Singapore hangs ex-cop found guilty of 2013 Kovan double murder of father and son


Iskandar was sentenced on Dec 4, 2015, to hang, after he was convicted of the murders of Tan Boon Sin, 67, and his elder son, Tan Chee Heong, 42. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE: A former police officer who was convicted of the 2013 murders of a father and his son in Kovan was hanged on Wednesday (Feb 5).

The Singapore Police Force said the capital sentence was imposed on Iskandar Rahmat, 46, whose petitions to the President for clemency were unsuccessful.

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