Murder of Annie Ee (original) (raw)

Annie Ee Yu Lian (余玉莲 Yú Yùlián; c. 1988 – 13 April 2015) was a Singaporean waitress who was cruelly abused for eight months before she died on 13 April 2015 at the age of 26. Ee's abusers were her 31-year-old childhood friend Tan Hui Zhen (陈惠珍 Chén Huìzhēn) and Tan's 38-year-old husband Pua Hak Chuan (潘学泉 Pān Xuéquán), who were both her flatmates in the couple's four-room Woodlands flat. The physical abuse lasted for eight months from August 2014 to the date of Ee's death. The cause of death was certified to be acute fat embolism as a result of the beatings Ee received from Tan and Pua. It was also revealed that Annie Ee had an intellectual disability, which was one of the factors (besides the cruelty and extent of injuries) behind the public outcry against the couple.