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Hougang double murders

On 26 February 1993, inside their matrimonial flat at Hougang, Singapore, a married couple were discovered dead by both their son and youngest daughter. The victims of the killings were 53-year-old Lau Gek Leng (刘玉龙 Líu Yùlóng) and 55-year-old Luke Yip Khuan (陆月晴 Lù Yuèqíng). It was determined that the killings were perpetruated due to a robbery, because the Lau family's television set and VCR were missing from the flat. On the same day, a neighbour of the couple, 38-year-old Jamaludin Ibrahim, was arrested as a suspect due to a spanner belonging to him was found at the crime scene and one of Jamaludin's six daughters having witnessed him stealing the said missing items from the murdered couple's flat.

Jamaludin, who was charged with murder, claimed that he was not fully conscious of his actions due to effects of drugs, but Jamaludin was deemed to be fully aware of the magnitude of his actions after a psychiatric examination from the prosecution's expert. Hence, on 21 November 1994, Jamaludin was sentenced to death by the High Court for the two murders. Jamaludin was put to death by hanging on 28 July 1995 after spending more than eight months on death row. Provided by Wikipedia