Lee Kim Lai

Lee Kim Lai (1960-25 April 1978) was a police officer who was murdered on 25 April 1978 for his service revolver by three men. A serving Police National Serviceman, he was performing police sentry duty at the Police Reserve Unit 1 base of the Singapore Police Force at Mount Vernon when he was abducted from the front gate and forced into a taxi. The policeman's body was later found with multiple stab wounds in the abandoned taxi, the driver of which was also killed.

Background

Ong Chin Hock, Yeo Ching Boon and Ong Hwee Kuan, all aged 20, were childhood friends since their days in Tu Li Primary School. Ong Chin Hock left school in primary three, and began working as an odd job labourer, a hawker assistant, and a construction worker until his enlistment for National Service in the army. Yeo Ching Boon was expelled from Tu Li Secondary School when he was in Secondary Three after a fight, and worked as a stock handler for three months before he was sacked for fighting. He then worked as a fitter and a wireman before he was enlisted with the Singapore Police Force for his National Service, where he was posted to the Police Reserve Unit 1 base.

Ong Hwee Kuan, a school drop-out at age 12 after repeatedly failing his Entrance Examination in 1972, has worked as a painter and an odd job labourer. He has been involved in petty crimes with other members of the "18 group" of Sio Kun Tong, a secret society....
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