Overview
- Salehuddin, 41, was charged on Oct 25 with murdering a 38-year-old woman at the Capri by Fraser China Square hotel on Oct 24.
- He appeared in court via video link, had the charge read in Bahasa by an interpreter, and asked to be prosecuted in Indonesia.
- Police say he went to Bukit Merah East Neighbourhood Police Centre at about 7.40am to report he had killed his wife before officers found her motionless in a hotel room.
- Paramedics pronounced the woman dead at the scene, and he faces the death penalty if convicted of murder in Singapore.
- CNA reports the couple are Indonesian and that the woman had been stabbed, while Frasers Hospitality says it is cooperating as investigators collected evidence at the hotel.