Huang Bocan subjected his 19-year-old sister to prolonged abuse inside a Clementi West flat, culminating in her death from malnutrition, sepsis, and severe trauma. She was kept confined in a toilet, chained to a railing, and struck with a wooden pole as punishment for habits deemed harmful to product sales. The final assault involved ice water, drenching, and pouring salt onto an open wound before the group attempted to cover up the crime. Flat owner Lim Peng Tiong has already received a lengthy prison sentence, while girlfriend Chee Mei Wan still awaits trial for murder.
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Huang Bocan received a sentence of life imprisonment for the fatal and prolonged torture…: Huang Bocan received a sentence of life imprisonment for the fatal and prolonged torture of his sister.
Accomplice Lim Peng Tiong was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for his role in the…: Accomplice Lim Peng Tiong was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for his role in the fatal confinement.
Co-accused girlfriend Chee Mei Wan currently faces pending murder proceedings before the…: Co-accused girlfriend Chee Mei Wan currently faces pending murder proceedings before the court for instigating the punitive abuse.
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SINGAPORE – A 34-year-old man who starved and beat his 19-year-old sister for more than two months in 2021 was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder on Nov 5.
Huang Bocan, is the second person to be convicted over what prosecutors had described as “horrifying and senseless torture”.
His younger sister, Huang Baoying died on May 5, 2021, after she was starved, beaten and confined in the toilet in a flat at Block 602 Clementi West Street 1.
The owner of the flat, Lim Peng Tiong, 67, was sentenced to 14 years’ and 11 months’ jail on May 25 for his role in the abuse.
Huang Bocan’s married girlfriend, Chee Mei Wan, 47, has also been charged with murder.
The victim died from a combination of severe malnutrition, sepsis and extensive blunt force trauma.
She weighed only 27.6kg at her autopsy, having lost 43 per cent of her body weight over 11 months from June 2020, when her weight was last recorded as 48.8kg.
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