The Singaporean who was murdered in Johor on Wednesday in
contract-killing fashion was himself suspected to be involved in a
murder case here four years ago.
According to the Singapore police, "the deceased might have been
able to assist in an investigation for murder reported in 2003".
Sources in the police believe Mr Teo Wan Kah, 29, may have been one
of five men sought for the February 2003 murder of a Temasek
Polytechnic student in a Chinatown shopping centre.
Yesterday, the Johor police also suggested that Mr Teo, who owned
car spare-parts shops here and in Johor Baru, was a fugitive.
"He has no documents. We believe he came here illegally. We believe
he didn't want to stay in Singapore for certain reasons. He's been
here for quite some time, about three years," Johor Criminal
Investigation Department chief Ahmad Roslan told TODAY. "To us,
he's no businessman."
However, substantially less information about the killers was
available. All Mr Roslan had to say about them was that "they
covered their faces. They went prepared".
Mr Teo was set upon by three or four attackers early on Wednesday
morning after a night of partying. He was dropping his 19-year-old
girlfriend - a nightclub singer - home, when a group of
parang-wielding men attacked the pair at the foot of a five-storey
block of flats in Taman Permas Jaya.
According to the forensics report, Mr Teo had at least 15 knife
wounds to his upper body. The back of his head was also badly
wounded and his left hand nearly severed.
Yesterday, a former girlfriend as well as his latest one turned up
at the morgue to claim his body. The two women, both Malaysians,
wailed at the sight of the body.
Mr Teo's ex-girlfriend, who had ended their relationship three
months earlier, told Chinese newspaper Lianhe Wanbao that the
Singaporean was "bad-tempered" and "could have offended some
people".
But relatives at the wake painted a rather different picture of the
"Aaron Kwok- look-alike". One of his aunts said he was an "obedient
and filial son", while his sister said he had always been there for
her.
Meanwhile, Johor police chief Hussin Ismail told TODAY the reports
of crimes in Johor showed just one side of the story.
"We want cooperation from the public. We are intensifying
operations to nab culprits. We're improving our rate of solving.
Like any other city of the world, there are crimes, but our
response is always quick. Just today, we successfully arrested 14
robbers involved in 30 cases. If you come to our courts, you will
see criminals being charged," he said.
Wow.. he look like aaron kwok.. 
But im very disturbed by the last paragraph... 
