Singapore - Twin boys found dead in Upper Bukit Timah canal: Father charged with murder


The bodies of the twin boys were found in a canal near the Greenridge Crescent playground in Upper Bukit Timah. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (The Straits Times/ANN): The father of the 11-year-old twin boys who were found dead in a canal in Upper Bukit Timah has been charged with murder.

On Monday (Jan 24), Xavier Yap Jung Houn, 48, appeared before a district court via video link to have one charge read out to him.

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