By Selina Lum
CHINESE national Wang Zhejian, 44, was yesterday committed to stand trial for three murders and one attempted murder in Yishun three years ago.
It was the first time that Wang was charged with the murder of 36-year-old Yang Jie.
He had earlier been accused of murdering 41-year-old Zhang Meng and her daughter Feng Jianyu, 17, as well as trying to murder Ms Yang's 15-year-old daughter, who is not being named as she is a minor. The two women and two teenagers, who were all from China, lived together in a rented flat in Yishun Avenue 11, where the crimes were said to have taken place between the night of Sept 18 and the early hours of Sept 19 in 2008.
According to past reports, the bodies of Ms Zhang and her daughter were discovered that day by police in a bedroom. The other teenager, who was 13 at the time, was found with serious injuries in the kitchen toilet. Ms Yang was found dead at the foot of the block.
Yesterday, at the preliminary inquiry into the case, witness statements, medical and forensic reports as well as more than 400 exhibits were admitted for use in the trial.
The 15-year-old girl was among the witnesses who were in court to sign an undertaking to testify at the trial. She looked relaxed and had a slight smile but did not make eye contact with the man alleged to have murdered her mother and flatmates. The accused remained calm during the proceedings.
