Singapore prosecutors withdraw murder charge; suspect gets six new charges including disposal of corpse in Felicia Teo’s death

SINGAPORE, June 27 — One-and-a-half years after he was charged with the murder of 19-year-old Felicia Teo Wei Ling who had gone missing in 2007, prosecutors today withdrew the capital charge against Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa’ee.This means that the 37-year-old, who last worked as a creative manager at gaming firm Razer, can still be prosecuted for the alleged offence in the future should new evidence emerge, for instance. The charge will be revived if that happens.

• One count of omitting to give information about Teo’s death on June 30, 2007 when he was legally bound to report a sudden or unnatural death to the police The two men are believed to have been the last to see Teo at the flat that night. The three are said to be friends and had all attended the Lasalle College of the Arts, based on their social media profiles.Today, District Judge Eugene Teo rejected arguments by Ahmad’s defence lawyer Shashi Nathan that he should be given a full acquittal on the murder charge.

In a brief impassioned speech, Nathan told the court that he was surprised his client had been charged with murder in the first place. Nathan argued: “If Ragil is so important that he is needed for to continue the murder charge, they should never have charged him and kept him on remand for 1.5 years... Who is going to pay him for the 1.5 years he sat in prison, waiting for the gallows because that was the charge he was facing?

In response, DPP Yang said Ahmad had lied to the police in 2007 and created the current “state of affairs”. The prosecutor added that time is needed to determine who the skull belongs to, and that they have sent a request to the Indonesian authorities over Ragil. As for whether a full acquittal was warranted, District Judge Teo said this was not the appropriate time to decide on that.

Those who fabricate false evidence to be used during a judicial proceeding can be jailed for up to seven years or fined. She had gotten to know Mr Ragil first, who was about the same age as her. He later introduced her to Ahmad, who was a few years older.

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