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SINGAPORE, June 20 \u2014 A 25-year-old woman who was under investigation for alleged etomidate vape trafficking was found dead in a Geylang hotel room, prompting a coroner\u2019s inquiry into how she died while facing multiple drug charges.<\/p>\n
The inquiry into Low Hui Mei\u2019s death is set for July 9, authorities said, The Straits Times<\/em> reported yesterday.<\/p>\n Low was discovered unresponsive in a room at a Lorong 8 Geylang hotel on May 16, police confirmed.<\/p>\n Police said early findings do not indicate foul play, though the case remains open pending further investigation.<\/p>\n The Singapore daily reported Low\u2019s lawyer S S Dhillon saying that her death was attributed to cardiopulmonary failure.<\/p>\n Low was arrested in October 2025 in connection with suspected trafficking of vape products believed to contain etomidate, a controlled drug used in hospitals to quickly sedate patients, and can pose serious health risks when inhaled outside medical supervision.<\/p>\n Authorities later seized 11 e-vaporisers and 101 pods, which were tested and found to contain the controlled substance by the Health Sciences Authority.<\/p>\n Low was subsequently charged with multiple offences involving possession, consumption and distribution of Kpods.<\/p>\n Her case was due in court on June 16, but proceedings were halted after her death and all charges were formally abated.<\/p>\n Under Singapore law, criminal proceedings are discontinued if an accused dies before the conclusion of the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE, June 20 \u2014 A 25-year-old woman who was under investigation for alleged etomidate vape trafficking was found dead in a Geylang hotel room, prompting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62571,"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-62570","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\/62570","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=62570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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