JOHOR BARU - A 34-YEAR-OLD Singaporean man wanted for double murder in the island republic is believed to have fled across the causeway to escape the authorities.
It is learnt that the suspect can shed light into the high-profile murder of a senior citizen and his son on Wednesday.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) confirmed that the suspect had entered Johor through the Woodlands checkpoint at 11.17pm on the day of the incident.
Cameras at the Immigration and Customs Authority checkpoint recorded the suspect riding a scooter and exiting the checkpoint en route to here.
The SPF released the suspect's profile and, through Interpol, requested that Johor police put the suspect on a "stop list".
The request to Malaysian and Johor police came from SPF's criminal investigations department assistant director (major crime) Adrian Quek Sei Wei.
A source familiar with the request said all active duty police personnel in Johor were alerted on the all-points bulletin on Thursday, before being briefed about the suspect's particulars and his vehicle.
"Police have been asked to inform the Johor police contingent's serious crimes unit or the Interpol liaison office here if they come across the suspect," the source told the New Straits Times yesterday.
Johor police chief Datuk Mokhtar Shariff had earlier said police would act within the powers of the law to apprehend the suspect and return him to Singapore.
"The Johor police have always cooperated in the interest of justice with our counterparts in Singapore," he said yesterday.
The SPF had received a call at 4.16pm on Wednesday after the body of Tan Chee Heong, 42, was found in front of the Koven MRT station.
Chee Heong's death was initially believed to have been because of a traffic accident, before investigators learnt that he may had been tied underneath a car and dragged for about one kilometre before his body got untangled from the vehicle.
Investigations led police to Chee Heong's house at 14J Hillside Drive in Hougang, where his father, Tan Boon Sin, 67, was found dead with multiple slash wounds and a slit throat.
Investigations revealed that both victims were at home when the murders took place.
The SPF also identified the silver Toyota Camry involved in the case, which was later found abandoned in nearby Eunos.
An SPF source revealed that that the suspect was believed to be romantically involved with Chee Heong and the motive behind the murder could be revenge.
"The SPF is not ruling out the possibility that this may be a crime of passion."
"Police are keen to contact Singaporean Iskandar Rahmat (Singapore national registration identity card number S790436A) to assist in investigations."
He was believed to have been riding a green Vespa.
| Cops enter home of Kovan murder suspect Click on thumbnail to view (Photos: ST) |
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| Kovan double murder: Cop arrested Click on thumbnail to view (Photos: ST, Internet) |
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| Kovan murder victim identified Click on thumbnail to view (Photos: TNP, Lianhe Wanbao, ST, Facebook) |
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| *UPDATED* Kovan double murder Click on thumbnail to view (Photos: TNP, ST) |
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