Global InformationMurder of Wong Mee Hiong information
| Date | 1 December 1990 |
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| Location | Katong, Singapore |
| Motive | Robbery, and to silence witnesses |
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| Convicted |
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| Sentence | Death penalty |
On 1 December 1990, at Singapore's Tanjong Katong Road, a 20-year-old Malaysian woman named Wong Mee Hiong (王美香 Wáng Meǐxiāng) was stabbed to death inside her rented house and her body was wrapped in a blanket before being hidden in a storeroom.[1] Wong's corpse was discovered by her fiancé and ten days after her killing, Wong's killer Yap Biew Hian (叶谋贤 Yè Mǒuxián), a fellow tenant of the house and also a Malaysian, was arrested for the case and charged.[2] Yap, who admitted to killing the victim with intent to rob her, was sentenced to death three years after he murdered Wong.[3]
- ^ "准新娘藏尸贮物室". Lianhe Wanbao (in Chinese). 2 December 1990.
- ^ "大马青年被控谋杀女工王美香". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). 12 December 1990.
- ^ "杀死邻房准新娘马装配匠判死刑". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). 11 March 1993.