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SINGAPORE: A 14-year-old teenager was arrested for his alleged role in the murder of his 49-year-old father, police said on Friday (December 11).
Police received a call for assistance on Friday around 10:10 am at a residential unit along Flora Road in the Loyang area. Upon arrival, officers found the man injured and immobile, police said.
The man was unconscious when he was taken to Changi General Hospital, where he later died.
Police added that the teenager was arrested at the scene and will be charged in court later Friday with murder.
Police investigations are ongoing.
The crime of murder carries the death penalty.
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, if a person who has been convicted of a crime was under the age of 18 at the time the crime was committed, a death sentence should not be passed or recorded, and should be sentenced to chain life. incarceration instead.
