DEATH OF MADAM KOH AH KHIAO

Parliament of Singapore · 18 January 1996 · 8th Parliament

Official Report, 18 January 1996, Vol 65, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Cheo Chai ChenTeo Chee Hean
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Mr Cheo Chai Chen asked the Minister for the Environment for the facts surrounding the death of a woman, Madam Koh Ah Khiao, on 25th July 1967 while the dumping of refuse was being carried out by his Ministry's vehicles in the vicinity of Lorong Ragam in Tampines.

RAdm Teo Chee Hean: The case referred to by the Member of Parliament goes back 28 years, before my Ministry was formed. We managed, however, to trace the Coroner's report dated 1st September 1967 relating to the death of a Madam Koh Ho Keow whose body was found at Tampines Dumping Ground on 30th August 1967. According to the report the cause of death was "unascertainable - body decomposed".

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 18 January 1996. Republished on SGParliament.