Renovation firm director who skipped town for Johor charged with murder of fellow director at Beach Road
Published November 19, 2022
Updated November 19, 2022
Caleb Joshua Chai Shanmugam (centre) was handed over from the Royal Malaysia Police to the Singapore Police Force on Nov 16, 2022.
A 50-year-old man who skipped town and fled to Malaysia was charged on Friday (Nov 18) with the murder of a 27-year-old woman.
Caleb Joshua Chai Shanmugam, a Singaporean, is accused of murdering his victim, Ang Qi Ying, on Nov 9 at about 7pm in a shop along Beach Road, court documents stated.
Official records show that Chai and Ang were both directors at Smart Click Services, a renovation firm they started in October last year.
The police on Wednesday said that they were first alerted to a case of unnatural death at a shop along Beach Road on Nov 13.
Upon arrival, police officers found the woman's body within the premises of the shop and paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.
