Myanmar maid charged with murder of 85-year-old woman in Bukit
Timah condo
Update at 8pm:
A 24-year-old maid from Myanmar was charged with the murder of an
85-year-old woman this afternoon (Mar 5), after the victim was
found dead in her Springdale Condominium unit.
Madam Yong Wan Lan was found lying motionless on the floor in her
eighth-floor unit along Hindhede Walk in Bukit Timah yesterday
afternoon (Mar 4).
She had wounds on her upper body and was pronounced dead by
paramedics at 6.27pm, reports The Straits Times.
Than Than Win, who showed up at the Subordinate Courts in a yellow
t-shirt, appeared dazed and sombre as the charge was read out.
She will be remanded at Changi Women's Prison for a psychiatric
evaluation. She is expected to appear in court again on March
26.
Original
article:
An 85-year-old elderly woman was found dead in her unit at
Springdale Condominium in Bukit Timah yesterday
evening, Mar 4, in a case which police have classified as
murder.
According to The Straits Times, the police were alerted to the case
at 5:23p.m., and the Singaporean woman was pronounced dead by
paramedics at 6:27p.m.
She lived with other family members, but they were not at home when
the incident happened.
She was discovered by the condominium security guard, lying
motionless on the floor in the room with blood and wounds on her
upper body.
A 24-year-old woman, believed to be a maid from Myanmar who has
worked for the family for about a year, has been arrested in
relation to the case.
The police have classified the case as murder and investigations
are still ongoing.