While Singapore is known to be one of the safest countries in the world, it’s not usually this way. Visit the site where a gunfight broke out between the police officers and one of the famous gangsters from yesteryears at this crime, vice and murder walking trail. Walk down Queenstown and relive the history of some of the cases that happened between the 1950s and 1970s. Queenstown was an “up and coming town” full of crime and murder, and kidnapping and robbery were the norms back then.
Some infamous figures back in the day include Oh Kim Kee, a serial kidnapper and Lim Ban Lim, a gangster and outlaw who murdered a police officer and stole at least $2.5 million before he was shot dead. This tour also invites you to look into some of the cases that happened including the murder of Madam Loh Lai Soh.