Apex court upholds death sentence for Singapore man who strangled wife and daughter


Teo Ghim Heng murdered his wife and daughter in their Woodlands flat on Jan 20, 2017. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The highest court in Singapore on Wednesday (Feb 23) upheld the death sentence imposed on a former property agent for murdering his pregnant wife and their four-year-old daughter.

Teo Ghim Heng, 46, strangled his wife Choong Pei Shan, 39, a housewife who was six months pregnant, and daughter Zi Ning in their Woodlands flat on Jan 20, 2017.

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