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MANILA, Philippines?Singapore police have arrested a 34-year-old Indian man in connection with the murder of 30-year-old Filipina tourist Roselyn Reyes Pascua, it was learned.
According to the Singapore police website, Pascua was found with stab wounds in her rented room at Bencoolen Street on 15 March 2010. Paramedics subsequently pronounced her dead at about 3.55 a.m. that same day.
The suspect was arrested 17 March 2010 at about 4 p.m. in the vicinity of Kitchener Road in Little India.
Police said the suspect will be charged in Subordinate Court 26 on 19 March 2010 for an offence of murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code, Chapter 224. If convicted, he faces the death penalty.
"Murder is a serious crime. We will spare no efforts to bring the perpetrator to justice. My officers have worked round the clock and left no stone unturned in their hunt for the suspect,? said Senior Assistant Commissioner Ng Boon Gay, director of the Criminal Investigation Department.
