2005 murder of an elderly woman by her maid in Singapore
Wee Keng Wah
Wee Keng Wah, the murdered victim
Born
Wee Keng Wah
c. 1930
Singapore, Straits Settlements, British Malaya
Died
(aged 75)
Chai Chee, Singapore
Cause of death
Multiple injuries caused by a fall
Nationality
Singaporean
Other names
Hainan Aunty
Known for
Murder victim
Spouse
Lee Tang Seng
Children
3
On 19 October 2005, 75-year-old Wee Keng Wah (王琼花 Wáng Qiónghuā) was found dead at the foot of her HDB block in Chai Chee, Singapore. On that same day, her 26-year-old Indonesian maid Barokah was arrested and charged with murder. It was later found through investigations that Barokah murdered Wee after the latter caught her sneaking out to meet her lover and Wee threatened to sack her, and Barokah thus had a fight with Wee before pushing her out of the flat window and leading to Wee's fall to death.
Later, after a psychiatrist found that Barokah was suffering from diminished responsibility as a result of depression and dependent personality disorder, her charge of murder was reduced to manslaughter, and Barokah was sentenced to life imprisonment. Later, due to new psychiatric evidence, Barokah's case was approved for a re-trial but eventually, Barokah's life sentence was re-imposed after the trial court found that it was the only suitable sentence to be meted out in light of Barokah's psychiatric state and the cold-blooded nature of the crime. The re-trial verdict was later upheld by the Court of Appeal, which dismissed Barokah's second appeal against her life sentence.[1]
^"推'海南嫂'下楼 女佣两次上诉失败". 联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) (in Chinese). 21 August 2009.
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