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the suspect running from the crime scene and towards an open field around Khiang Guan Avenue. Mistaking the man as a hit-and-run suspect, Yeo alerted a passing patrol car about the sighting, and more than 70 officers went to the place, and eventually cornered the suspect at a private apartment block of Lincolnsvile. At 3: 30 am, the suspect was finally arrested at the sixth floor of the condominium building, which was 500m away from the place where he allegedly murdered Boo. Yeo, who was later commended by the police for his assistance in apprehending the killer, was shocked when he later realize the man was a murder suspect, but he nevertheless offered condolences to Boo's family.
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Zainal Abidin was able to discern the difference between reality and imagination and did not put his delusions into action, and that he was able to think and decide swiftly on his feet while clamped down by fear during Boo's spot check of him, and had full control of his mental faculties at the time of the murder. DPP Tseng also argued that the prosecution's psychiatric evidence should be accepted as it showed that Zainal Abidin was not mentally abnormal at the time he committed the crime. As such, the prosecution asked the court to issue a guilty verdict of murder in Zainal Abidin's case.
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attained the rank of Senior Staff Sergeant (SSSgt). During his two decades of employment in the force, Boo was often recognized and awarded for his meritorious service and responsibility as an officer, including the Police's High Commendation award in 1993, and in October 1994, a month prior to his murder, Boo received a Commander's Award.
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In rebuttal, the prosecution called upon Dr Chan Khim Yew, a government psychiatrist from the Changi Prison hospital. While Dr Chan agreed with Dr Nagulendran's diagnosis about Zainal Abidin's delusional thinking and ill feelings against the Chinese, he testified that despite the delusional thinking,
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in 1973, and he gradually rose through the ranks, attaining the post of deputy OC of the Whitley NPP, a position he held from November 1989 until 1992, when he retired at age 45. Later, he was re-employed by the police force in 1993 and returned to his old post. By the time of his death in 1994, Boo
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retrieved an axe from his black bag and used it to strike Boo on the head, which killed the 47-year-old policeman instantly. Zainal Abidin was subsequently arrested and charged with murder. Boo was posthumously promoted as Station Inspector (SI) after his death, as a recognition of his contributions
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something before fleeing. The fact that Zainal Abidin randomly chose to grab the axe for his so-called distraction could only mean that he had the intention to murder Boo, or to at least cause serious injury to the police officer, which either way had led to the death of 47-year-old Boo Tiang Huat.
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Zainal Abidin first ran afoul of the law by stealing a bicycle when he was 14. He was thus convicted and placed under probation for a year and assigned a job as a delivery assistant. However, Zainal Abidin re-offended during his probation period by mixing with ex-convicts and broke into houses with
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The police cordoned off the area and searched the whole area for the suspect, with the tracker dogs deployed to sniff for the suspect. Soon after the incident, a 24-year-old handphone exporter named Geoffrey Yeo Yap Hin (杨业兴 Yáng Yèxīng), who was driving to meet up with a friend for supper, spotted
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Born in 1967, Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik was the seventh of eight children in his family. Zainal Abidin's father died when he was merely five, and he was sent to an orphanage. Zainal Abidin often misbehaved even during his childhood, having run away from home several times before he started primary
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JC Kan also judged that should Zainal Abidin have had no intention to kill or seriously hurt the police officer and only meant to escape, he would have chosen to grab any non-threatening objects like his gloves or torchlight, or perhaps even show his fist to give the impression that he was taking
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In his defence, Zainal Abidin stated that he did not mean to use the axe to assault or kill Boo. He stated that on that day itself, he wanted to go to a hotel (also his former workplace) at Newton Road to commit armed robbery, and therefore he packed up his black bag, which contained his axe, two
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Two weeks later, Zainal Abidin was also additionally charged in court with vandalism and attempting to escape the prison cell where he was held in remand. The maximum penalty would be two years' jail and a fine for attempted escape from police custody, while one who was found guilty of vandalism
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condemned the man's violence against a police officer and stated that any suspects who acted defiantly against lawful authority, especially those that commit acts of violence, would not be spared from the "full force of law." Commissioner Tee also expressed that the police and prosecution would
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The Malay man took out an axe and violently swung it at Boo's head, and as he collapsed on the ground, 47-year-old Boo Tiang Huat died instantly on the spot due to the fatal head injury. Corporal Muhaimin quickly gave chase after the suspect, before he returned again to the scene to tend to his
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In the judgement, JC Kan found that Zainal Abidin was not suffering from an abnormality of the mind when he killed Boo Tiang Huat, given that he did not have difficulty in planning how to commit robbery, was able to tell the difference between reality and imagination, and could think of how to
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in 1989. After he was released, Zainal Abidin went to work various jobs from time to time in the hotel industry, but he often perceived he was not given a chance for promotion due to his acne and appearance, and his educational background. Zainal Abidin also felt inferior due to his
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them, resulting in him receiving probation for four years. Zainal Abidin committed another housebreaking offence in 1983, resulting in him being sentenced to three years of reformative training before he was released and given an additional one-year probation.
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Boo's funeral took place on 4 December 1994, and he was cremated with full honours on that same day, with his bereaved family, including his wife and three children (aged between seven and 15), and about 400 police officers (including Police Commissioner
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man behaving suspiciously near Goldhill Plaza. The officers approached the man, who was carrying a black bag, and they inquired about his identity and asked for his ID card as part of the routine check which police should perform while on patrol.
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was knifed to death by a drug addict while he was discharging his duties, and the killer, 50-year-old Soh Loo Ban, was subsequently gunned down by police after he injured another police corporal, Tan Huang Yee (who survived his injuries).
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escape. He stated that even if Zainal Abidin indeed was delusional, it would not absolve him of his culpability in killing Boo, and there was no evidence that using the axe to assault Boo was the product of a psychiatric disorder.
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Boo was married to a clerk named Chew Tuan Jong, and together, the couple had three children - two daughters Bin Bin (aged 15 in 1994) and Shan Shan (aged 13 in 1994), and a son Jia Liang (aged seven in 1994).
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to rebut the murder charge, but he was found to have intentionally murdered Boo and was deemed mentally sound at the time of the offence, hence Zainal Abidin was found guilty of murdering Boo and
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After his death, Boo was posthumously promoted to Station Inspector (SI) as a recognition of his meritorious service to the force and this promotion letter was sent to his 45-year-old wife.
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In 1987, Zainal Abidin, who was just released from his probation, committed armed robbery and he was thus arrested. A year later, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and
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and his partner were on their routine spot checks when they encountered a man behaving suspiciously, and approached him to check his identity. However, the 27-year-old ex-convict
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for the murder of 47-year-old Boo Tiang Huat. Deputy Public Prosecutor Francis Tseng Cheng Kuang was the trial prosecutor while G. Raman represented Zainal Abidin as his lawyer.
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On the early morning of 30 November 1994, both Boo and his partner, Corporal Muhaimin bin Mawasi, were at Newton Road carrying out their usual patrol duty when they noticed a
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The murder of Boo Tiang Huat was the second case where a police officer was killed in 1994. In May of that year, just six months before Boo was killed, Corporal
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school, and he dropped out of secondary school at age 14, and also left the orphanage to fend for himself and he first found work as a cleaner at Lucky Plaza.
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After his death, Boo continued to receive posthumous recognitions for his service in the police force. On 9 August 1995, he and another fallen police officer
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for armed robbery and housebreaking, claimed in his trial that he had no intention to fatally assault the police officer and also raised another defence of
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re-enacted the story of Zainal Abidin in the tenth episode of the show's second season. In the show, Zainal Abidin's name was changed to Rashid Salmud.
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knives, a hammer, torchlight, and a pair of gloves. However, at the last minute, he chickened out and aborted the plan and wanted to return home to
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beliefs. A former employer of Zainal Abidin described him as an "excellent worker" during his tenure of his employment at a hotel around
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who was previously imprisoned for armed robbery and housebreaking, was charged with murder on 1 December 1994. Under Section 302 of the
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and Permanent Secretary (Home Affairs) Peter Chan were among those offering condolences to the fallen officer's bereaved family.
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on 30 August 1996. Boo Tiang Huat remains as the last police officer to be murdered while in the line of duty till this day.
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Meanwhile, the 27-year-old suspect, identified as Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik (also spelt Zainul Abidin Abdul Malik), a
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pursue a preliminary murder charge against the suspect, who had several previous convictions, for the killing of Boo.
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to the police force from 1973 to 1992, and from 1993 and 1994, when he ended his retirement and re-joined the force.
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Private psychiatrist R. Nagulendran appeared as a witness to support Zainal Abidin's second defence of
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On 15 July 1995, five days after the conclusion of Zainal Abidin's trial, Judicial commissioner (JC)
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fallen partner. The ambulance arrived soon after and paramedics pronounced Boo dead at the scene.
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On the Friday morning of 30 August 1996, 29-year-old Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik was hanged at
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would potentially receive the maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment, a fine of
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As of today, Boo Tiang Huat remains the last police officer from Singapore to be
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As such, 28-year-old Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik was found guilty of murder, and
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Boo Tiang Huat, the police officer who was axed to death by Zainal Abidin.
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On 7 July 1995, 28-year-old Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik stood trial at the
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welder Thongbai Naklangdon who killed his compatriot and co-worker
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List of Singapore police officers killed in the line of duty
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In light of the suspect's capture, Police Commissioner
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1994 case of a policeman murdered while in line of duty
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was appointed as the trial judge of the capital case.
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Singapore
Newton Road
Singapore
Murdered
Police officer
Singapore Police Force
Singapore Police Force
caned
diminished responsibility
sentenced to death
Changi Prison
British colonial period
Singapore Police Force
Malay
Tee Tua Ba
Hoi Kim Heng
Home Affairs Minister
Wong Kan Seng
Tee Tua Ba
Tanglin Police Division
Malay Singaporean
Penal Code
death penalty
S$
eight strokes of the cane
Malay name
surname or family name
patronymic
given name

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