182:, 74-year-old Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy, a provision shop owner and father of five children, was found dead by his daughter, who just arrived home at 7.50pm. Packiria, who was resting at home due to a flu before his murder, was survived by his wife, his only son and four daughters. There were at least four stab wounds on Packiria's body: two were on his neck and two were on his chest. The police found that the flat was ransacked, and some money and valuables worth about S$ 2,000 were missing from the flat, suggesting that the motive was theft or robbery. A bloodstained knife, which resembled a letter-opener, was found at the scene and suspected to be the murder weapon. According to his only son, Packiria was a healthy and friendly man who reportedly wanted to live until the age of 80. Except for his third daughter, Packiria's remaining children were all married and Packiria resided in the flat with his wife and his third daughter.
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revealed that back in 1981, Krishnan used to work as an assistant at the hawker stall of
Packiria's wife for ten months, before he was told to resign after Packiria's wife found his work performance unsatisfactory. Reportedly, in July 1984, Ramachandran and Krishnan visited Packiria's shop and said that Ramachandran's brother wanted to work in Packiria's shop, and they also contacted Packiria's daughter on the eve of the murder that Ramachandran and his brother would visit Packirira's flat but Krishnan would not accompany them. This would be a ruse for both the defendants to enter Packiria's flat to commit robbery and subsequently led to Packiria's death. According to the forensic pathologist Dr Wee Keng Poh, who examined the corpse, he found that one of the stab wounds to Packiria's neck was sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.
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him to stay there and he therefore went inside
Packiria's flat alone. After a few moments, Krishnan came out with bloodstains on him, and he told Ramachandran he had stabbed Packiria, and both of them went inside to search the flat for the knife, but they could not find the murder weapon. After which, Krishnan told Ramachandran that they had to flee, and Krishnan was seen carrying a plastic bag while telling Ramachandran to escape. In court however, Ramachandran departed from his statement and stated he helped restrain Packiria to help tie up his hands but after he saw Kishnan brandishing a knife, he left the scene out of fear before Krishnan stabbed the 74-year-old victim, and he was unaware all along that Krishnan carried a weapon.
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every Friday whenever an execution(s) took place, since it was a practice to carry out executions at dawn during Friday mornings. Krishnan also fast for a week whenever the death anniversary of
Packiria was around the corner, and also pray for his visitors. Krishnan's brother also told the press that when Krishnan first heard the sounds of the trapdoor opening in the gallows nearby, he was so traumatized and haunted by it that he cannot sleep for days, and he also would see the death row inmates crying, being dragged forcibly or smiling as they walked past his cell, and he also became resigned to the fact that he might meet the same fate as the inmates he saw.
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brother) were all hanged on 31 March 1995 for the killing. Lawyers raised their concern that due to the ruling, there was a risk of a person being wrongfully convicted of a crime based on the statements of a co-accused. Ramachandran's former lawyer Peter
Fernando stated that the strongest evidence available to incriminate his former client was merely the statements of Krishnan but no other direct or circumstantial evidence to prove his involvement in the crime, and Fernando stated that should the appellate court made such a ruling before Ramachandran's appeal was re-opened and re-heard, he would have been hanged together with Krishnan for murdering Packiria.
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Krishnan had stabbed
Packiria to death and Ramamchandran had gone to ransack the flat during the stabbing, and it indicated he was not frightened or confused at the sight of the stabbing, but shared the intent to steal from Packiria's flat and consented to the stabbing. Justice Lai noted that the judges found no presence of defensive wounds on Packiria's body and it showed that there was no struggle between Packiria and Krishnan during the stabbing. Hence, both Judicial Commissioner Chan and Justice Lai found Ramachandran and Krishnan guilty of murder, and the two accused were thus
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on the role as a surrogate son and caretaker of his son more during his absence. Packiria's son stated that while he was not harbouring any feelings of vengeance, he was unable to forgive
Krishnan, who killed his father even though they treated him like family in the past. Packiria's fourth daughter also stated when she conveyed to her father about Krishnan's intention of introducing Ramachandran's brother to work for her father, she felt guilty as she never knew that this would lead to the death of her father, whom she described as a good man undeserving of such a brutal death.
317:- delivered their judgement. They ruled in favour of the two appellants, agreeing with the defence counsels that the dismissal of the appeal with an incomplete appellate court panel was unconstitutional in the case of the two men, and they ordered a re-hearing of the appeal before a new three-judge panel to determine whether the convictions of both Ramachandran and Krishnan should be upheld. It became the first case where the verdict of a concluded appeal was ruled unconstitutional and invalid, and led to the same case being re-heard by the appellate court.
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released, and the lawyer was unable to locate him. It was also the first case to be heard before the Court of Appeal twice with different judges on both occasions. Due to the unusual nature of the case, there were calls to the legal community for an urgent reform to avoid cases of wrongful convictions due to the possibility of an innocent person being executed due to the execution of one person was irreversible, as well as more caution by the prosecution to pursue a conviction in cases where the possibility of convicting the defendant is unclear.
303:, had retired in October 1990 and only signed the judgement three months later in January 1991, and the ruling was delivered by only the remaining two judges T S Sinnathuray and Justice F A Chua during the date of the ruling, which did not amount to a unanimous decision made by the three judges constituted to hear appeals in Singapore.
277:. Ramachandran argued that he and Krishnan only planned to commit robbery, and he never knew all along that Krishnan brought along a letter-opener or used it to stab Packiria outside of their plan. Krishnan also insisted that he never intended to cause Packiria's death when he stabbed him during the scuffle between him and the victim.
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on 15 April 1994 for murdering
Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy, nearly ten years after he committed the crime. On the same date of Krishnan's execution, a 40-year-old moneylender named Koh Aik Siew was hanged at Changi Prison for trafficking 680g of heroin. Koh, who committed the offence in 1993, was the
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In their judgement, the three-judge panel found that the prosecution had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that
Ramamchandran had shared a common intention with Krishnan to commit murder or theft. They accepted the arguments of Ramachandran's lawyer Peter Fernando that Ramachandran should not
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that his father treated
Krishnan like a son, and Packiria would often cook breakfast for Krishnan while he was still working under his mother and lived at his father's flat. Packiria's son stated that being the only son and having married with children himself, he hoped that Krishnan would be taking
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In his statement, Ramachandran stated that he was not at the flat at the time of the murder. He claimed that he was taken to
Packiria's HDB block by a "male Indian", referring to Krishnan, who wanted him to commit theft together with him. Ramachandran was waiting outside the lift after Krishnan told
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odd-job worker named Ramachandran Suppiah, was charged with murder; the police investigations showed that Ramachandran and an unnamed accomplice were allegedly responsible for the murder itself. On 4 January 1986, Ramachandran's accomplice, a 20-year-old unemployed Malaysian named Krishnan Varadan,
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Reportedly, aside from reading books, watching television and looking at photos of his family, Krishnan would also chat with his neighbour on death row and regularly made Hindu prayers inside his cell. He fashioned a rosary with 108 beads made of bread crusts and used it to pray, and he would fast
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and her two accomplices for murdering Chin's female lover, and the appellate court stated in the verdict that it is acceptable to convict a person based on the statements of his co-accused that implicated the person in the crime. Eventually, Chin and her two co-accused (one of them was her younger
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The acquittal of Ramachandran made headlines in Singapore, because his case was the first in Singapore where a concluded appeal was re-opened for re-hearing and ended with Ramachandran's acquittal. According to his lawyer Peter Fernando, Ramachandran's whereabouts were unknown shortly after he was
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Ramachandran of the murder charge and set aside both his murder conviction and death sentence, and allowed Ramachandran to be released. Aside from Ramachandran's acquittal, the Court of Appeal held that Krishnan was indeed guilty of the charge of murder against him, since Krishnan had admitted to
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against the trial verdict, Ramachandran was acquitted after his second appeal, due to insufficient evidence proving that Ramachandran had participated in the crime, and Krishnan however, remained on death row after failing to challenge his conviction a second time. Krishnan was hanged on 15 April
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As for Krishnan, he gave statements that he had stabbed Packiria with a letter-opener, and during the stabbing, Ramachandran helped restrain the victim and held on to the hands while Krishnan stabbed him. In court, Krishnan gave his defence and said that he accidentally stabbed the victim on the
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On 30 April 1987, Judicial Commissioner Chan Sek Keong and Justice Lai Kew Chai delivered their verdict, with Justice Lai pronouncing the decision in court. In the verdict, Justice Lai stated that the two men shared a common intention to commit theft, and in furtherance of the common intention,
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The prosecution's case was that both the defendants shared the common intention to commit theft from Packiria's home, and based on the statements, it was Krishnan who stabbed Packiria five times with a letter-opener and Ramachandran helped restrain the victim during the stabbing. It was further
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to smuggle drugs in 1985. At that point, Krishnan's mother died the age of 54 in 1990 from cancer while his father suffered from poor health and died in 1991 at the age of 62. Krishnan, the eighth of nine children in his family, would constantly receive visits from his siblings from
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and sought to re-open their appeals. Both their lawyers, Peter Fernando (Ramachandran's lawyer) and R Palakrishnan (Krishnan's lawyer), argued that the decision to reject their clients' appeals should be ruled invalid, because one of the judges,
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571:, and only Thirunakarasu's sister-in-law Mohana, a police constable who lived in Singapore, would visit him most often, and Krishnan would often maintain a cheerful demeanour while trying to hide his sadness to avoid making Mohana said.
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neck, due to the fact that the victim Packiria struggled and resisted while Krishnan tried to restrain him, and during the struggle, Krishnan stabbed him without noticing, and he left the room after the scuffle between him and Packiria.
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for murdering Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy back in 1984. The trial was presided by two judges,
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for murdering Packiria. Although the duo lost their first
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On 11 August 1992, the Court of Appeal's three judges -
273:, Justice F A Chua (Frederick Arthur Chua) and Justice
1940:"2 hanged for helping to traffick in 1.3 kg of heroin"
1520:"3-judge decision to dismiss appeal declared invalid"
770:"Lelaki tua terbunuh dalam kejadian rompak di Jurong"
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Krishnan, who admitted to stabbing Packiria to death.
2138:"Murderer to hang after record 7 years on death row"
1820:"Confession of co-accused 'enough to convict a man'"
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178:On 27 July 1984, inside a flat at Tah Ching Road,
1190:"Accused says he was not at flat of murdered man"
558:, who were hanged on 3 April 1992 for soliciting
321:Re-hearing of appeal and Ramachandran’s acquittal
145:was murdered inside his flat at Tah Ching Road,
35:Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy, the murder victim
149:. The police managed to arrest two suspects,
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1880:"Court's decision: for better or for worse?"
1100:"Man killed with letter-opener, court told"
1340:"Two to die for murdering 74-year-old man"
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16:1984 murder of an elderly man in Singapore
2060:"PRAYS WITH A CHAIN MADE OF BREAD CRUSTS"
1640:"Dibebaskan lepas 5 tahun menanti 'mati'"
1610:"Man on death row freed after five years"
1040:"Two men face separate charges of murder"
1250:"Two accused give conflicting evidence"
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2318:"'I hoped he would be like a brother'"
595:53rd person to be executed under the
345:for murdering Packiria back in 1984.
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313:, Justice Goh Joon Seng and Justice
166:1994 after spending seven years on
2434:Malaysian people of Indian descent
890:"Old man stabbed to death at home"
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2238:from the original on 20 July 2023
630:List of major crimes in Singapore
2419:Malaysian people executed abroad
1280:"印族老翁被杀案两被告答辩 他们无意要杀死者 目的只在抢劫财物"
2404:Deaths by stabbing in Singapore
2394:Capital punishment in Singapore
1676:(in Chinese). 27 October 1992.
1556:(in Chinese). 21 October 1992.
1466:(in Chinese). 11 January 1991.
625:Capital punishment in Singapore
444:Hawker stall assistant (former)
1730:"Urgent reforms system needed"
1586:(in Chinese). 11 August 1992.
1076:(in Chinese). 6 January 1986.
1016:(in Chinese). 28 August 1984.
986:(in Chinese). 28 August 1984.
950:"Labourer charged with murder"
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2264:(in Chinese). 15 April 1994.
2204:(in Chinese). 15 April 1994.
2174:(in Chinese). 16 April 1994.
1760:"Dealing with judicial error"
1646:(in Malay). 27 October 1992.
1436:(in Chinese). 14 April 1989.
1316:(in Chinese). 30 April 1987.
1286:(in Chinese). 29 April 1987.
1226:(in Chinese). 29 April 1987.
1166:(in Chinese). 28 April 1987.
1136:(in Chinese). 27 April 1987.
656:(in Chinese). 30 April 1987.
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141:On 27 July 1984, 74-year-old
2439:Indian diaspora in Singapore
2424:Violence against men in Asia
2348:"'I can't forget his death'"
2126:(in Chinese). 13 April 1994.
1856:(in Chinese). 4 April 1995.
866:(in Chinese). 28 July 1984.
836:(in Chinese). 28 July 1984.
806:(in Chinese). 29 July 1984.
1580:"我国有史以来第一次 一法官退休三司上诉庭判决变无效"
533:before they were executed.
143:Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy
45:Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy
23:Packiria Pillai Krishnasamy
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2030:"TALKING TO HIS NEIGHBOUR"
1550:"上诉庭重审两死囚上诉案 一人无罪释放一人维持原判"
1430:"本欲抢劫却酿命案 死刑犯上诉辩称不知同伙身藏利器"
1406:(in Chinese). 4 May 1987.
776:(in Malay). 29 July 1984.
2389:1984 murders in Singapore
1790:"CASE THAT LED TO RULING"
1370:"Bunuh: Dua dihukum mati"
1310:"涉嫌谋财害命被告辩称 原本无意杀人谁知死者反抗"
800:"谋财害命？ 老翁身中4刀惨死4千元财物不翼而飞"
603:Fate of Packiria's family
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269:by three judges: Justice
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2288:"'He was like a thamby'"
2228:"Drug trafficker hanged"
1850:"女死囚问吊前问丈夫： 如果有来生还肯娶我吗？"
1376:(in Malay). 1 May 1987.
290:Motion to re-open appeal
406:15 April 1994 (aged 29)
2202:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
1700:"CASE CREATED HISTORY"
1014:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
864:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
654:新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao)
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556:Ronald Tan Chong Ngee
285:Second appeal process
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2262:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
2172:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
2090:"The sound of death"
1854:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
1826:. 19 February 1994.
1796:. 19 February 1994.
1674:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
1584:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
1554:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
1464:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
1434:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
1404:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
1314:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
1284:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
1224:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
1164:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
1134:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
1074:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
984:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
834:联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao)
804:联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)
425:Execution by hanging
257:First appeal process
151:Ramachandran Suppiah
2384:Murder in Singapore
2000:"HIDES HIS SADNESS"
1766:. 29 October 1992.
1736:. 5 November 1992.
1616:. 27 October 1992.
1010:"塔景路组屋命案 一西马青年被控谋杀"
830:"抱病在家惨遭毒手74岁泥水匠被刺死"
597:Misuse of Drugs Act
421:Cause of death
261:In April 1989, the
82:Cause of death
56:Straits Settlements
1764:The Business Times
1526:. 12 August 1992.
1460:"行窃杀人被判死刑两大马人上诉失败"
1400:"印老汉遭谋财害命两同族青年判死刑"
1046:. 7 January 1986.
956:. 29 August 1984.
926:. 29 August 1984.
494:Murder (one count)
486:Murder (one count)
460:C Hulamba (mother)
247:sentenced to death
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2258:"拥毒新条文下定罪 毒贩今早正法"
2234:. 16 April 1994.
2232:The Straits Times
2144:. 13 April 1994.
1944:The Straits Times
1886:. 17 April 1994.
1884:The Straits Times
1824:The Straits Times
1794:The Straits Times
1734:The Straits Times
1614:The Straits Times
1524:The Straits Times
1494:The Straits Times
1344:The Straits Times
1256:. 30 April 1987.
1254:The Straits Times
1196:. 29 April 1987.
1194:The Straits Times
1106:. 28 April 1987.
1104:The Straits Times
1044:The Straits Times
980:"塔景路组屋命案大马青年被控谋杀"
954:Singapore Monitor
924:The Straits Times
894:The Straits Times
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