SINGAPORE ¨C Early one October morning in 1969, Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain. He had been stabbed to death, police said, in what became one of the country¡¯s most notorious gang killings.
After more than 50 years on the run, one of the men wanted for the murder, Tan Tong Meng, died of a heart attack in Denmark last month, according to former police detectives, online tributes and media reports.
The death of one of Singapore¡¯s most high-profile gangsters, and memories of the brazen 1969 mob hit, have revived interest in the city-state¡¯s history as a wellspring for organized crime ¡ª and surprised younger residents with no knowledge of that past in what is now regarded as one of the world¡¯s safest cities.
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