{"id":55203,"date":"2026-05-25T14:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55203"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:53:45","slug":"singaporean-man-found-dead-with-medicines-in-batam-hotel-room-asia-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55203","title":{"rendered":"Singaporean man found dead with medicines in Batam hotel room, Asia News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An elderly Singaporean man was found dead in a hotel in Batam on Thursday (May 21). Large amounts of medication were found in his room.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased, identified as 71-year-old Lim Ah Ling, was staying at the Great Wall Hotel, in Lubuk Baja district, reported local media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hotel staff received no response despite repeated attempts to contact him and knocking on the door.<\/p>\n<p>When they entered the room, they found him lying on his back.<\/p>\n<p>Lubuk Baja police chief Deni Langi told local media that they received a report from the hotel at around 12.30pm (1.30pm, Singapore time) that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deceased had reportedly been staying in the hotel for the past three years. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Medication for cholesterol, respiratory and stomach issues, and supplements were found in the victim&#8217;s room, including boxes and bottles of capsules, some with a doctor&#8217;s prescription and dosage instructions, reported Indonesian news outlet Tribun Batam.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The body was later taken to hospital for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Police said initial investigations found no signs of violence, adding that they are awaiting the full post-mortem results.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:736447]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/asia\/mailto:esther.lam@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">esther.lam@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/asia\/singaporean-man-dead-hotel-batam-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An elderly Singaporean man was found dead in a hotel in Batam on Thursday (May 21). Large amounts of medication were found in his room&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}