Kallang River body parts murder

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The Kallang River body parts murder was a murder and dismemberment case that occurred in Singapore in June 2005. The case earned its name due to the body parts of the victim, 22-year-old Liu Hong Mei (Chinese: 刘红梅; pinyin: Líu Hóngmeí), being found disposed off in Kallang River. In this case, Liu's 50-year-old supervisor, Leong Siew Chor, used a towel to strangle her to death, and severed her body into seven pieces - mainly her head, upper torso, lower torso, legs and feet - before disposing them off in Kallang River and other locations in Singapore. Leong, a married man with three adult children, was revealed to have engaged in an illicit sexual affair with Liu for a year before murdering her on 15 June 2005, as a result of wanting to cover up the affair and theft of Liu's credit cards and money from her bank account. He was arrested three days after the murder, and the police also managed to locate five of her body parts. Liu's severed feet were never found. Leong was eventually found...

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