Global InformationMurder of Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy information
Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy | |
|---|---|
 Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy, the murder victim | |
| Born | Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy 1910 Singapore, Straits Settlements |
| Died | 27 July 1984 (aged 74) Tah Ching Road, Jurong, Singapore |
| Cause of death | Murdered |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Other names | P P Krishnasamy |
| Occupation | Provision store owner |
| Employer | Himself |
| Known for | Murder victim |
| Children | 6 |
On 27 July 1984, 74-year-old Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy was murdered inside his flat at Tah Ching Road, Jurong. The police managed to arrest two suspects, Ramachandran Suppiah and Krishnan Varadan, who were both allegedly responsible for causing Packiria's death during a robbery bid. In May 1987, Ramachandran and Krishnan were both sentenced to hang for murdering Packiria. Although the duo lost their first appeal against the trial verdict, Ramachandran was acquitted after his second appeal, due to insufficient evidence proving that Ramachandran had participated in the crime, and Krishnan however, remained on death row after failing to challenge his conviction a second time. Krishnan was hanged on 15 April 1994 after spending seven years on death row, and he was reportedly the longest-serving death row prisoner in Singapore at the time of his execution.[1][2][3]
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- ^ "THE MURDER". The New Paper. 3 April 1993. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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