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Bedok double murder

On 21 June 2017, 41-year-old Indonesian maid Khasanah had murdered her 79-year-old Singaporean employer Chia Ngim Fong () and Chia's 78-year-old wife Chin Sek Fah () at the couple's flat in Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore. It was alleged that Khasanah, who did not like Chin scolding her and was unhappy working for the couple, decided to flee the country and in her escape plans, she restrained the couple by gagging and tying them up before she killed them by battering Chia with a stool and stomping onto Chin until both of them died. Khasanah fled to Indonesia, where she spent a week on the run before she was arrested by the Indonesian police for the double murder, which became known as the Bedok double murder.

However, Khasanah was not extradited back to Singapore for trial given that Indonesian law decreed that any Indonesian citizens who committed crimes overseas but caught in Indonesia should be tried in their home country instead of facing extradition to whichever jurisdiction where the said offence took place. Hence, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) coordinated with each other to solve the case. Eventually, Khasanah stood trial in an Indonesian court from February to May 2018 for the double murder, for which she was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon her appeal, Khasanah's life sentence was lowered to 20 years' jail, and she is currently serving her sentence at an Indonesian prison for the double murder. On Singapore's side, a coroner's inquiry was conducted in September 2020, three years after the crime, and State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam found Khanasah guilty of murder in absentia after determining that the deaths of Chia and Chin were an unlawful killing perpetuated by Khasanah. Provided by Wikipedia