Kisan Quek Lee Eng

A ranar 9 ga Mayu 1974, a gidan surukarta ta Upper Perak Road, mai shekaru 53 **Quek Lee Eng** (郭丽英 Guō Lìyīng; kuma an rubuta shi Kwek Lee Eng), wanda ake kira **Quek Sock Khing** (郭叔卿 Guō Shūqīng), surukarta mai shekaru 44 **Sim Joo Keow** (沈如 Shěn Rújiāo) ta maƙure shi don takaddamar kudi, kafin Simen ta ragargaza gawar Quek a cikin gida da sassa daban-daban na ƙasashe a Singapore. An gano mutuwar Quek tare da gano ƙafafunta a cikin gidan wanka na masallaci a kan Aljunied Road, kuma ƙarin ganin jini yana gudana daga kwalban ƙasa a gidan Sim (inda Sim ya ɓoye jikin wanda aka azabtar) ya sa aka kama Sim kuma aka tuhume shi da kisan kai. Daga bisani aka yanke wa Sim hukuncin kisa da kuma haifar da bacewar shaidu, kuma saboda haka aka yanke masa hukuncin shekaru goma a kurkuku a ranar 27 ga Janairun 1975. 

## Bacewar Quek
A ranar 9 ga Mayu 1974, Quek Lee Eng mai shekaru 53, shugaban ƙungiyar tontine kuma matar wani attajiri mai sayar da tufafi na gida Sim Keng Soy (mai shekaru 54 a shekara ta 1974), an gan ta ta ta ƙarshe tana barin gidan surukarta, kuma ba ta koma gidanta na Pheng Geck a Sennett Estate har zuwa dare ba. A sakamakon haka, Quek ta ɓace daga iyalinta, waɗanda ƙoƙarin da suka yi na gano ta ya haɗu da gazawar.

A matsayin wani ɓangare na binciken da suka yi game da bacewar Quek, 'yan sanda sun yi hira da dangin Quek. Ɗaya daga cikinsu shi ne Sim Joo Keow, mahaifiyar yara shida mai shekaru 44 kuma uwar gida ce da ta auri ƙaramin ɗan'uwan Quek. Saboda gidanta shine wurin da Quek ya yi niyya na karshe kafin ta ɓace, an kira Sim a matsayin shaida don yin tambayoyi. Sim ya gaya wa 'yan sanda cewa a ranar da Quek ya ɓace, Quek da Sim sun haɗu a tashar bas kuma sun shirya saduwa da mutum na uku don warware wasu batutuwan kuɗi. Koyaya, a tashar bas, mota tare da namiji da mace ta ja, kuma Quek ya shiga motar shi kaɗai yayin da Sim ya ki, kafin motar kanta ta tafi tare da Quek a ciki, kuma Sim ta yi iƙirarin cewa shi ne karo na ƙarshe da ta ga Quek kafin ta ɓace.

Yayinda 'yan sanda ke binciken ta, 'yarta Quek Pek Hiah (郭́ Guō Bìxiá) ta katse Sim, wacce ta bukaci mahaifiyarta ta faɗi gaskiya, kuma kamar yadda ya faru, Sim a baya ta gaya wa 'yarta wani labari daban game da abin da ya faru da Quek. An ce Sim ya ba da nau'o'i biyu daban-daban na abin da ya faru da Quek; daya daga cikinsu shine asusun da Sim ya ba 'yan sanda kuma ya ba da labarin ga 'yarta da yawa a baya, ɗayan kuma, wanda aka ba da labarin kafin binciken' yan sanda, shi ne cewa Quek ya zo gidan Sim tare da ma'aurata, kuma a can, Quek ya yi jayayya da ma'auratan kan wasu batutuwan kuɗi, kuma Sim ta ce ta ga mutumin ta amfani da wuka don yanka Quek a fuska, kuma ta yi ƙoƙarin shiga tsakani. Sim ta ce ta gudu daga gidanta bayan wannan, amma a lokacin da ta dawo, ba a ga Quek a ko'ina ba. Ko ta yaya, mai binciken 'yan sanda ya lura da asusun daban-daban da Sim ya bayar game da inda Quek ya kasance na ƙarshe, kuma ya nemi a bincika gidan haya na Sim mai hawa biyu a Upper Perak Road (wanda ke cikin Jalan Besar na yanzu). Koyaya, mai binciken bai sami wani abu mai tuhuma ba, kuma Quek ya kasance an rarraba shi a matsayin mutumin da ya ɓace tun daga lokacin.

## Binciken sassan jiki

A ranar 11 ga Mayu 1974, 'yan sanda sun amsa wani rahoto game da mummunan binciken da aka samu a gidan wanka na jama'a a wani Masallaci da ke Aljunied Road. Mutumin da ba a san shi ba ya sanar da 'yan sanda a cikin rahoton cewa ya gano kafafu biyu da aka yanke a cikin bayan gida kanta. Farfesa Chao Tzee Cheng, babban likitan likitan cututtuka, an kira shi zuwa wurin kuma bayan ya bincika sassan jikin, ya tabbatar da cewa ƙafafun da aka yanke na mace ne, kuma ana iya yanke su kasa da awanni 24 da suka gabata. 'Yan sanda sun yi zargin cewa waɗannan ƙafafun suna da alaƙa da bacewar Quek Lee Eng, wanda ya ɓace na kwana biyu a lokacin da aka gano mummunan.

A ranar da aka gano ƙafafun, Sim Joo Keow ta kira mijinta Quek Huang Phoew (郭方标 Guō Fāngbiāo) kuma ta nemi ya koma gida. A cewar mijin Sim, lokacin da ya isa gida, sai ya ga jini yana gudana a cikin kwalban tukwane a cikin gidansa, kuma ya ga tarin kwari da ke kewaye da kwalban, kuma ya kuma ɗauki ƙanshin da ke fitowa daga kwalban. Lokacin da 'yan sanda suka isa gidan, wanda shine wurin karshe na Quek kafin ta ɓace, sun kuma yi mamakin mummunan ƙanshin, kuma sun kama Sim a matsayin wanda ake zargi. Har ila yau, 'yan sanda sun bincika gidan kuma an gano jikin mutum na sama, wanda aka lullube shi cikin jaka na filastik daga shagon sashen Yaohan, a cikin kwalba ta ƙasa a ƙasa. Hakazalika, an gano wani ƙananan jikin da aka ɓoye a cikin wani tukunya na yumɓu da ke hawa na biyu, amma ba a sami kai da hannayen wanda aka azabtar a cikin gidan ba. Daga baya aka tabbatar da jikin sama da na ƙasa su zama na Quek, kuma an gano kafafu a matsayin kafafu na Quek. An yi hasashen cewa Quek ta yi gwagwarmaya kafin mutuwarta, bisa ga raunin da aka samu a jikinta da aka gano.

Bayan kama ta, Sim ya ruwaito yana so ya fito da tsabta kuma ya gaya wa 'yan sanda cewa ta kashe Quek,  kuma ta jagoranci jami'an zuwa wurare daban-daban inda ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta zubar da sauran sassan jikin. Bayan bincike a kusa da Kogin Kallang, 'yan sanda sun gano wani sashi dauke da makamai da aka yanke kuma an yanke kan Quek Lee Eng mai shekaru 53 a gefen kogin. Har ma Sim ta jagoranci 'yan sanda zuwa gidan wanka na gidanta, inda ake zargin ta yanka jikin Quek a cikin ɓangarori bayan ta kashe ta, kodayake Sufeto Daniel Tan ya lura cewa gidan wanka yana da tsabta ba tare da jini ba kuma ba shi da alamun wari a ciki. 'Yan sanda sun gano tufafin Quek, jakar hannu da takalmin nama da Sim ya yi amfani da shi don yanke jikin, kuma an sake rarraba bacewar Quek a matsayin kisan kai. Bayan dawo da dukkan sassan jikin Quek, an ƙone su bayan jana'izar a Poh Kark See Crematorium a Sembawang a ranar 16 ga Mayu 1974, kuma dangi da yawa, gami da jikokin Quek, sun halarci jana'izar. Babban taron masu kallo sun kuma kalli motar gawawwakin da ke dauke da gawar Quek kafin a ƙone ta.

A ranar 13 ga Mayu 1974, an tuhumi Sim Joo Keow mai shekaru 44 da kisan Quek Lee Eng a kotun gundumar,   kuma majistare David Gerald ya ba da umarnin cewa ya kamata a tsare Sim a hannun 'yan sanda don taimakawa' yan sanda a binciken su.  Lokacin da Sim ta sake bayyana bayan mako guda a kotu don fuskantar takardar cajin, taron mutane sama da 500 sun taru a Kotun Koli ta Singapore don ganin Sim, bayan shari'arta ta zama babban labari kuma ta girgiza jama'a. An umarci Sim da a tsare shi a Asibitin Woodbridge don kimantawa a ranar 3 ga Yuni 1974,   kuma an tsawaita wannan umarnin a mako guda bayan haka.  

Bayan bincike na farko na kwana biyu, an yi wa Sim shari'a a ranar da ta biyo baya don kisan kai a ranar 31 ga Yuli 1974, kuma an bayar da rahoton cewa an gabatar da shaidu sama da 170 yayin sauraron. Idan aka same shi da laifin kisan kai, za a yanke wa Sim hukuncin kisa a karkashin Sashe na 302 na Dokar Shari'a.

## ikirarin Sim Joo Keow
Bayan kama ta saboda mutuwar Quek Lee Eng, Sim Joo Keow ta yarda da kashe surukarta kan batun kudi. Wadannan sune hukuma game da abin da ya faru, bisa ga ikirarin Sim da shaidar da 'yan sanda suka tattara.

Bincike ya nuna cewa Sim da Quek sun raba kyakkyawar dangantaka kafin kisan, kuma Sim ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Tontine (tare da akalla wasu mutane goma) da Quek ya kafa. Tsarin tontine wani nau'i ne na makircin kudi inda mahalarta za su ba da gudummawar rabon kuɗin su ga makircin tontine kuma su karɓi rabon shekara-shekara na kuɗin da aka raba tsakanin su, kuma yayin da masu biyan kuɗi suka mutu ɗaya bayan ɗaya, za a rarraba rabon su tsakanin sauran membobin da suka sami ƙarin biyan kuɗi, kuma wannan makircin ƙarshe ya ƙare tare da mutuwar wanda ya tsira na ƙarshe, ko kuma wanda ya tsira ya sami duk kuɗin. Sim za ta ba da gudummawa a kai a kai ga makircin kuma ta sami rabonta na biyan kuɗi.[1]

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