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Singapore - A Singapore court Tuesday sentenced a man to hang for killing his Chinese lover after their relationship went sour in June 2006, media reports said.

Eu Lim Hoklai, 55, a seafood stall boss and father of three, was found guilty of strangling Yu Hong Jin, 29, the owner of a massage parlour.

Eu claimed that he paid for her trips to China and moving her business that she tried to press even more money out of him, threatening to tell his family about their affair, the online edition of Straits Times newspaper reported.

He told the court he decided to end the relationship after he saw a man leaving her flat just days before the crime.

Eu said Yu slapped him and stabbed him with a knife after he refused to compensate her with 30,000 Singapore dollars (20,800 US dollars) for breaking up with her. Eu then stabbed and strangled Yu, the report said.

The court dismissed his argument that he acted in self-defence.