Yishun death: 4 complaints against victim over a year

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The 26-year-old man found dead in Yishun on Saturday (9 July) had been the subject of four complaints for about a year, the police said on Monday (11 July).

The police reports were filed between April 2015 and March 2016, three of which had been filed by the mother of the suspect, the police said in a statement.

The victim was said to have died outside a HDB unit at Blk 279 at Yishun Street 22. A 20-year-old male suspect had been arrested in relation to the death, earlier media reports said.

Police described the victim as a Singaporean male, but media reports have identified him as Shawn Ignatius Rodrigues. The victim had allegedly been stalking the suspect for two years and attended the same church, the reports said.

According to the statement, three police reports involved complaints of nuisance after the deceased allegedly turned up uninvited at the suspect’s house. The fourth report, filed on 27 March 2016, was classified by police as a molestation case.

The statement did not specify who had filed the fourth report. However, the police had interviewed the suspect’s mother and that they had sent a letter to her dated 8 April 2016, “acknowledging an appeal made by them (the suspect’s family) through the MP, Mr K Shanmugam, and confirming the matter was under investigation.”

Police say the the suspect’s family had also filed a Magistrate’s Complaint against the deceased, and had made several 999 calls whenever the deceased turned up at their house.

The deceased had also filed a police report on 30 June 2015, alleging that after he turned up “in the vicinity” of the Yishun block on 23 June 2015, he was assaulted by the suspect. However, he did not pursue the matter further, police said.