Singapore - Corpses

Singapore - Corpses

Postby winston » Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:31 am

Nowadays, there seems to be a lot of bodies floating around ...

Dead body found in Singapore River By idanker

A Chinese woman was found floating in the Singapore River under the Helix Bridge on Friday night.

According to the police, she was pronounced dead at the scene at about 11.50pm by paramedics.

The police said that they had received a call at about 11.20pm informing of a dead body found floating in the river off Bayfront Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, the body was found floating under the Helix Bridge.

It is believed that the body was a female Chinese between the age of 40-50.

Police have classified the case as unnatural death and investigations are ongoing.

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Postby millionairemind » Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:42 am

winston wrote:Nowadays, there seems to be a lot of bodies floating around ...

Dead body found in Singapore River By idanker

A Chinese woman was found floating in the Singapore River under the Helix Bridge on Friday night.

Accordin


Seems to have a lot of dead CHINESE bodies floating around....
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Postby FA+TA » Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:29 pm

What happen to Singapore? For past few days, many deaths were found.

《联合早报网》
(2011-07-03 3:30pm)
丹那美拉丛林发现神秘女性骷髅

  (新加坡讯)新明日报报道,丹那美拉丛林大树下,发现一堆疑是女性的神秘骷髅,骷髅还罩着上衣和内裤,疑是女尸腐烂后留下的。
  据了解,丛林内的骷髅,是昨天下午3时15分被人在靠近丹那美拉地铁站的丛林内发现的。
  该片丛林,位于勿洛坡和惹兰柠檬卡士杜里的交界处,附近都是私人住宅,非常僻静。
  一名知情者透露,骷髅就在一棵树下的草地上,虽然肉身已经完全腐烂,但骷髅呈现完整的人形。
  据了解,由于骷髅上已经完全没有皮肉,相信死者已经去世一段相当长的日子。
  知情者表示,发现骷髅处也有一件蓝色汗衫和内裤,从内裤的款式看来,应该属于女性。这些衣物都看起来都很残旧。

2011-07-03 channelnewasia.com
18:47 Body of man found in waters off Harbourfront Walk

SINGAPORE: The body of a Malay man was found floating in the waters off Harbourfront Walk on Sunday afternoon.

Police said they received a call about the incident at about 3.20pm.

The man is believed to be in his 30s and the police have classified the case as an unnatural death.

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Postby kennynah » Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:43 pm

i'd check if they had been visiting the casinos
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Postby iam802 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:21 am

Seems like it is getting a bit too common. :(

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Body of man found in Serangoon Reservoir

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SINGAPORE: The body of a man was retrieved from the Serangoon Reservoir on Tuesday.

It was spotted floating near Block 122, Sengkang East Way.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at 3.12pm.

A fire engine, two fire bikes and an ambulance were deployed to the scene.

Police have classified the case as unnatural death.

Investigations are ongoing.

National water agency PUB says the reservoir is currently undergoing desalting and the water there is not being used for water supply.


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Re: Singapore - Corpses

Postby winston » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:10 pm

An epidemic of corpses in Singapore

In recent days, parts of this law-and-order city, whose murder rate ranks as low as Japan’s, resembled scenes from the American TV series Crime Scene Investigation.

Against its staid nature, seven gruesome bodies have been found in various parts of the island since July 1, unrelated to each other — at a rate of one a day.

In fact, the grisly spate had begun earlier, from around mid-April when a decomposed body was found in a luggage bag at the casino resort of Sentosa.

A month later, an Indonesian maid’s body was discovered submerged in a rooftop tank that supplies drinking water to nearly 200 residents at Woodlands. Her Bangladeshi boyfriend had been arrested.

Since then a total of 13 bodies have turned up, prompting shocked citizens to ask: “What has become of Singapore?”

Police investigators and pathologists — as well as sociologists — are working overtime to probe this epidemic of corpses. Most were believed to be murder or suicide victims.

Concern over two possible factors

Until a clear picture emerges, people are blaming it on the rapid intake of foreigners, as well as the presence of two casinos, or possibly both.

As a result, the second most densely-populated city in the world (next to Monaco) is now also poised to overtake Las Vegas as the second largest gaming destination as well.

These two factors have pushed economic growth sky-high but few ordinary citizens are celebrating.

Families are extremely concerned about the social impact they may bring — including crime, family stress and suicides.

“In fact, they may already have started to take a toll on society,” said a housewife.

Several of the bodies had been found in surrounding waters or forested areas, a few having died or been killed some time ago.

Among the grotesque finds was the lower half of a decomposed female body which was discovered floating in the Bedok Reservoir, a source of drinking water for many Singaporeans.

So far, the phenomenon has not really dented Singapore’s reputation as one of the world’s safest cities, with an average of two murders a month.

This works out to 0.5 homicide per 100,000 people, a proportion close to Japan’s and slightly ahead of Hong Kong’s.

Relatively high suicide rate


But suicides here are another matter. Despite its prosperity, the republic ranked 43rd in the world in 2009 with 401 cases; that was before the casinos opened their doors.

At least half were non-Singaporeans, a few of them China mainlanders. In the latest case, a decomposed body was found near the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Wednesday.

Two days earlier, a couple taking a stroll along the Singapore River were shocked to see the corpse of a Chinese woman floating below the Helix Bridge.

Many Singaporeans are wondering if the 38,600-strong police force is adequate to cope with the population expansion — by 65 percent to five million since 1990.

Long overcrowded, the city state has undergone a tremendous transformation in almost every field.

Financially, people are generally richer, live better; most youths are better educated. But among the lower income earners, social problems and tales of poverty abound.

Number of homeless people increasing

As bodies were turning up, the state television reported that the Government was picking up the highest number of homeless individuals in the city in four years.

A total of 339 homeless individuals and 15 homeless families (totalling 50 people) were found last year — compared with 217 individuals and 17 families (comprising 82 people) in 2009.

Nearly one in every six households has more than US$1 million (RM3mil) in assets, making it the densest population of wealthy households in the world, according to the Boston Consulting Group.

But despite the high GDP growth, the lot of the other half is gloomier.

Widely-travelled business consultant Imran Ahmad likened it to “Singapore’s long trip from Third World to First World and back to Third” in which serious crimes are getting more common.

The city before 2004 was less crime-prone, Imran noted. He named some recent social ills: floating corpses in drinking water tanks, a flabby (family) man dressed in wet underwear at Singapore Zoo, a woman threatening a train official after refusing to pay her son’s fare — and so on.

Can changes still be made?

“It is impossible to turn the clock back. Nor does one wish to return to the past. However, Singaporeans must be conscious of society’s direction,” he warned.

Meanwhile, a Chinese-language tabloid reported that a man was arrested for attempting suicide at a flat — half an hour after another man had fallen to his death in the same block.

The public is showing a mixture of bafflement, anger and worry about these social ills.

“Floating bodies are found everywhere every other day,” said a man who wished to be known as Swift Disaster.

“Our crime rate used to be among the lowest, with incidents like these (ones) very rare.

“Foreign workers (are now) robbing and killing each other and domestic maids, illegal prostitution is on the rise, our void decks are being terrorised, rubbish bins being scattered.

“Our children no longer feel safe in the streets of our home. Our aspiration of becoming a First World standard in everything is taking a toll on our lives.

“I hope it’s still not too late for us to make changes where needed and bring back the beautiful Singaporean lifestyle. It (might not have been) perfect but it was beautiful.”

By Seah Chiang Nee, 12 July 2011, Yahoo News


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Re: Singapore - Corpses

Postby iam802 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:17 pm

It is sad that Yahoo News is doing a better job reporting stuffs than the MSM.

But, I like the way W file topics.
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Re: Singapore - Corpses

Postby kennynah » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:22 pm

so many floating corpses in sgp that requires a new thread for this...jia lat man :cry:
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Re: Singapore - Corpses

Postby LenaHuat » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:33 pm

Sad indeed. Corpses left in bushes, reservoirs, water tank, stuck U-shaped in a manhole........but nothing beats the memory of the curry murders at a church umpteen years ago.
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Re: Singapore - Corpses

Postby Chinaman » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:35 pm

LenaHuat wrote:Sad indeed. Corpses left in bushes, reservoirs, water tank, stuck U-shaped in a manhole........but nothing beats the memory of the curry murders at a church umpteen years ago.

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