{"id":62092,"date":"2026-06-20T00:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=62092"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:44:00","slug":"coroners-inquiry-for-woman-25-found-dead-in-hotel-room-she-faced-kpod-trafficking-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=62092","title":{"rendered":"Coroner\u2019s inquiry for woman, 25, found dead in hotel room; she faced Kpod trafficking charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 A coroner\u2019s inquiry will be held to establish how a 25-year-old woman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/woman-25-charged-with-trafficking-100-kpods-after-police-patrols-at-king-georges-avenue?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">who was being investigated for trafficking etomidate-laced vaporisers,<\/span><\/a> ended up dead in a hotel room in Geylang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The inquiry into Low Hui Mei\u2019s death will be held on July 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Low was found dead in a Lorong 8 Geylang hotel room on May 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a reply to The Straits Times, police said they do not suspect foul play based on preliminary investigations, but added that investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lawyer S.S. Dhillon, who was representing Low in the trafficking case, told ST that her death was attributed to cardiopulmonary failure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Low was arrested by the police on Oct 22, 2025, in King George\u2019s Avenue while trafficking etomidate-laced vape pods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Officers seized a total of 11 e-vaporisers and 101 pods, which later tested positive for etomidate after checks by the Health Sciences Authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Low was handed seven charges on Oct 24, 2025, including for the consumption and sale of Kpods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Her case was fixed for a hearing on June 16, but the charges against her were later abated \u2013 or formally terminated \u2013 after her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Under the <!-- -->law<!-- -->, charges are withdrawn when an accused person in a criminal case dies while the case is ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/coroners-inquiry-for-woman-25-found-dead-in-hotel-room-she-was-facing-kpod-trafficking-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A coroner\u2019s inquiry will be held to establish how a 25-year-old woman, who was being investigated for trafficking etomidate-laced vaporisers, ended up dead&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62093,"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-62092","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\/62092","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=62092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}