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25-year-old man arrested over man’s death in Bishan flat

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[UPDATED 12:30pm on 25 Sept 2016: Murder charge added]

A 25-year-old man arrested over the death of a 61-year-old man in a Bishan flat will be charged in court on Monday for murder, police said in an update on Sunday (25 Sept).

in an earlier statement, the police said that at about 8.20pm on Saturday (24 Sept) they received a call for assistance at Block 152B Bishan Street 11.

Upon arrival, they found a 61-year-old man lying motionless. Paramedics at the scene pronounced him dead at 9pm.

According to local media reports, the men were understood to be father and son.

The offence of murder under Section 302(1) of the Penal Code, Chapter 224, carries the death penalty.