{"product_id":"guilty-as-charged-25-crimes","title":"Guilty As Charged: 25 Crimes That Have Shaken Singapore Since 1965","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 Popular Bookstores' Readers Choice\nAwards, Adult Book Category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFinalist for Best Non-Fiction Title at the 2018 Singapore Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMurder. Dismemberment. A shooting. A stabbing. Cheating.\nMurder for gold bars. Murder for a Rolex. Murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis book recounts 25 infamous crime cases that have taken\nplace in Singapore since 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSome of the victims’ names are still remembered today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJenny Cheok, 22, killed by her apparently devoted boyfriend\nSunny Ang during a diving trip near the Sisters’ Islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNine-year-old Agnes Ng and 10-year-old Ghazali Marzuki,\nkilled by self-styled medium Adrian Lim, his wife and his mistress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHuang Na, nine, murdered at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale\ncentre by vegetable packer Took Leng How.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOther cases include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top:0cm\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe\n     tourist from hell, John Martin Scripps, who in 1996 killed South African\n     tourist Gerard George Lowe\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eChia\n     Teck Leng, sentenced to 42 years in jail in 2004 for swindling four\n     foreign banks out of S$117 million\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe\n     “One-Eyed Dragon”, gun-wielding gangster Tan Chor Jin\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe\n     Sunshine Empire scheme of 2006 that swindled ordinary Singaporeans out of\n     nearly S$190 million\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe\n     killing of two-year-old Nonoi in 2006\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe\n     2015 trial and conviction of Yap Weng Wah, who sexually abused about 30\n     boys in flats, a chalet and toilet cubicles over three years\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuilty As Charged\u003c\/i\u003e, which is edited by \u003ci\u003eThe\nStraits Times\u003c\/i\u003e associate news editor Abdul Hafiz, is a detailed\nretelling of these 25 cases and the trials that followed, and is rich with\nphotographs from \u003ci\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/i\u003e archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FOCUS PUBLISHING LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44238725644495,"sku":"9789814642996","price":27.25,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_5224071d-3e0c-4470-87d3-4338c660a117.jpg?v=1774841289","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/guilty-as-charged-25-crimes","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}