Father of dead twins taken back to canal where boys’ bodies were found

Singapore  – Xavier Yap Jung Houn, 48,  father of the twin boys found dead near a playground in the Upper Bukit Timah area, was taken by police to the canal where the bodies were found.

On Thursday at about 3.10pm, five police officers took Yap, 48,  to the canal where the bodies had been found last Friday evening. He was wearing a red polo t-shirt and dark blue shortts, and a surgical mask.

He had been charged on Monday with the murder of one of his sons, Ethan Yap E Chern. Ethan’s brother is Aston Yap Kai Shern.They were 11 years old.

During the half hour or so  at the canal, according to a Straits Times  report, two police officers were seen setting down  at least four arrow markers. One was  placed at the  playground near an exercise machine, another was placed in the canal, and aa third on the steps leading down to the canal.

If found guilty, Yap faces the death penalty.

The bodies of both boys were found near a playground in Greenridge Crescent on Friday evening (Jan 21). The police received a telephone call  for help and when officers arrived at the scene,  they found the boys dead./TISG

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