(aged in his forties), who had one daughter aside from Teo, told the press that he was saddened over the death of his only son, who was the eldest of his two children. Teo's father stated that after his son dropped out of secondary school at age 13 due to his poor grades, he went to work in various jobs before Teo himself decided to join a fishery business as an employee, despite the objections by his father to be in this occupation, which Teo joined for only three weeks before his murder. Professor Chao Tzee Cheng, the senior forensic pathologist, performed an autopsy on the victims. He stated in his autopsy report that there were a total of nine stab wounds on Lee's body, and two chest wounds were the main cause of Lee's death. Professor Chao also revealed there were four knife wounds on Teo's corpse, all of which directed at his chest and penetrated his right lung, and thus caused Teo to die. He also stated that there was a cut to Teo's left finger, suggesting that Teo had put up his left hand to defend himself against his attackers. Professor Chao determined that the murders of Teo and Lee were committed by at least two or more persons unknown, given the fact that both victims, who were both of tall and huge body build, had been brutally overpowered and killed within the small confinement of Lee's little fishery office. Arrests On 5 April 1982, two years after the murders of Teo Keng Siang and Lee Cheng Tiong, the police finally had a breakthrough in their investigations, as they received information that a man suspected to be involved in the murders was residing in Singapore. Three days later, Inspector Yeo Bak Sek and his team of officers arrested the suspect, a 22-year-old Perak-born Malaysian named Beh Meng Chai, at his rented flat at Ho Ching Road. Beh was later charged with murder. Upon his arrest, Beh confessed that he was involved in the case, but he stated he was not alone in the crime. He told police that he and his two Malaysian friends Chng Meng Joo (alias Ah Yu) and Sim Min Teck, with whom he grew up in the same kampong, went to Jurong fishing port to rob Lee, who used to be Beh's employer before he left to become a welder, and Beh also