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  • Boy, 13, Falls To Death

    Boy, 13, Falls To Death

    A 13-YEAR-OLD boy fell from the 10th floor of a Housing Block flat in Bendemeer and died on Wednesday night.

    Secondary 2 student Muhammad Aidil Zahid was with a group of friends from a nearby secondary school, Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao reported yesterday.

    They had been playing football when he and three others went up Block 24.

    He fell from the 10th floor at about 6pm and landed on a platform at the second floor.

    Police told My Paper yesterday that a “13-year-old boy was found lying motionless” and pronounced dead by paramedics.

    Aidil’s mother, who gave her name as Anna, rushed to the scene and broke down when she saw the body.

    The 34-year-old housewife said he was a carefree boy who was close to her.

    She told Wanbao that he was on probation as he had been involved in a case of theft and had to be home by 6pm. When he did not return by then, she felt that something was wrong.

    Residents said they heard boys shouting before the accident occurred.

    Madam Lin, 77, who lives on the 10th floor, said she heard agitated fighting among a group of teenagers at the stairs and one of them shouting “tolong tolong”, or help in Malay, before a loud thud was heard.

    The boy’s principal told Wanbao that the school has contacted the family to give support.

     

    Source: AsiaOne

  • Father Of Boy Who Fell To Death In Yishun Says Contractor Must Share Blame

    Father Of Boy Who Fell To Death In Yishun Says Contractor Must Share Blame

    Tragedy struck the Z family less than a week after moving into their flat at Block 165 Yishun Ring Road.

    Their four-year-old son died after he fell nine storeys from the master bedroom window, which did not have window grilles installed.

    Although the father, who wanted to be known only as Mr Z, 40, acknowledges that he shouldn’t leave his child alone at home, he also partly blames their contractor, who did not install the grilles in time.

    When The New Paper visited the family yesterday, there were grilles in all the room windows. The boy’s father said they were installed two or three days ago.

    Mr Z admitted he could not escape blame for his son’s death and it was “negligence on his part”.

    He declined to use his full name as he wants to protect his remaining children, aged two to 10, and hopes to help his family move on from the tragedy.

    Said the security officer: “That day, we all made the ‘fast’ decision (to leave the youngest two at home alone), which was the wrong decision. And we have paid for it with my son’s death. I can take that blame, it is our fault.

    “But the grille thing had a part to play too. The contractor played a part in this by not fulfilling his contract.”

    Yesterday, MP for Nee Soon GRC and Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam wrote in a Facebook post that he would help the family seek legal recourse against the contractor.

    Tragedy that could have been avoided——————–On 6 Oct 2015, a 4 year-old boy fell to his death in Yishun….

    Posted by K Shanmugam Sc on Wednesday, 14 October 2015

    When contacted, the contractor that there was no “set date” as to when the company had to complete the installation of the grilles.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

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