Megan Khung Yu Wai (江雨惠 Jiāng Yǔhuì; 4 October 2015 – ) was a four-year-old Singaporean girl who was allegedly killed by her mother Foo Li Ping (符丽萍 Fǔ Lìpíng; alias Chloe Foo) and Foo's boyfriend Wong Shi Xiang (王世祥 Wáng Shìxiáng) in February 2020. Three months after her death, Khung's body was burned and disposed of by the couple, who enlisted the help of a third accomplice Nouvelle Chua Ruo Shi (蔡偌诗 Cài Ruòshī) to assist them in disposing of the corpse.
However, Khung's death went unnoticed until five months later, when authorities first got wind of her death upon the submission of a missing person's report by the little girl's grandmother on 20 July 2020. The police managed to arrest all three suspects within less than a week, and on 25 July 2020, both Foo and Wong were charged with murder, while Chua was indicted for disposal of the girl's corpse. Currently, all three suspects were awaiting trial for the roles they played in the girl's alleged murder.
Background
Megan Khung Yu Wai, the first and only child of her parents Simon Khung (江伟南 Jiāng Wěinán) and Foo Li Ping, was born in Singapore on 4 October 2015. Khung's father, who had an older brother, had gone to prison thrice from 2015 to 2019 for drug consumption. When Khung was about eighteen or nineteen months old, her parents, who were married on 12 May 2015, divorced more than a year after they were married.
After her parents' divorce, Khung's mother, who gained custody of the girl, began a relationship with Wong Shi Xiang, and went to live with him. Khung was cared for by her maternal grandmother, who doted on her granddaughter and shared a close relationship with her. Subsequently, Foo wanted to bring her daughter to live together with her and Wong. Khung's grandmother, who strongly disapproved of her daughter's relationship with Wong, objected to Foo bringing her granddaughter away, and Khung herself also did not want to stay with her mother. Still, Foo went ahead with the arrangement, and left with her daughter in September 2019. Afterwards, Foo cut off all contact with her mother, ex-husband and former-in-laws. The girl's father and paternal relatives had requested that they take care of the girl but had their requests rejected by Foo, who insisted on raising Khung herself.
Khung's death and disappearance
On 20 July 2020, after months of not seeing her granddaughter, Megan Khung's grandmother, who sensed that something was wrong, made a missing persons report to the police. Earlier on, Khung's grandmother received a letter about her daughter's hospitalization from 29 June to 3 July 2020, in addition to an ominous dream about her grandchild, and these signs made her suspicious about Khung's disappearance. Khung's paternal uncle and other family members of her father's side were also beginning to suspect something was wrong.
Four days later, after the police established that the girl was no longer alive, Foo Li Ping and her boyfriend Wong Shi Xiang were both arrested and expected to be charged with murder. It was revealed through first-hand information that the girl was allegedly killed at the couple's condominium at Lim Ah Woo Road, Paya Lebar in February 2020, and the couple sought the help of a friend three months later in May 2020, and disposed of the child's corpse by burning it in a metal barrel at Paya Ubi Industrial Park (Wong's former workplace). The friend who abetted the disposal of Khung's body was also arrested as well.
Altogether, three suspects were arrested for Khung's alleged murder.
Criminal charges
On 25 July 2020, five days after their arrests, 33-year-old Wong Shi Xiang and 24-year-old Foo Li Ping were both charged with murder in relation to the death of four-year-old Megan Khung Yu Wai. Under the Penal Code, offenders convicted of murder would face the death penalty. The third suspect, 30-year-old Nouvelle Chua Ruo Shi, was charged with assisting the couple to dispose of the little girl's corpse. The charge of disposing of a corpse to prevent detection of an offence carried a sentence of up to seven years' imprisonment. Additionally, Wong also faced seven other unrelated charges, including drug consumption, drug possession, methamphetamine trafficking in November 2018, and possessing two Samurai swords. He was also charged with assaulting a man in November 2018 by hitting and kicking him several times.