Lee Kim Lai

Lee Kim Lai (1960-25 April 1978) was a police officer who was murdered on 25 April 1978 for his service revolver by three men. A serving Police National Serviceman, he was performing police sentry duty at the Police Reserve Unit 1 base of the Singapore Police Force at Mount Vernon when he was abducted from the front gate and forced into a taxi. The policeman's body was later found with multiple stab wounds in the abandoned taxi, the driver of which was also killed.

Read more about Lee Kim Lai:  Background, The Plot, The Murders, Arrest and Investigation, Aftermath

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