An elderly man was arrested after locking himself in his Teck Whye HDB unit and sitting on the window ledge in the wee hours last Friday (Jan 2).
A resident living nearby noticed a burning smell and did not get a response when he knocked on the door of the man’s unit, reported Stomp.
In response to AsiaOne’s queries, the police said they received a call for assistance at Block 165A Teck Whye Crescent at around 3.05am that day.
Upon arrival, they noticed a man sitting on the window ledge of a residential unit and that he had locked himself in a room.
