{"id":97433,"date":"2026-11-04T05:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T21:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97433"},"modified":"2026-11-04T05:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T21:45:01","slug":"telok-blangah-murder-suspect-taken-back-to-crime-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97433","title":{"rendered":"Telok Blangah murder suspect taken back to crime scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013<!-- --> A man accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-charged-over-telok-blangah-murder?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\">murdering a 73-year-old man in Telok Blangah<\/span><\/a> was taken back to the scene of the alleged crime on Nov 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Gabriel Foong Shi Cheng, 32, arrived with a police escort at Block 57 Telok Blangah Heights at 9.15am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Clad in a red polo shirt and wearing restraints, he was taken around the void deck of the block where he allegedly killed Tham Nam Poh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Foong was escorted around the cordoned-off areas for about seven minutes before being whisked away by the police in an unmarked black van.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">At around 6pm on Oct 5, the police received calls for help near Block 61 Telok Blangah Heights.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Man to be charged with killing a 73-year-old man in Telok Blangah Heights on Oct 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dXqpWbQeo1Q?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\">It was previously reported that witnesses saw a man, believed to be Tham, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/1-dead-another-injured-at-telok-blangah-man-arrested-police?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\">covered in blood and running<\/span><\/a> towards the coffee shop at Block 61, leaving a trail of blood from the void deck at Block 57.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Coffee shop staff said he was a regular there.<\/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\/c9fbc64d31ef515d1ba308ba8cec344e35f8530808aaa24d5eb4a138b7162359?w=480\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 720px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/c9fbc64d31ef515d1ba308ba8cec344e35f8530808aaa24d5eb4a138b7162359?w=720\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 721px and max-width: 3999px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/c9fbc64d31ef515d1ba308ba8cec344e35f8530808aaa24d5eb4a138b7162359?w=900\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 4000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/c9fbc64d31ef515d1ba308ba8cec344e35f8530808aaa24d5eb4a138b7162359\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/c9fbc64d31ef515d1ba308ba8cec344e35f8530808aaa24d5eb4a138b7162359\" alt=\"A police officer and a cordon seen at a coffee shop in Telok Blangah Heights on Oct 5.\" 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\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/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 police officer and a cordon seen at a coffee shop in Telok Blangah Heights on Oct 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline text-tertiary font-secondary-captions-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\"> <!-- -->ST PHOTO: DAVID SUN<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Another injured man, 53, had also run into a clinic at Block 61, asking for help for Tham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A doctor from the clinic rushed out and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/telok-blangah-murder-clinic-doctor-rushed-to-help-murder-victim-before-he-died?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\">tried to stop the bleeding<\/span><\/a> and keep Tham awake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">When officers arrived, they found Tham lying motionless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Foong later called the police to surrender and was arrested.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Man charged with murder of 73-year-old man in Telok Blangah brought back to crime scene\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-K_4qhs2mo?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\">He was charged on Oct 7 and has been remanded since. His next court mention is expected on Nov 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The offence of murder carries the death penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-charged-in-telok-blangah-murder-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 A man accused of murdering a 73-year-old man in Telok Blangah was taken back to the scene of the alleged crime on Nov&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"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-97433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97433","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=97433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}