The police here are working with the Indonesian authorities in relation to the case involving two elderly couple who were murdered at their Bedok Reservoir flat last week.

“The police are aware that the Indonesian suspect has been detained by the Indonesian authorities. We are currently working with the Indonesian authorities to facilitate our investigations into the murder case ...” a Singapore police spokesperson said on Thursday (June 29).

Earlier, the Indonesian police said that the domestic helper arrested for her alleged role in murdering the couple, who were her employers, will not be sent back to Singapore.

However, they pledged to work with their Singaporean counterparts to solve the matter.

“The case involving suspect Khasanah is being handled by the Police Criminal Investigation Unit, she will not be sent back to Singapore based on the principle of Personaliteit,” national police spokesman Setyo Wasisto told TODAY. “We will work together with the Singapore Police Force on this case.”

Personaliteit is a legal principle which states that any Indonesian arrested in the country for a crime committed overseas must be processed in Indonesia, instead of being sent to the jurisdiction where the crime took place.

Indonesian national Khasanah, 40, was arrested at a hotel in Jambi province in central Sumatra after she allegedly killed her two elderly employers in Singapore and fled for Indonesia via Batam.

Khasanah, who is currently being held at the West Tanjung Jabung police station, had reportedly confessed to the double murder.

Both Indonesia and Singapore have signed an extradition treaty in 2007 and Defence Cooperation Agreement as part of a package in 2007, but the Indonesian parliament has yet to ratify the agreements.

The two nations are also party to the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) Treaty Amongst Like-minded Asean Member States, under which, among others, member countries are allowed to question suspects held in partner countries.

On June 21, the bodies of the couple, Chia Ngim Fong, 79, and his wife Chin Sek Fah, 78, were discovered in their Bedok Reservoir Road home. AGENCIES WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY EILEEN NG

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