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Oct 27, 2010
Prostitute's death - it's murder
By Elena Chong
THE assailant of a Malaysian prostitute who was brutally stabbed in her abdomen at Flanders Square two years ago remains at large. A verdict of murder by an unknown was recorded by State Coroner Victor Yeo at an inquiry into the death of Ms Ng Gaik Sim on Wednesday.
The 41-year-old woman was knifed in the abdomen at the brothel near Serangoon Road on Oct 25, 2008. Ms Ng alias Coco, a divorcee, had travelled to and from her home in Malaysia to Singapore daily for work since 2006. The court heard that she was known to be a blunt and straightforward person by nature.
She would refuse to serve Indian and Bangladeshi patrons and would sometimes hurl abusive language at her clients. At around 7pm on Oct 25 that year, four other prostitutes at the premises heard the sound of door latching coming from Coco's room. Moments later, they heard the slamming of her room door.
Coco was next seen stepping out of her room, saying in Cantonese that someone had stabbed her. She then collapsed on the floor. She was pronounced dead at about 7.25pm. A dark-complexioned, medium-build man in his 30s with a pimple-scarred face and short, slightly curly hair was seen walking hurriedly out of the premises at around the time.
Coco's room was not ransacked nor was there any sign of struggle. Her valuables were found intact. In his findings, Coroner Yeo said the killer had targeted Ms Ng and had obviously planned the attack. He felt that sex was not in the mind of the assailant.