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Bloody Thursday
'He was upset colleague got more overtime'
China national arrested on suspicion of murdering colleague
By Arul John
September 06, 2008
MURDER WEAPON?: (Above) A knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was found on the second-storey parapet. The victim had suffered stab wounds. PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
FAVOURITISM, jealousy, overtime money. Two powerful emotions combined with financial survival is likely to have led to fury and a fatal stabbing.
A 36-year-old China national allegedly stabbed his 28-year-old colleague to death while the younger man was asleep.
He then went to their office nearby and set it on fire. He was arrested there and is expected to be charged in court today for murder.
Both men are Chinese nationals who work for Ideal Printing & Publishing Pte Ltd. The firm, which prints phone cards and other documents, is at Block 203, Henderson Road.
The firm's Singaporean owner, who did not want to give his name, told The New Paper that the suspect was a contract printer, as was the dead man. It is not known how long both had been working here.
The firm's owner said: 'They came from the same province in China and lived together. One man was upset over why the other man was offered to do more overtime than he was.
'But I thought the other man got more overtime duties as he was more hardworking. This morning, I learned that the unhappy man stabbed the other man and then fled to the office.'
Caught
The owner said all the workers had their own keys to the office and the suspect probably used his to get inside.
'I was told that he then pushed aside another colleague inside the office at the time and used some chemicals to set some of our computers on fire,' he said.
'When the police came, he ran to the rooftop but was soon caught.'
The owner said he was informed of the incident at about 7.30am and rushed to the scene.
'When I reached the building, I saw many people standing downstairs. When I went upstairs, I saw that the floor of my office and those of the other offices on the same floor were wet,' he said.
The boss said only his computers were damaged. He said he did not know when he could re-open for business.
The suspect shared a flat with the victim and at least four other colleagues from China at Block 94, Henderson Road.
The other tenants were believed to be asleep in their 10th floor unit when the alleged killing took place. One of them later called the police at 6.45am.
Neighbours said they did not hear any commotion before the discovery of the body.
The dead man, clad in a singlet and shorts, was lying on the floor in a room.
He suffered stab wounds and was pronounced dead at 7am.
A knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was found on the second-storey parapet.
Police spokesman Mohd Razif said: 'During the course of our investigations, we managed to find out who the suspect was.
'We received a call at 7.50am that there was a fire at Block 203, Henderson Road.'
He said that police officers spotted the suspect there and arrested him.
A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force said the fire was extinguished by the building's sprinklers and their firefighters used hose reels to lower the temperature of the surroundings.
Mr Mohd Suffian Mustapha Kamal, 31, director of a private ambulance firm on the fourth storey, said: 'When I came out of my office at 7.45am, I smelt burning rubber and the floor was wet.
'When I saw fire engines and an ambulance outside, I told the staff to evacuate the building.'
Staff members of Ideal Printing and the other offices on the same floor were seen removing water on their floors and carpets later.
Mr Andy Poh, 27, a logistics executive at one of the offices, said the water level rose to nearly 5cm and took nearly two hours to subside.
Bloody Thursday
'He was upset colleague got more overtime'
China national arrested on suspicion of murdering colleague
By Arul John
September 06, 2008
MURDER WEAPON?: (Above) A knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was found on the second-storey parapet. The victim had suffered stab wounds. PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
FAVOURITISM, jealousy, overtime money. Two powerful emotions combined with financial survival is likely to have led to fury and a fatal stabbing.
A 36-year-old China national allegedly stabbed his 28-year-old colleague to death while the younger man was asleep.
He then went to their office nearby and set it on fire. He was arrested there and is expected to be charged in court today for murder.
Both men are Chinese nationals who work for Ideal Printing & Publishing Pte Ltd. The firm, which prints phone cards and other documents, is at Block 203, Henderson Road.
The firm's Singaporean owner, who did not want to give his name, told The New Paper that the suspect was a contract printer, as was the dead man. It is not known how long both had been working here.
The firm's owner said: 'They came from the same province in China and lived together. One man was upset over why the other man was offered to do more overtime than he was.
'But I thought the other man got more overtime duties as he was more hardworking. This morning, I learned that the unhappy man stabbed the other man and then fled to the office.'
Caught
The owner said all the workers had their own keys to the office and the suspect probably used his to get inside.
'I was told that he then pushed aside another colleague inside the office at the time and used some chemicals to set some of our computers on fire,' he said.
'When the police came, he ran to the rooftop but was soon caught.'
The owner said he was informed of the incident at about 7.30am and rushed to the scene.
'When I reached the building, I saw many people standing downstairs. When I went upstairs, I saw that the floor of my office and those of the other offices on the same floor were wet,' he said.
The boss said only his computers were damaged. He said he did not know when he could re-open for business.
The suspect shared a flat with the victim and at least four other colleagues from China at Block 94, Henderson Road.
The other tenants were believed to be asleep in their 10th floor unit when the alleged killing took place. One of them later called the police at 6.45am.
Neighbours said they did not hear any commotion before the discovery of the body.
The dead man, clad in a singlet and shorts, was lying on the floor in a room.
He suffered stab wounds and was pronounced dead at 7am.
A knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was found on the second-storey parapet.
Police spokesman Mohd Razif said: 'During the course of our investigations, we managed to find out who the suspect was.
'We received a call at 7.50am that there was a fire at Block 203, Henderson Road.'
He said that police officers spotted the suspect there and arrested him.
A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force said the fire was extinguished by the building's sprinklers and their firefighters used hose reels to lower the temperature of the surroundings.
Mr Mohd Suffian Mustapha Kamal, 31, director of a private ambulance firm on the fourth storey, said: 'When I came out of my office at 7.45am, I smelt burning rubber and the floor was wet.
'When I saw fire engines and an ambulance outside, I told the staff to evacuate the building.'
Staff members of Ideal Printing and the other offices on the same floor were seen removing water on their floors and carpets later.
Mr Andy Poh, 27, a logistics executive at one of the offices, said the water level rose to nearly 5cm and took nearly two hours to subside.
