Heng Boon Chai | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated since 2021 |
| Conviction(s) | 2007 Culpable homicide not amounting to murder 2021 Murder |
| Criminal penalty | 2007 Eight years' imprisonment 2021 Life imprisonment and ten strokes of the cane |
| Imprisoned at | Changi Prison, Singapore |
Heng Boon Chai (born 1978) was a Singaporean citizen who was convicted of killing two people in 2007 and 2021 respectively. In September 2007, Heng was first arrested for the knife attack of his uncle Heng Kim Teck, who was mortally wounded and died a few days later while in hospital. Heng was originally charged with attempted murder, which was upgraded to murder upon the death of his uncle. However, after a psychiatric examination revealed that Heng was suffering from schizophernia, which severely impaired his mental state at the time of the killing, Heng was sentenced to eight years in jail after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter.[1]
Six years after killing his uncle, Heng was released in 2013 on parole, and continued to live in Singapore. However, eight years after his release, Heng fatally stabbed his neighbour Kim Wee Ming on 14 July 2021 as a result of a dispute at his flat in Sumang Walk, Punggol. Heng was therefore arrested and charged with murder a second time, and on 7 November 2024, Heng was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment and ten strokes of the cane.[2]