The body of a 72-year-old man was found in a HDB flat in Whampoa on Saturday (May 16).
Brown “water droplets” had seeped through the ceiling of the unit below, and the neighbours living downstairs initially suspected that a water pipe had burst, reported Shin Min Daily News.
The strange liquid — coupled with a stench which grew stronger over the past three days — eventually prompted them to call the police, leading to the grim discovery at Block 76 Lorong Limau.
The tenant living in the flat below told Shin Min she had noticed the foul smell on Wednesday and believed it was from a garbage truck.
But the odour lingered and intensified the next few days, forcing her to close her windows on Friday night when it was especially bad.
She said her roommates living in the master bedroom had also found brown liquid dripping from the ceiling.
