Money and valuables were missing from the murdered elderly couple flat in Bedok Reservoir Road on Wednesday, reported by Shin Min Daily News.
Indonesian maid Khasanah, 41, a suspect in the deaths of Mr Chia Ngim Fong, 79, and his wife Chin Sek Fah, 78, is believed to have fled to Indonesia by a ferry from Harbourfront Centre.
The bodies of the elderly couple were found with their hand tied up with raffia string, in their five-room executive flat at Block 717 Bedok Reservoir Road by their grandson on Wednesday afternoon.
The bodies of the elderly couple were found in their five-room executive flat at Block 717, Bedok Reservoir Road, on Wednesday afternoon by their grandson.
Mr Chia Ngim Fong was discovered in the master bedroom with blood stains on his body while Mdm Chin was in the bathroom with injuries on her neck.
The maid Khasanah had lived with them for about a month.
According to Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao, She been working in Singapore as a maid before and went back to start her own business. She lost a lot of money after she started a chicken rice stall with a friend in Jakarta and eventually the business failed.
To support her 16-year-old son, the single mother decided to come back here as a domestic maid.
Lianhe Wanbao also added, that though she went to school and lived in Jakarta, she was actually born in Kebumen in the southern part of Central Java.
The Singapore Police have contacted the Indonesian counterparts to assist in the investigation.
The funeral will be held next Monday.
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