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SINGAPORE: Frustrated by the clashes that arose from sharing a one-room flat, a man boiled hot oil with chillis inside, poured it over his sleeping roommate and stabbed him to death, ignoring his pleas to call an ambulance.<\/p>\n
Ng Boon Hong, a 63-year-old Singaporean, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday (Jul 1).<\/p>\n
He wanted to plead guilty to the murder charge, but the judge said he could not record a plea of guilt since the offence was punishable by death.<\/p>\n
Instead, Ng was convicted by a brief hearing in which the prosecution read out a set of facts agreed on by both the prosecution and defence.<\/p>\n
The court heard that both Ng and the victim, 61-year-old Ang Cheng Kek, were unemployed.<\/p>\n
Since December 2022, they had shared a one-room public rental flat in Redhill Close. The unit was equipped with a distress button emergency system for elderly residents.<\/p>\n
The pair had several disputes while living together. Once, Mr Ang made a police report saying Ng had threatened to kill him after he refused to lend him money.<\/p>\n
Mr Ang had a girlfriend he would invite over for intimate relations, but there was no partition in the flat, so Ng had to leave whenever the girlfriend was present.<\/p>\n
Ng was also upset with Mr Ang for wanting to give away a cupboard he had bought him. Ng smashed it with a hammer in front of his roommate.<\/p>\n
Ng felt that Mr Ang deliberately slammed the door at night to disturb him while he was asleep.<\/p>\n
Mr Ang was unhappy that Ng smoked by the window, and did not like it that Ng hung his underwear to dry in the kitchen.<\/p>\n
On Mar 15, 2023, Ng went to bed at about 11pm. He was jolted awake about 40 minutes later by Mr Ang slamming the door on his return.<\/p>\n
The pair got into an argument and used vulgarities on each other.<\/p>\n
Ng was frustrated and felt he could no longer tolerate Mr Ang. He did not want the latter to die easily and intended to pour boiling oil on him.<\/p>\n
He went to the kitchen, filled a pot half full with cooking oil and heated it over the stove.<\/p>\n
Seeing some red chillis, he cut them into smaller pieces and added them to the pot, thinking they would inflict greater pain on the victim.<\/p>\n
After checking that the neighbours were asleep and closing all the windows to reduce noise, Ng took a knife and the pot of oil with him to the sleeping victim.<\/p>\n
At about 2.10am on Mar 16, 2023, Ng approached the victim who was sleeping with a blanket over his head, as was his habit.<\/p>\n
He poured the boiling oil on Mr Ang’s face.<\/p>\n
The victim woke up immediately and stood on his bed and Ng thrust the knife into his stomach.<\/p>\n
Mr Ang bled profusely and asked Ng in Hokkien why he did this.<\/p>\n
He walked slowly to the main door and squatted.<\/p>\n
Concerned that Mr Ang would press the distress button, Ng stood between the victim and the button, ignoring Mr Ang’s pleas to call for an ambulance.<\/p>\n
Ng also slashed the victim’s neck and the attack left the floor covered in blood.<\/p>\n
After confirming that Mr Ang was dead, Ng took about $$3,000 from the victim, placed the knife in the sink and washed his hands.<\/p>\n
He also threw the victim’s phone into a fish tank to disable it before leaving the flat. He went to a temple along Bencoolen Street where he prayed and confessed to killing the victim, vowing to surrender to the police after spending all his money.<\/p>\n
He went to Geylang and spent the cash he had on beer, expensive food and tips for Vietnamese entertainers.<\/p>\n
He then checked into a hotel with a woman, drank heavily and fell asleep. On Mar 17, 2023, he took a bus to Chinatown for breakfast before surrendering at a police station.<\/p>\n
He said he had killed his housemate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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