A 65-year-old man was found dead in a Balestier Road residential unit on Saturday (Nov 14) evening.<\/p>\n
When AsiaOne reached 325 Balestier Road at about 9pm, at least five police vehicles were present at the scene, including a van used by crime scene investigation officers.\u00a0<\/p>\n The address belongs to JW Building \u2014 a five-storey commercial and residential development \u2014 known for a bak kut teh eatery on its ground floor, behind a bus stop.<\/p>\n Checks by AsiaOne indicate that while the building is mainly used for commercial and retail purposes, its owner received an approval in January 2025 to convert part of a second-floor office for residential use.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nearby stallholders and shopkeepers told AsiaOne that seeing police in the area was nothing new, though the larger turnout caught their attention. Several assumed officers were responding to a fight or an incident at a nearby budget hotel or public entertainment outlet.<\/span><\/p>\n Between 9pm and 10pm, AsiaOne observed crime scene specialists and plainclothes officers moving between their vehicles and the building’s front and rear ground-floor entrances.\u00a0<\/p>\n Just after 10pm, a police hearse was seen driving into the service road linking Martaban Road and Pegu Road.<\/p>\n Undertakers and police officers then carried a body into the hearse, with most officers leaving the scene thereafter.<\/p>\n Two officers stayed back for another five minutes and were seen speaking with a middle-aged man and woman, who are believed to be known to the deceased man.<\/p>\n Responding to AsiaOne’s queries, the police said they received a call for assistance at 325 Balestier Road just before 8pm.<\/p>\n Officers responding to the call found a 65-year-old man lying motionless in the unit. He was pronounced dead at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Based on preliminary investigations, the police do not suspect foul play.”<\/p>\n Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n In a parliamentary reply to Member of Parliament Fadli Fawzi (Aljunied GRC) and Nominated Member of Parliament Dr Neo Kok Beng on July 7, Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung said the Government does not track or publish data on senior who pass away at home and are only found later.\u00a0<\/p>\n He added in his reply then that the focus is upstream \u2014 to reach out to as many seniors as the relevant agencies can and provide support to those who are vulnerable, such as referring them to Active Ageing Centres.<\/p>\n “The Silver Generation Office (SGO) under the Agency for Integrated Care conducts such outreach and identifies seniors at-risk systematically.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Neighbours, community groups and grassroots organisations can also play a part, and keep a lookout for these seniors and provide support,” the coordinating minister added.<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Joel Lee and Charlotte Ong<\/em><\/p>\n [[nid:750993]]<\/span><\/p>\n editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A 65-year-old man was found dead in a Balestier Road residential unit on Saturday (Nov 14) evening. When AsiaOne reached 325 Balestier Road at about…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99730,"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-99729","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\/99729","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=99729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Police](\"https:\/\/media.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Balestier%20Road%20-%20Elderly%20man%20found%20dead%20-%20Police.jpg\")
![\"Police](\"https:\/\/media.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Balestier%20Road%20-%20Elderly%20man%20found%20dead%20-%20Hearse.jpg\")
![\"Police](\"https:\/\/media.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Balestier%20Road%20senior%20dying%20at%20home%20-%20Family_watermarked.png\")
Upstream support for vulnerable seniors<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
Read Full Article At Source <\/a>
\n