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Ms Fang’s body was found on Apr 10 with 30 stab wounds.

Ong, who is Singaporean, only receives visits at the prison from his lawyer Carolina Flórez de Quiñones, who is from Alicante.

Speaking on the phone on Thursday (May 2), she said that Ong is in a state of distress and does not speak Spanish. He is accompanied by a “trusted prisoner” who is fluent in English and helps him with basic day-to-day matters while in detention.

Ong has not given a statement to the authorities, she added. According to Spanish law, he has the right not to do so. His lawyer said that at the moment, there are no plans for him to make a voluntary statement.

According to sources close to the investigation, he had no known links to the region of Murcia – where Ms Fang’s body was found – or to Alicante, where he was staying when he was arrested. The defence lawyer said Ong had entered the country as a tourist.

KILLED DURING SOLO TRIP

Ms Fang was staying at the Ritual de Tierra hotel in Javea during a solo trip to Spain. On Apr 9, she left her belongings in her room and was picked up at her hotel by a car.

Ms Fang's family in Singapore raised the alarm about her disappearance after she became uncontactable. She had failed to board her scheduled flight back home on Apr 12 and her luggage remained at the hotel where she was staying.

They identified her body after arriving in Spain.

The following day, a body with 30 stab wounds was found near a parking area for lorries in the town of Abanilla, about 150km away from her hotel.

The body remained unidentified for days. It did not match the reports of missing people in the area and the fingerprints did not come up on the criminal database.

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