About this episode

This episode revisits the Kallang River Body Parts Murder case from 2005, detailing the police investigation and the events surrounding the gruesome discovery.

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support through our latest season of Heinous. The team is taking a break to retool and recharge so that we can come back with even more new heinous cases. But in the meantime, we will be releasing full versions of some our most popular stories to tide you over. // On the morning of 16 June, 2005, a cleaner was making his usual rounds along the banks of the Kallang River in Singapore when he spotted something odd in the water. At first, he dismissed it as just another piece of thrash, but when he picked it up, a severed torso fell out, leaving him in complete shock.  Part 1 - We follow the police investigation as they look into the grisly findings along the Kallang River, and its connections to a Chinese migrant named Liu Hong Mei, and her illicit lover Leong Siew Chor.  Part 2 - We dive deeper into the motive for the gruesome murder, and relay the events as they happened on that fateful June day in 2005. FYI we have just started a YouTube channel where you can watch these Heinous stories: https://www.youtube.com/@GrimAsia_1UpMedia Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our…

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• true crime
• Kallang River
• Singapore
• gruesome findings
• police investigation

Keywords

• Kallang River
• murder
• true crime
• Singapore
• police investigation
• Liu Hong Mei
• Leong Siew Chor
• body parts
• 2005

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Kallang River, Singapore

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