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Man to be charged with murdering wife; body found at Holiday Inn Express Katong

The 30-year-old told the police in person that he had killed his 32-year-old wife at the hotel along East Coast Road.

Man to be charged with murdering wife; body found at Holiday Inn Express Katong

A police vehicle parked in front of Holiday Inn Express Singapore Katong at East Coast Road on Sep 9, 2023. (Photo: CNA/Jeraldine Yap)

SINGAPORE: A man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, whose body was found in a hotel along East Coast Road, police said on Saturday (Sep 9).

CNA understands that the hotel is Holiday Inn Express Katong, located next to the i12 Katong shopping mall.

Following a tip-off at around 6.30pm, CNA arrived half an hour later and found a significant police presence there. Plainclothes and uniformed officers were seen entering the hotel and an ambulance was spotted leaving.

Staff at the eateries across the road from the hotel said the police presence had started building up after 5pm, and that there were more police vehicles earlier but some had left, and there was another ambulance that left the area.

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A 30-year-old man will be charged on Monday (Sep 11) with the murder of his wife. The body of the 32-year-old victim was found in a room at a hotel believed to be Holiday Inn Express Katong along East Coast Road. Jeraldine Yap reports.

The police said that the 30-year-old man went to Marine Parade Neighbourhood Police Centre on Saturday at about 5.05pm to inform police officers that he had killed his wife at the hotel.

The 32-year-old woman was found lying motionless with a slash wound in a hotel room when the police arrived.

She was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.

Police vehicles parked near Holiday Inn Express Singapore Katong at East Coast Road on Sep 9, 2023. (Photo: CNA/Jeraldine Yap)
A police vehicle parked near Holiday Inn Express Singapore Katong at East Coast Road on Sep 9, 2023. (Photo: CNA/Jeraldine Yap)
A police vehicle parked near Holiday Inn Express Singapore Katong at East Coast Road on Sep 9, 2023. (Photo: CNA/Jeraldine Yap)

A knife, believed to have been used in the incident, was recovered in the hotel room.

The man was arrested at Marine Parade Neighbourhood Police Centre.

He will be charged in court on Monday with murder, an offence that carries the death penalty.

Source: CNA/cm

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