Tragedy in Singapore: Woman found dead in Bukit Batok flat: Man, 65, to be charged with murder of neighbour; knife seized


At about 11.30am, a man covered in full white protective gear, to preserve forensic evidence, was escorted to a police car. - ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A 65-year-old man was arrested and will be charged with the murder of his neighbour, a 43-year-old woman, who was found lying motionless in a flat in Bukit Batok on the morning of Jan 6.

The woman’s son, a five-year-old boy, was injured and taken conscious to the National University Hospital.

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