman is linked to a missing person report made last Thursday evening, said SPF.
The police said they identified the 50-year-old man in connection to the case, but he had left for Malaysia in the morning of the same day when the missing person report was filed.
Singapore’s police “immediately” sought the assistance of the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) to locate him.
The man was subsequently arrested by the RMP and handed over to SPF on Wednesday.
He will be charged in court on Friday with murder under Section 302(1) of the Penal Code 1871. If found guilty, he will be sentenced to the death penalty.
Investigations are ongoing.
“The Singapore authorities will do whatever is necessary and permissible under our laws to pursue and bring to justice those who commit crimes in Singapore, regardless of where they might have fled to,” the police said.
“We will also not hesitate to take firm action against them.”
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