1976 double murders of a mother and son at a hawker centre in Singapore
Phoon Ah Leong
Phoon Ah Leong, who was stabbed to death
Born
Phoon Ah Leong
1952
Colony of Singapore
Died
12 December 1976 (aged 24)
Queenstown, Singapore
Cause of death
Stabbed
Nationality
Singaporean
Occupation
Hawker
Parent(s)
Phoon See (father) Hu Yuen Keng (mother)
Hu Yuen Keng
Hu Yuen Keng, who was killed together with her son
Born
Hu Yuen Keng
1920
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died
12 December 1976 (aged 56)
Queenstown, Singapore
Cause of death
Stabbed
Nationality
Singaporean
Occupation
Hawker
Spouse
Phoon See
Children
Phoon Hon Sun (son) Phoon Kai Kiew (daughter) Phoon Ah Leong (son) Phoon Hon Pun (son)
On 12 December 1976, at Margaret Drive Hawker Centre in Queenstown, 24-year-old Phoon Ah Leong (潘汉良 Pān Hànliáng)[a] and his 56-year-old mother Hu Yuen Keng[b] (许润琼 Xǚ Rùnqióng) were both murdered by another hawker operating at the same hawker centre, 35-year-old Haw Tua Tau[c] (侯大头 Hóu Dàtóu), who used a hand scraper to stab the mother–son pair to their deaths. The murders were committed as a result of Haw being angered that the tables were not being cleaned properly and the prior quarrels Haw had with the victims over the cleaning of tables.
Haw was charged with the double murder and sentenced to death in March 1978. Haw was put to death four years later in 1982 for the hawker killings, but his final appeal to the Privy Council in London became a landmark case in Singapore's legal history with regard to the prosecution's need to fulfil the burden of proof and presenting a prima facie case against a defendant in Singapore.
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