girl for ransom on Christmas Day of 2003. Both men were each sentenced to life imprisonment and three strokes of the cane in September of the following year. 16 years after his sentencing, Chua died in prison at age 58 due to suicide. Leong Siew Chor, who was executed for having strangled his Chinese girlfriend to death before butchering her body into seven pieces. Chia Kee Chen, a businessman sentenced to death for the cold-blooded and violent murder of his wife's former boyfriend. See also China–Singapore relations Singapore-Taiwan relations List of common Chinese surnames in Singapore Chinese folk religion in Southeast Asia Thai Chinese Cambodian Chinese Burmese Chinese Laotian Chinese Vietnamese Chinese Malaysian Chinese Indonesian Chinese Bruneian Chinese Filipino-Chinese Korean Chinese Notes References Citations Sources Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods The Straits Times, 28 April 2006, p. 15, Prime section 新加坡华文知识分子角色的演变 (Changing role of the Chinese Intellectuals in Singapore), Lianhe Zaobao, 14 March 1999 新加坡华人族谱的价值与缺憾 (Values of Singaporean Chinese genealogy records) Further reading External links Buddhist and Pali College Theravada Buddhism Studies in Chinese Group (TBSC) Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods Nine Emperor Gods Project 2003 speech by Lee Hsien Loong on Teochews Research Center for Overseas Chinese at National University of Singapore Singapore Chinese Heritage Center Singapore Huayi Net Singapore Chinese Teachers' Union Singapore Chinese Development Assistance Council Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ethnic groups in Singapore