Global InformationBedok North lift murder information
| Date | 16 April 1994 |
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| Location | Bedok, Singapore |
| Motive | Robbery |
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| Convicted |
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| Sentence | Death penalty |
On 16 April 1994, 80-year-old Loo Kwee Hwa (Chinese: 卢桂花; pinyin: Lú Guìhuā), who was heading to a friend's Bedok North flat to go play cards with her acquaintances, was found murdered at a flight of stairs between the 15th and 16th floor of the same HDB block, and bloodstains containing her DNA were also found inside the lift she last entered. The gold jewellery which Loo was last seen wearing had also been stolen by her attacker.[1][2]
Through police investigations, a 22-year-old unemployed man and drug addict named Indra Wijaya Ibrahim was arrested. Despite the fact that he argued he was intoxicated by alcohol and the effects of overdosing on anti-anxiety pills, Indra was found to be mentally sound at the time of killing Loo, and hence he was found guilty and sentenced to death for the robbery and murder of Loo, and he was later hanged on 29 September 1995.[3][4]
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- ^ "高龄老妇探友遇害 22岁无业男子被控谋杀罪名". Lianhe Wanbao (in Chinese). 28 April 1994. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Robber who slit elderly victim's throat gets death". The Straits Times. 7 February 1995. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Dua banduan digantung pagi semalam". Berita Harian (in Malay). 30 September 1995. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.