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SINGAPORE \u2013 A 56-year-old man died in hospital after being involved in a fight in Chin Swee Road early on Nov 8.<\/p>\n
In response to queries, the police said they received a call for assistance at Block 51 Chin Swee Road at about 3.10am.<\/p>\n
When they arrived, the man was found lying injured outside his flat, and was unconscious when he was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said the man was taken to Singapore General Hospital.<\/p>\n
The Straits Times understands that he had been stabbed.<\/p>\n
The police said three men, aged between 36 and 59, were arrested for their suspected involvement in the case.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigations showed the four people were involved in a dispute, which resulted in a fight.<\/p>\n
The case has been classified as murder, and the police are investigating.<\/p>\n
According to information on the Housing Board\u2019s website, the residential block comprises rental flats. Based on checks on property portal EdgeProp, the building has 328 units, all of which are one-room flats.<\/p>\n
When ST arrived at the block at about 1.45pm, the police had cordoned off flats from the 15th floor to the 19th floor.<\/p>\n
Resident Chua Chai Thiam, 67, who lives on the 15th floor, said he heard a group of men shouting between 1am and 2am on Nov 8.<\/p>\n
Mr Chua said he did not recognise anyone in the group.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was quite scary. I\u2019ve lived here for over 10 years and I have never seen anything like this before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another resident, 47-year-old Suresh, who lives on the 17th floor, said he heard two men hurling Hokkien profanities at each other at about 2am.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very noisy, they sounded very angry,\u201d he said, adding that he thought it was a family dispute.<\/p>\n
At about 2pm, police officers were seen placing evidence markers next to bloodstains along the 19th-floor corridor.<\/p>\n
This is the sixth reported murder in 2025 and comes barely two weeks after an Indonesian national <\/p>\n killed his wife<\/p>\n <\/a> in a Chinatown hotel room. She is believed to have been stabbed with a knife.<\/p>\n