family, who all made a living as fishermen. They also lived about 300m away from where Tan was murdered. According to her elder brother and father, Tan was an obedient woman who would often sail out to sea with her father to catch fish, and additionally, after the death of her eldest sister, Tan began to take care of her sister's three children everyday after she finished fishing. Tan's youngest brother also stated that at the time of Tan's death, the Tan family were supposed to finalize their plans to move to a HDB flat at Hougang within a few days in view of the upcoming redevelopment of their kampong. Reportedly, Tan's parents were devastated at the death of their daughter and hoped that the killer can be caught, and Tan's father also went to pray at the temple in hopes that the case could be solved soon. Arrest and murder charge Lim's arrest in Malaysia On 22 March 1991, about five months after the brutal murder of Tan Hui Ngin, a 30-year-old Singaporean was arrested at a farm in Batu Pahat, Johor by the Royal Malaysia Police in connection to Tan's killing, and he was handed over to the Singaporean police at the Woodlands Checkpoint. The Singapore Police Force sent a public message to show their gratitude to the Malaysian police for helping to nab the suspect. The man, who worked as a carpenter, was also revealed to be a childhood friend of Tan, and he had apparently confessed to killing Tan due to an alleged monetary dispute between him and the murder victim. The suspect, whose name was Lim Lye Hock, was charged with murder on 23 March 1991. Background of Lim Lim Lye Hock, born in 1960, grew up in the same kampong as Tan Hui Ngin and they became friends from a young age. Lim gradually fell in love with Tan and they slowly formed an intimate relationship, before they broke up in 1983 and Lim later met another woman, and married her in March 1989. Still, Lim continued to meet Tan and they constantly had sex with one another. Eventually, Lim moved out of the kampong and went to live in Yishun, but he maintained contact with Tan and continued to have sex with her. According to his wife Tee Guat Kiyau (张月娇 Zhāng Yuèjiāo) and stepbrother Chng Soon Huat, Lim was often violent and