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Starved, beaten: Singaporean gets life imprisonment for murdering sister

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The victim, who was also chained to a toilet by Huang Bocan and two others, weighed only 27.6kg at the time of her death

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A man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for murder after being part of a group that abused his 19-year-old younger sister until she died.

Huang Bocan, who joined his girlfriend and another man in starving the victim and chaining her to a toilet, was first charged in 2021 with common intention of committing murder by causing bodily injury to Huang Baoying.

Huang, a 34-year-old Singaporean, was convicted on Thursday of committing murder by causing his younger sister’s death.

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