{"id":61711,"date":"2026-06-18T15:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61711"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:52:45","slug":"teenage-girl-apprehended-after-being-caught-sitting-on-aircon-ledge-at-punggol-hdb-unit-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61711","title":{"rendered":"Teenage girl apprehended after being caught sitting on aircon ledge at Punggol HDB unit, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 13-year-old girl was apprehended after being rescued from the aircon ledge at<strong> <\/strong>an HDB unit in Punggol.<\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call for assistance on Tuesday (June 16) at around 6.50pm from Block 312B Sumang Link.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said that the girl had been sitting on the aircon ledge when SCDF personnel arrived, reported Lianhe Zaobao.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue lasted around five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The teen was apprehended under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act, said the police.<\/p>\n<p>She was subsequently taken<strong> <\/strong>to KK Women&#8217;s and Children&#8217;s Hospital by SCDF.<\/p>\n<div class=\"help\" style=\"background-color:#fff4de;padding:8px 10px\">\n<h3>SINGAPORE HELPLINES<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ef6f3ad094c9592021a80b9b0ca997a76\">Samaritans of Singapore: 1767 (24 hours) \/ 9151-1767 (WhatsApp)<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e4b4a8d63a811c5d85b5424847bde4b9e\">Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"efb67fd6b096761c06bf473c0eb5a7c73\">Care Corner Counselling Centre (Mandarin): 1800-353-5800<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"effe7ceae2a13799d96d863ddd6161981\">National mindline: 1771 (24 hours) \/ 6669-1771 (WhatsApp)<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eafb9578ce56a8645fae095ac1f17ffc3\">Silver Ribbon: 6386-1928<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e8d224996a5d3016ccaf46802e9331b97\">We Care Community Services: 3165-8017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[[nid:737550]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:dana.leong@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dana.leong@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/teenage-girl-apprehended-punggol-hdb-aircon-ledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 13-year-old girl was apprehended after being rescued from the aircon ledge at an HDB unit in Punggol. In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the Singapore&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61712,"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-61711","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\/61711","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=61711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}