A 60-year-old woman who was found dead at the foot of an HDB block in Sembawang on March 10 was heard arguing with a man believed to be her boyfriend shortly before her death.<\/p>\n
The woman was suspected to have fallen from the eighth floor of Block 364A Sembawang Crescent<\/a><\/span>, which houses rental units.<\/p>\n Responding to Stomp’s queries, police said they were alerted to the case at about 5pm. The woman was conveyed unconscious to the hospital, where she subsequently died.<\/p>\n The Singapore Civil Defence Force confirmed it conveyed one person to Woodlands Hospital.<\/p>\n When Shin Min Daily News arrived at the scene, four or five police cars were parked at the scene, and police cordoned off the walkway below the HDB block.<\/p>\n Officers were seen in the corridor while investigators entered and exited a corner unit.<\/p>\n Ms Zhong (transliterated), 25, who lives on the same floor, told Shin Min she had heard shouting outside her unit.<\/p>\n Looking through her door’s peephole, she saw a man and a woman engaged in a heated argument. Shin Min understands the man is 66 years old and in a romantic relationship with the woman.<\/p>\n “They are my neighbours. The two argued for a few minutes then stopped,” Ms Zhong said, confirming that the pair lived together.<\/p>\n “After that, I heard screaming from downstairs and thought someone had jumped.”<\/p>\n She later looked down from her window and saw a shoe on the ground.<\/p>\n When police arrived and began interviewing residents, officers asked Ms Zhong whether a table in the corridor belonged to her.<\/p>\n “That table has always been placed outside and kept folded, but it was open today,” she said, adding that police also checked whether the table had footprints on it.<\/p>\n Ms Zhong said she did not see how the woman fell as she remained inside her unit the entire time.<\/p>\n However, she said she later overheard the man telling police that he had just returned from Sun Plaza, a nearby shopping centre \u2014 which puzzled her.<\/p>\n “But I clearly heard them arguing outside before the incident,” she said.<\/p>\n After a six-hour investigation, police seized the folding table from the corridor as evidence.<\/p>\n Several people told Shin Min the woman still showed signs of life after the fall and was rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n At about 11pm, Shin Min reporters spotted a man being led out of the unit by three police officers, apparently to assist with investigations.<\/p>\n Ms Zhong confirmed the man was the same person she had seen arguing with the woman earlier.<\/p>\n When reporters returned the next morning, two takeout boxes were seen hanging outside the unit but no one answered the door.<\/p>\n The man returned in the afternoon, believed to have been escorted back by police, and left again about 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n When approached, he initially said that “someone had jumped from the building”. Later, he said he had returned to retrieve something from the flat before turning and closing the door.<\/p>\n When he came out again minutes later, he walked away saying: “I don’t know. I’m busy. Don’t ask me!”<\/p>\n An 80-year-old neighbour, Mr Hu, told Shin Min that the woman was often seen borrowing money from neighbours.<\/p>\n He said his wife had previously warned the woman that a police report would be lodged if she asked for money again.<\/p>\n “I saw the two of them pass by yesterday. They don’t work, and the woman is always borrowing money from neighbours,” Mr Hu said.<\/p>\n Another neighbour, Mr Zhong, 25, shared that he had moved in 10 days earlier when the woman approached him for a cigarette.<\/p>\n When she asked him for money the following day, Mr Zhong declined.<\/p>\n The case has been classified as an unnatural death. Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n Have something to say? Join in!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n See something interesting? Contribute<\/a> your story to us.<\/p>\nNeighbour heard argument<\/h3>\n
Police seize table found in corridor<\/h3>\n
Man returned to unit the next afternoon<\/h3>\n
Woman borrowed money and took cigarettes from neighbours<\/h3>\n
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