Remembering Our Dead

Lim Yeow Chuan

Lim Yeow Chuan was stabbed multiple times by Kuppiah Saravanan. Her attacker was jailed.

The appellant was charged with the murder of a male transvestite (“the victim”) by stabbing him to death. The appellant and his friend, Kuppiah, went in search of the victim after suspecting the victim of stealing a gold chain and money belonging to another friend. When they found and confronted the victim, the latter feigned ignorance and became abusive. Kuppiah threatened the victim with assault. On hearing this, the victim stepped back, drew out a knife andpointed it at Kuppiah and made as if to go at Kuppiah with the knife. At thisp oint, the appellant kicked the victim in the stomach and the victim fell and lost hold of the knife. The appellant did not go for the fallen knife until he noticed that the victim was reaching out for it. After the appellant picked up the knife,the victim rushed at the appellant, and the appellant stabbed the victim’s buttock. The victim grabbed the appellant’s upper arm, and the appellant stabbed the victim a second time to free himself, inflicting the first of two fatal wounds. The victim was unrelenting and charged at the appellant again, whereupon the second fatal wound was inflicted when the victim ran into theknife. At the end of the trial, the judge found the appellant guilty and convicted him under s300(c) of the Penal Code (Cap224, 1985Rev Ed). The appellant appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal.

The exact location and date of death are unknown - tdor.info only gives the date as "1990" and the location as "Singapore".

https://www.scribd.com/document/283509164/soosay-v-pp-1993-2-SLR-R-0670

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10_JeZ7LEIRhvewTCoL5mVkH6MQJzf7fSXl4-P6QJ0v0/edit#gid=0

https://yourstudent-gemini.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_major_crimes_in_Singapore

Report added: 17 Feb 2019. Last updated: 7 Mar 2024

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