On 2 November 1980, two people – 31-year-old fish dealer Lee Cheng Tiong and 16-year-old Teo Keng Siang – were brutally murdered by one or more unknown assailants. The murders remained unsolved for tw
31-year-old Lee Cheng Tiong, the first victim of the murders
A childhood photo of the second victim Teo Keng Siang, taken at age 12.
Sim Min Teck, who was 18 years old when he allegedly stabbed Teo and Lee during the brutal armed robberies
Capital punishment in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnappin
Jurong fishing port murders
…charges to manslaughter in view of Beh's cooperation with the police and willingness to testify in the trial of Sim, who was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in a separate trial. The third and final suspect Chng remains on the run for the Jurong fishing port murders. On the morning of 2 November 1980, an…
Changi Prison, where Singapore's death row is located
A hangman positions the noose around the neck of a Japanese war criminal as he is held steady by a British military officer just prior to his execution by hanging at the gallows in Changi Prison in 1946. The condemned man is standing within a circle on the trapdoor, and on either side of him are two other circles indicating that the gallows had the provision for multiple simultaneous executions.