Huang Na

Huang Na
Huang Na, the victim.
Born	Huang Na 26 September 1996 Putian, Fujian, China
Died	10 October 2004 (aged 8) Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Singapore
Cause of death	Murdered
Nationality	Chinese
Known for	Murder victim
Height	1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)

Huang Na (Chinese: 黄娜; pinyin: Huáng Nà, 26 September 1996 – 10 October 2004) was an eight-year-old Chinese national living at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre in Singapore, who disappeared on 10 October 2004. Her mother, the police and the community conducted a three-week-long nationwide search for her. After her body was found, many Singaporeans attended her wake and funeral, giving bai jin (contributions towards funeral expenses) and gifts. In a high-profile 14-day trial, Malaysian-born Took Leng How (卓良豪; Zhuó Liángháo), a vegetable packer at the wholesale centre, was found guilty of murdering her and hanged after an appeal and a request for presidential clemency failed.

Huang Na's father, Huang Qinrong, and mother, Huang Shuying (黄淑英), were both born in 1973 to farming families in Putian city in Fujian, China. They met in 1995 and married soon after, as Shuying was pregnant with Huang Na. In 1996, Qinrong left China to seek his fortune in Singapore and worked illegally as a vegetable packer at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre. When Shuying found out that he was having affairs in Singapore, she divorced him and was given custody of Huang Na. She later married Zheng Wenhai (郑文海), a Fujian businessman with whom she had lived for four years, and became pregnant with his child in early 2003.

In May 2003, Shuying immigrated to Singapore as a peidu mama accompanying Huang Na, who was enrolled in Jin Tai Primary School. They lived at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, where Shuying worked. People from the wholesale centre and Jin Tai Primary School described Huang Na as an intelligent, independent, sociable and active child. Huang Na became friends with Took Leng How, a vegetable packer at the wholesale centre. Born in Malaysia in 1981 as the second child of a close-knit family of four, Took came to Singapore when he was 18, seeking better-paying jobs. At the wholesale centre, he often played with Huang Na, bought her food and gave her rides on his motorcycle.