SINGAPORE — 1985 · Murder
The Nurdin Nguan Song case
SolvedSources: CLast updated: 14 October 2026
On 13 November 1985, 33-year-old Nurdin Nguan Song was killed in an armed attack by two assailants at a hotel on Singapore's Waterloo Street. Following the trial, one of the assailants was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death; the other pleaded to a lesser charge in place of intentional homicide and received a 23-year prison sentence.
- Date
- 1985
- Place
- Waterloo Street, Singapore, SG
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 1.2990, 103.8530 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 1985The killing took place (November 13)
- 1986The assailants were apprehended
- 1987Court ruling: death sentence and 23 years in prison
Sources
- Court Records
- Contemporary Press Archive
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