Date | 10 July 2013 |
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Location | 14J Hillside Drive, Kovan, Singapore |
Motive | Robbery, and to silence the victims to avoid identification |
Deaths | 2 |
Suspects | Iskandar bin Rahmat
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The Kovan double murders was a double murder case that occurred on 10 July 2013 at 14J Hillside Drive, Singapore. The murders were committed in the home of one of the victims, 67-year-old Tan Boon Sin. The other is his 42-year-old son, Tan Chee Heong, whose body was dragged for 1 km, under a car driven by the killer before being dislodged outside Kovan MRT station. Iskandar bin Rahmat, a senior staff sergeant policeman, was arrested and tried for the murders, and was condemned to hang for the murders. Following the dismissal of all his appeals, Iskandar was hanged on 5 February 2025.[1][2]