Global InformationJurong fishing port murders information
 31-year-old Lee Cheng Tiong, the first victim of the murders | |
| Date | 2 November 1980 |
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| Location | Jurong, Singapore |
| Outcome |
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| Deaths | Lee Cheng Tiong (31) Teo Keng Siang (16) |
| Non-fatal injuries | None |
| Convicted | Beh Meng Chai (20) Sim Min Teck (18) |
| Verdict | Guilty (Sim and Beh) |
| Convictions | Sim: Murder (two counts) Beh: Manslaughter (two counts) Beh: Armed robbery (two counts) |
| Sentence | Sim: Death penalty Beh: Life imprisonment and caning of 24 strokes |
On 2 November 1980, two people – 31-year-old fish dealer Lee Cheng Tiong (李正中 Lǐ Zhèngzhōng or 李清忠 Lǐ Qìngzhōng) and 16-year-old Teo Keng Siang (张庆祥 Zhāng Qìngxiáng) – were brutally murdered by one or more unknown assailants. The murders remained unsolved for two years before a suspect was finally nabbed in connection to the killings.
The suspect Beh Meng Chai (白明才 Bái Míngcái), who was Malaysian, confessed that a total of three people, including himself, were responsible for the murders and gave information about the identities of his two accomplices (who were also Malaysians), resulting in the arrest of Sim Min Teck (沈明德 Shěn Míngdé or 沈民德 Shěn Míndé; alias Ah Teck 阿德 A Dé), who was pointed out by Beh as the one who, together with the third accomplice Chng Meng Joo (庄明裕 Zhuāng Míngyù; alias Ah Yu 阿裕 A Yù), killed Teo and Lee.
In the subsequent court proceedings regarding the case, Beh was sentenced to life imprisonment and 24 strokes of the cane after the prosecution reduced the double murder charges to manslaughter in view of Beh's cooperation with the police and willingness to testify in the trial of Sim, who was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in a separate trial. The third and final suspect Chng remains on the run for the Jurong fishing port murders.