SINGAPORE. BODY PARTS CASE: LEONG'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DISMISSED

Singapore's Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by Leong Siew Chor against the death sentence received for murder. The former factory supervisor was convicted of butchering his lover, 22-year-old Chinese national Liu Hong Mei, and sentenced to death by the High Court. Liu's dismembered body parts were found along the Kallang River in June 2005.