Malaysian who evaded arrest for 30 years after killing colleague jailed


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 16 Jul 2019

SINGAPORE (ANN): A Malaysian odd-job worker who killed a colleague in 1986 in a fight over $1,000 (RM3,025) evaded arrest for 30 years, and even returned to Singapore a few times over the years, the High Court was told yesterday.

In 2006, with technological advances, Arumugam Veerasamy was linked to the crime through his fingerprints left on a beer bottle.

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