SINGAPORE: A 41-year-old man was charged on Thursday
in court, with the murder of a Japanese man.
Jack Ang Hoe Meng allegedly caused the death of
30-year-old Takanori Inada between 4.50am and 6.55am at a back
alley at Bukit Pasoh near Chinatown on October
23.
Dressed in a striped-t-shirt, Ang, who sports a
crewcut, is represented by lawyers, Zaminder Gill and Mervyn
Tan.
Ang will be remanded at the Central Police Division and will be
back in court next Thursday.
If convicted of murder, he will face the death penalty.
-CNA/wk