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A judge in the Magistrates’ Court of Cieza, which is overseeing this case, noted what the suspect wore on the evening of Apr 9 when Ms Fang was last seen, and when he returned a few hours later.
Closed-circuit television cameras at the hotel where Ong was staying captured the 43-year-old leaving at around 5.45pm while dressed in a hoodie and black pants.
He returned to the hotel in the early hours of Apr 10 at around 2.06am, wearing jeans and a blue sweater. Ong, who got married in 2012 and owned several businesses in Singapore, was due to meet his Ukrainian girlfriend at the same hotel the following day, reported La Verdad.
Spanish police have proven that both Ms Fang’s and Ong’s mobile phones were together in Abanilla on the day she died, according to local newspaper Levante El Mercantil Valenciano.
It added that she was not sexually assaulted and that the two had known each other for many years.
The judge said it is inferred “without a doubt” that both Singaporeans were in the same area and in the same time slot on the day the crime was committed, based on data provided by mobile phone operators in Abanilla.
Ong is currently remanded in custody, pending investigations, and he will remain in jail as he is considered to be a flight risk and due to the seriousness of the offence.
The judge noted that Ong is a Singaporean with no roots in Spain, and has “sufficient economic capacity” to leave the country.
Both the prosecutor’s office and the Spanish lawyer hired by Ms Fang’s family, Manuel Martínez, have demanded Ong’s remand be extended.
The report by Levante El Mercantil Valenciano said there might have been an “economic motive” for the killing, adding that Ms Fang had reportedly transferred money to an unidentified third person.
Sources also told La Verdad of an “economic motive”, corroborating Levante El Mercantil Valenciano’s report, while adding that she had participated in a type of investment fund.
However, it is not ruled out that the murder was committed over a sentimental issue.
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