A 41-year-old Indonesian man was charged on Saturday with murdering his wife.
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The 38-year-old woman was found motionless in a Singapore hotel room on Friday morning.
Salehuddin, who goes by one name, is accused of causing the death of Nurdia Rahmah Rery between 3am and 5am in a room at the Capri by Fraser China Square hotel on Friday.
He appeared in court in a red polo shirt from his place of remand and appeared calm, responding to the interpreter at various points.
He asked District Judge Tan Jen Tse via a Bahasa Indonesia interpreter if he could be prosecuted or judged in Indonesia instead of in Singapore.
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Judge Tan told him that he had just been arrested and his case was in the “quite early” stages, so he would not be taking any applications at this point in time.