In this Chinese name, the family name is Chia and Chin.
Bedok double murder
Chia Ngim Fong (right) and Chin Sek Fah
Location
Bedok, Singapore
Date
21 June 2017
Attack type
Murder
Weapons
Wooden stool
Deaths
2
Injured
0
Victims
Chin Sek Fah (78) Chia Ngim Fong (79)
Perpetrator
Khasanah (41)
Motive
Escape to Indonesia and avoid hindrance of escape plot
Coroner
Singapore Kamala Ponnampalam
Convicted
Khasanah (41)
Verdict
Indonesia Khasanah found guilty of murder Sentenced to life imprisonment on 2 May 2018 Sentence reduced to 20 years after appeal on 15 August 2018 Singapore No conviction, but found guilty by coroner's verdict
Convictions
Indonesia Premeditated murder (x2) Theft Singapore None
Charges
Indonesia Premeditated murder (x2) Theft Singapore Murder (x2)
Judge
Indonesia Unknown
On 21 June 2017, 41-year-old Indonesian maid Khasanah had murdered her 79-year-old Singaporean employer Chia Ngim Fong (Chinese: 谢任方; pinyin: Xìe Rènfāng) and Chia's 78-year-old wife Chin Sek Fah (Chinese: 陈雪华; pinyin: Chén Xuěhuá) at the couple's flat in Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore. It was alleged that Khasanah, who did not like Chin scolding her and was unhappy working for the couple, decided to flee the country and in her escape plans, she restrained the couple by gagging and tying them up before she killed them by battering Chia with a stool and stomping onto Chin until both of them died. Khasanah fled to Indonesia, where she spent a week on the run before she was arrested by the Indonesian police for the double murder, which became known as the Bedok double murder.[1]
However, Khasanah was not extradited back to Singapore for trial given that Indonesian law decreed that any Indonesian citizens who committed crimes overseas but caught in Indonesia should be tried in their home country instead of facing extradition to whichever jurisdiction where the said offence took place. Hence, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) coordinated with each other to solve the case.[2][3] Eventually, Khasanah stood trial in an Indonesian court from February to May 2018 for the double murder, for which she was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon her appeal, Khasanah's life sentence was lowered to 20 years' jail, and she is currently serving her sentence at an Indonesian prison for the double murder.[4] On Singapore's side, a coroner's inquiry was conducted in September 2020, three years after the crime, and State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam found Khanasah guilty of murder in absentia after determining that the deaths of Chia and Chin were an unlawful killing perpetuated by Khasanah.[5]
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^"Suspect in Bedok murders won't be sent back to S'pore". The Straits Times. 30 June 2017.
^"Singapore, Indonesian police cooperating on Bedok double murder case". TODAY. 29 June 2017.
^"Maid gets 20 years' jail in Indonesia for Bedok double murder". The New Paper. 2 September 2020.
^"Bedok murders: Maid hit man with stool and stomped on wife". The Straits Times. 3 September 2020.
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