A 59-year-old Singaporean man was charged with murder on Thursday, 13 March, two days after his younger brother was found dead in a flat in Boon Lay.
The accused, Abdul Rani Bin Md Ariffin, appeared in the State Courts via video link, dressed in a white polo shirt.
He faces a charge of causing the death of Abdul Rahman Mohamad Ariffin, 57, at around 4 am on 12 March in a unit at Block 187 Boon Lay Avenue.
The charge did not specify the method of murder.
According to a report by Lianhe Zaobao, the accused and the deceased were brothers.
Police arrested Abdul Rani at the scene on Tuesday morning, after receiving an alert about the case at 11.35 am.
Upon arrival, officers found the victim lying motionless in the 11th-floor unit. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The prosecution requested that Abdul Rani be remanded for medical examination and psychiatric evaluation to determine if he was suffering from any “abnormality of the mind that substantially impaired his mental responsibility” for the alleged act.
When asked if he had anything to say through a Malay interpreter, Abdul Rani, who was unrepresented, responded that he had nothing to say.
The judge ordered his remand for psychiatric evaluation, citing the seriousness of the charge. He will next appear in court on 3 April.
Residents in the block described the scene on Tuesday.
When reporters arrived, the unit was cordoned off, and a body bag was later removed.
One neighbour said that two men and two women lived in the flat but reported not hearing any disturbance before the incident.
Another resident witnessed a man sitting on a stool with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Under Singapore law, the offence of murder carries the death penalty. Investigations are ongoing.
The post Singaporean man charged with murder of brother in Boon Lay flat appeared first on The Online Citizen.
