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u/MimjamBimbam
2 years ago
[Unresolved Murder] Possible development in the Geylang Bahru Tan sibling murder case?
Unresolved Murder
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I did a quick skim of the sub and found no topics regarding this.
About two years ago on this sub a
write-up regarding the Geylang Bahru case was made. In short, the case regarded the murder of four children in the Geylang Bahru area of Kallang, Singapore. The children, aged 5 to 10, were attacked and brutally murdered while their parents were out of the house working at their transport business. Two weeks after the murder, a letter disguised as a New Year's gift card was sent to the parents, reading "now you can have no more offspring ha-ha-ha" in Mandarin and was signed "the murderer". The letter referenced the mother's previous sterilization, which was a secret only close friends and relatives would have known. Police investigation concluded that the perpetrator must have been someone who knew the family intimately.
More detail can be found in the write-up linked and the comments on that post, but the detail of focus for this post is the man known as "Uncle", who briefly was considered as a suspect when he was detailed by a taxi driver that picked him up and subsequently identified off of the description by the father. The taxi driver described him as having bloodstains on his left side and that he carried a knife with him on the morning of the murder, before the parents arrived home. He was close to the family, as he reportedly was a neighbor who visited them nearly every day. After questioning, however, it is reported that he was cleared of suspicion and let go.
The possible development comes from a commenter on a Youtube video from about a year ago covering the details about the case. Video can be found here, and the comment is one of the highest rated ones, easily found by scrolling down:
The comment is from someone who's mother grew up in that area of Singapore when she was young, and her mom's statement possibly sheds light on the true suspect of the case. The comment reads as follows. Take note that English is most likely not the commenter's first language, and as such there may be grammatical or general linguistic errors throughout.
"I live in Singapore and my mum lived at Geylang bahru when she was young. This is what she told me: She said "everyone in the area knows it was their uncle who murdered the kids. Their parents was supposed to buy some 4D (local lottery where you bet on 4 numbers) for the uncle. When the number the uncle picked came up as a winning, he went over to the Tans to collect his money but was told by them that they had forgotten to buy the lottery for him, He was angry and didn't believe them.
When the Tans bought the mini school buses to operate their transport business,It confirmed in his mind that they had kept his winnings to themselves. So he murdered their kids as a revenge to end their bloodline as he knew Mrs Tan had sterilisation done (In east Asian culture, not having an offspring to continue your bloodline is a family shame) and he knew the kids would open the door for him when he visits like they often do"
As for why Mr and Mrs Tan would not report the uncle is apparently they were involved in drug activities and the uncle is in a street gang. If the Tans were to report the uncle to the police, he might "rat" them out and they would get arrested. Dealing drugs in Singapore gets you the death penalty even till this day. No neighbours would report the uncle for fears of being a target of a gang, Which explains why no one is willing to provide any information to the police and also that granny so happen to be "washing her hair"'
The last sentence in the comment refers to a woman who would have normally noticed someone entering the family's home, as she usually sat out in the hallway in the morning, but said that she was "washing her hair" on the morning of the murder to the authorities, and as such didn't see anything.
The validity of this comment is definitely something to be cautiously suspicious of, but there is always the possibility that this story is true, and that, despite "Uncle" being cleared of suspicion, he is the true perpetrator of the murders in an act of revenge.
If this theory has been debunked, please inform me and possibly provide an explanation or link to the evidence that proved this theory to not be the case, I would greatly appreciate it.
