Pumpkin's grandmother says Nai Yin Xue's capture will not bring back her murdered daughter An An Liu, and she wants nothing more than to just carry on with life and leave him to the justice system.
"[She] just wants to leave the tragedy behind knowing nothing can bringback her daughter," said National MP Pansy Wong, who has been in touch with Liu Xiaoping. "She just wants to start a new page and leave the justice part to the authorities."
But Mrs Wong said the arrest brought about "a sense of relief and closure" and she hoped it would send a message to domestic violence sufferers: "Do report, do get help, because justice will be done."
Police Asian liaison officer Jessica Phuang said her phone had been ringing non-stop with local Chinese community members calling to say how happy they were at the news of Xue's arrest.
"Within the first hour of the news breaking, I received at least half a dozen calls from people wanting to confirm the news," she said.
"By afternoon, people were calling me thrilled at the news of the arrest and several also texted me with words of congratulations for the police."
David Soh, publisher of Chinese-language newspaper Mandarin Pages - who knew Xue as a fellow publisher of a Chinese magazine called the Chinese Times - said he felt a sense of relief when he heard on radio of Xue's arrest.
But he said staff at his newspaper office were surprised at news of the arrest, as some had expected the gongfu master to kill himself rather than bow to the law, knowing how important face was to Xue.
Jimmy Zhou, a martial arts exponent who once trained wu-style taiji with Xue, said the arrest was "about time" and was not at all surprised at how he got caught.
"I knew his arrogance and boastfulness would one day lead to his downfall."
Mr Zhou said Xue had done a big disservice to the Chinese martial arts community in this country.
