Quek Lee Eng | |
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 Quek Lee Eng, the 53-year-old victim | |
| Born | Quek Lee Eng c. 1921 |
| Died | (aged 53) Upper Perak Road, Singapore |
| Cause of death | Strangulation |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Other names | Kwek Lee Eng Quek Sock Khing |
| Occupation | Tontine operator |
| Known for | Murder victim |
| Spouse | Sim Keng Soy |
| Children | 1+ |
On 9 May 1974, at the Upper Perak Road house of her sister-in-law, 53-year-old Quek Lee Eng (郭丽英 Guō Lìyīng; also spelt Kwek Lee Eng), alias Quek Sock Khing (郭叔卿 Guō Shūqīng), was strangled by her 44-year-old sister-in-law Sim Joo Keow (沈如娇 Shěn Rújiāo) for a monetary dispute, before Sim dismembered Quek's corpse into multiple parts and abandoned them in various parts of Singapore, including two earthen jars at her own home. The death of Quek was uncovered with the discovery of her legs in a mosque's toilet on Aljunied Road, and the additional sighting of blood flowing out of the earthen jars at Sim's house (where Sim hid the victim's torso) caused Sim to be arrested and charged with murder. Sim was eventually convicted of manslaughter and causing the disappearance of evidence, and thus sentenced to ten years in jail on 27 January 1975.[1]
- ^ "10 YEARS FOR HOUSEWIFE KILLER". The Straits Times. 28 January 1975.