SINGAPORE – The 48-year-old accused of murdering an elderly man in Geylang was brought back to the crime scene by police on April 3.
Ong Hou Cheong is accused of causing the death of Mr Chow Ling Fei, 70, who died in hospital on March 9. The Straits Times understands that the men knew each other, and Mr Chow had suffered stab wounds to the chest.
Police had been alerted to a fight in Lorong 16 Geylang on March 9 at about 8.15am. When they arrived at the scene, there were bloodstains on the pavement near a bin area, close to a Buddhist temple.
The older man was taken unconscious to hospital. Ong was taken to hospital while conscious and he was charged with murder a day later on March 10.
On April 3, he was escorted by police back to the scene at about 9.15am.
