Man, 56, dead after fight at Chin Swee Road; three men arrested
Aqil Hamzah
The Straits Times
Nov 8, 2025
A 56-year-old man died in the hospital after being involved in a fight in Chin Swee Road early on Nov 8.
In response to queries, the police said they received a call for assistance at Block 51 Chin Swee Road at about 3.10am.
When they arrived, the man was found lying injured outside his unit, and was unconscious when he was taken to the hospital.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said the man was taken to Singapore General Hospital.
The Straits Times understands that he had been stabbed.
The police said three men, aged between 36 and 59, were arrested for their suspected involvement in the case.
Preliminary investigations showed the four people were involved in a dispute, which resulted in a fight.
The case has been classified as murder, and the police are investigating.
According to information on the Housing Board's website, the residential block comprises rental units. Based on checks on property portal EdgeProp, the building has 328 units, all of which are one-room flats.
When ST arrived at the block at about 1.45pm, the police had cordoned off flats from the 15th floor to the 19th floor.
Resident Chua Chai Thiam, 67, who lives on the 15th floor, said he heard a group of men shouting between 1am and 2am on Nov 8.
Mr Chua said he did not recognise anyone in the group.
"It was quite scary. I've lived here for over 10 years and I have never seen anything like this before."
Another resident, 47-year-old Suresh, who lives on the 17th floor, said he heard two men hurling Hokkien profanities at each other at about 2am.
"It was very noisy, they sounded very angry," he said, adding that he thought it was a family dispute. At about 2pm, police officers were seen placing evidence markers next to blood stains along the 19th floor corridor.
This is the sixth reported murder in 2025 and comes barely two weeks after an Indonesian national killed his wife in a Chinatown hotel room. She is believed to have been stabbed with a knife.
Knife-related incidents were noted by the police to have increased in the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2024.
Their mid-year crime brief, released on Aug 26, showed there were 75 knife-related incidents, up from 59 in the first half of 2024.
In general, physical crime had risen, with 10,341 cases reported from January to June, marking a 5.4 per cent increase from the 9,809 cases reported during the same period the previous year.
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Additional reporting by Nadine Chua
