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SINGAPORE: A grisly find at Syed Alwi Road at the Jalan Besar area. A dismembered body was found stuffed in a suitcase.
A fruit stall owner told Channel NewsAsia that past 5pm on Wednesday (June 11), an old man asked two tourists for help in pushing a trolley with a suitcase. When they touched the bag, their hands were stained with blood. It prompted them to ask the shopowner owner for permission to wash their hands on his premises. A "karang guni" man, who collects old and discarded items to sell, reportedly found a body in the suitcase when he opened it.
Several policemen were seen at the scene this evening. Police said they received a call for assistance at 6:04 pm, and that an upper body without both legs was found in a piece of luggage.
Police have classified the case as unnatural death and an investigation is underway.
Channel NewsAsia understands the victim is believed to be male. - CNA/ly
Two men arrested for body in suitcase at Syed Alwi Road
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested two male Pakistani nationals, aged 25 and 43, in connection with the case where a body was found at Syed Alwi Road on Wednesday night. The suspects were arrested on Thursday (June 12) at about 3.00 pm at the vicinity of Rowell Road.
A statement from the police said: "Through a coordinated operation involving more than 100 officers, the identities of the suspects and deceased were established within 24 hours of the report lodged."
The victim, whose dismembered body without legs was found stuffed in the suitcase, is believed to be a 59-year-old male Pakistani national. Late Thursday, police announced that they recovered a pair of legs from the vicinity of Jalan Kubor off Victoria Street.
The case has been classified as murder, and the suspects will be brought to court on Saturday (June 14).
Deputy Commissioner of Police and Director of the Criminal Investigation Department Hoong Wee Teck said, “This is a serious crime which Police had devoted extensive resources and efforts to have it solved expeditiously. Police are committed to solve crimes and we will spare no effort to track down criminals and ensure that they are brought to justice and face the full brunt of the law.” - CNA/ly
SINGAPORE: Two Pakistani nationals have been charged with murder in connection with the legless body found in a suitcase at Syed Alwi Road on Wednesday night.
Rasheed Muhammad, 43 and Ramzan Rizwan, 25 were brought to the State Courts in a police van on Saturday morning.
Rasheed Muhammad, dressed in a white, long-sleeve shirt, and Ramzan Rizwan, who wore a red shirt, were charged with one count of murder each.
They are accused of causing the death of 59-year-old Muhammad Noor in a room at Rowell Road.
This allegedly took place between June 10 around midnight and June 11 at about 6pm.
A bloodied suitcase, which contained the upper body of Muhammad Noor, was found at Syed Alwi Road on Wednesday.
The next day (June 12), the police found a pair of legs in the vicinity of Jalan Kubor, off Victoria Street.
The two men were arrested on Thursday (June 12) at about 3pm near Rowell Road.
If found guilty of murder, the men face the death penalty.
The two men appeared solemn as the charges were read out to them in court.
They have been remanded for further investigations and their case will be heard next on June 20. - CNA/al
Rag-and-bone man was first to find body in suitcase
The New Paper
Thursday, Jun 19, 2014
Most people would be aghast at finding a mutilated body dripping with blood in a luggage bag.
Not rag-and-bone man Chen Xing Lu, 81.
Known affectionately in the Jalan Besar area as "Ah Pek", Mr Chen was the first to discover the legless body of Mr Muhammad Noor, 59, on Wednesday.
Two Pakistani men, Rasheed Muhammad, 43, and Ramzan Rizwan, 25, were charged with his murder on Saturday.
Mr Chen told Shin Min Daily News that he saw a man's back and bloodied clothes when he unzipped the bag.
He did not panic. He said he was not afraid at the sight of the body because he had not done anything wrong. He wanted to take the bag to the nearest police station.
He tried to load it onto a shopping cart but struggled with the weight. Two passers-by tried to help but were shocked when they saw their hands covered in blood.
Another passer-by then called the police.
Mr Chen was doing his usual rounds foraging for used items on Wednesday at around 6pm when he spotted a new luggage bag on the pavement at Syed Alwi Road.
Mr Chen is a familiar face in the Jalan Besar area. He lives in Ang Mo Kio with his younger brother's family of four.
He frequents areas like Little India and Sungei Road because of the numerous shops and traders who buy what he finds.
But little is known about him.
Even Mr Peter Leong, 56, who has known Mr Chen for 41 years, does not know his name.
QUIET
This is mostly because Mr Chen is a man of few words, said Mr Leong, a trader at Sungei Road Flea Market.
"He only talks when he feels like it. He just shoves his goods to us and indicates prices with hand gestures," Mr Leong said in Mandarin.
He often looks out for Mr Chen.
"I once saw him about to eat something from a bin outside Tekka Market. I rushed over and smacked his hand to stop him."
Mr Chen peddles his goods to traders and earns less than $10 a day, reported Shin Min.
Ms Linda Lai, 80, another trader at Sungei Road, said: "Most of us never buy his things because he picks mostly rubbish. He is also very dirty and smelly."
But he has another curious side. "He usually wears a pair of sunshades he had found, just for fun. It does not really fit him and it is slanted. He is funny," she chuckled.
Mr Chen found the body after depositing aluminium cans at Hindoo Trading in Soon Lin building.
Mr Lim Tian Poh, 61, the owner of Hindoo Trading, said of Mr Chen's independent streak: "When we give him money at times, he declines and pats his waist pouch, saying he has enough.
"He can depend on himself."
Mr Chen told Shin Min that he resumed his foraging routine the day after helping with police investigations. He did not tell his family about what happened.
Hoe Pei Shan
The Straits Times
Saturday, Jun 21, 2014
SINGAPORE - The High Commission of Pakistan in Singapore yesterday claimed the body of Muhammad Noor, 59, whose legless corpse was found in a blood-soaked suitcase last week.
The body of Mr Muhammad, a Pakistani national, will be flown back to his home town in Lahore, Pakistan, this afternoon.
Two other Pakistanis - Rasheed Muhammad, 43, and Ramzan Rizwan, 25 - have been arrested and charged with his murder.
They are accused of killing Mr Muhammad between midnight on June 10 and 6.04pm on June 11 in a room at 6B Rowell Road, where the trio are believed to have stayed since reportedly arriving in Singapore in mid-May to sell tissue paper.
The suitcase was found near the area and the accused pair were nabbed on June 12 at the shophouse in Rowell Road.
Present at the Singapore General Hospital's mortuary yesterday were two police officers and two members of the High Commission.
Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Athar Salman told The Straits Times that the next of kin of the victim and the two accused were in touch with his country's authorities, and that Mr Muhammad's family would be collecting the body today in Lahore.
He said the High Commission would help procure legal assistance for the two suspects if needed.
The case is expected to be mentioned again in court tomorrow.
Murder suspect Ramzan Rizwan (in red) being escorted by investigators, outside the lodging house at 6 Rowell Road on June 19, 2014. The second Pakistan national who allegedly murdered a compatriot whose legless body was found in a suitcase has been found fit to plead. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM
By Elena Chong
SINGAPORE - The second Pakistan national who allegedly murdered a compatriot whose legless body was found in a suitcase has been found fit to plead.
Ramzan Rizwan, 25, was found fit to plead by a prison psychiatrist after a further week's remand at Complex Medical Centre in Changi to complete his assessment.
The other accused, Rasheed Muhammad, 43, was also found fit to plead when his case came up for mention last Friday.
The pair allegedly caused the death of Mr Muhammad Noor, 59, at a lodging house at Rowell Road in Little India between June 10 and 11.
