Alleged burglars entered home in Holland area via construction site

The two foreign men who allegedly burgled a landed estate in the Holland Road area on Dec 16 entered a home through an adjacent house that was under construction.

- Christine Tan and Caelyn Tan

While one of them looted the Greenleaf View home, the other is believed to have kept watch outside.

On Dec 26, police officers took Chinese nationals Zhang Yongxiang, 52, and Feng Yunlong, 38, to the three-storey property with two cars parked inside.

The visit lasted about 20 minutes.

To the right of the house was a construction site of a semi-detached house.

According to a notice board at the site, the building permit was issued in June 2023, and construction is expected to be completed in July 2025.

Zhang arrived in a police car at 10.25am. He was flanked by three police officers and had his arms and ankles cuffed.

They walked towards the victim's house and stopped outside the construction site as a police officer questioned Zhang.

They then walked towards the burgled unit and stopped outside its side gate, before Zhang left in a police car.

About five minutes later, Feng arrived. He led police officers to the construction site, but unlike Zhang, kept his head down the whole time.

He stopped at the entrance of the construction site and gestured to a gap between a blue tarpaulin and wall while conversing with officers in Mandarin.