{"id":79410,"date":"2026-08-25T16:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=79410"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:37:47","slug":"lengkok-bahru-murder-suspect-taken-back-to-crime-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=79410","title":{"rendered":"Lengkok Bahru murder suspect taken back to crime scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->The 59-year-old accused of murdering his neighbour at Block 55 Lengkok Bahru on July 20<!-- --> <!-- -->was taken back to the crime scene by police on Aug 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On July 22, Ng Swee Seng was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/lengkok-bahru-fight-man-charged-with-murder-of-neighbour?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\"> charged with the murder of Thiyagarajan Karunakaran<\/span><\/a>, also 59.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Police were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-59-dies-after-fatal-fight-between-neighbours-in-lengkok-bahru-one-person-arrested?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">alerted to the incident at around 5pm on July 20<\/span><\/a> and found Thiyagarajan lying motionless at a lift lobby on the 16th floor. He was taken to the National University Hospital and died later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Aug 25, a handcuffed Ng, wearing a red polo T-shirt and shorts, arrived in a black van at 9.20am. He had restraints around his feet and was flanked by several officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ng stared intently at members of the media before he was taken in the lift to the 16th floor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lengkok Bahru murder suspect brought back to crime scene\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qyYByUtHunw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ng trudged down the corridor<!-- --> to a unit and spoke to officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Investigators placed two placards on the ground and the scene visit concluded when Ng returned to the van at about 10.15am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ng, who had earlier appeared in a district court via video link, <!-- -->said on July 22<!-- -->: \u201cIf I hear sounds, I will scold people&#8230; I reacted because I heard (a) voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">When ST visited the block at about 11.45am on July 21, drops of blood and a bloody footprint were visible along the corridor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A resident said he learnt of the incident after reviewing security camera footage outside his home, which captured the two men arguing for about three minutes. One was heard threatening to hurt the other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ng faces the death penalty if convicted of murder.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"landscape inline-media-wrapper\" data-testid=\"inline-media-test-id\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start relative w-fit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/e7ce8b040163ae7ccefc6089561ca9c41c936bc0b14f33f9e2de282a8d5a24b6?w=480\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 720px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/e7ce8b040163ae7ccefc6089561ca9c41c936bc0b14f33f9e2de282a8d5a24b6?w=720\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 721px and max-width: 3999px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/e7ce8b040163ae7ccefc6089561ca9c41c936bc0b14f33f9e2de282a8d5a24b6?w=900\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 4000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/e7ce8b040163ae7ccefc6089561ca9c41c936bc0b14f33f9e2de282a8d5a24b6\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/e7ce8b040163ae7ccefc6089561ca9c41c936bc0b14f33f9e2de282a8d5a24b6\" alt=\"A handcuffed Ng Swee Seng, wearing a red polo T-shirt and shorts, arrived at 9.20am with restraints around his feet, in a black van flanked by several officers.\" class=\"aspect-landscape flex items-start shrink-0 object-cover landscape article-landscape mobile:w-auto tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"mobile:mx-16 tablet:mx-00 pt-08 pb-16\">\n<p class=\"inline text-secondary font-secondary-captions-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"inline-media-caption-test-id\">A handcuffed Ng, flanked by several officers, arriving at the block of the crime scene at 9.20am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline text-tertiary font-secondary-captions-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\"> <!-- -->ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/lengkok-bahru-murder-man-accused-of-killing-neighbour-taken-back-to-crime-scene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 The 59-year-old accused of murdering his neighbour at Block 55 Lengkok Bahru on July 20 was taken back to the crime scene by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}