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  • 70% Of Persons Who Committed Suicide In 2014 Were Males

    70% Of Persons Who Committed Suicide In 2014 Were Males

    Seven out of every 10 persons who committed suicide last year were male, according to the latest statistics by the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS).

    In a report on Monday (July 27), the suicide prevention group noted that 292 men and 123 women committed suicide last year.

    In the past decade, it added, the number of men committing suicide rose by nearly 30 per cent, while the number of women fell by 20 per cent.

    Part of the reason is that men tend to keep quiet about the problems they are facing, while women are more likely to seek help, said SOS executive director Christine Wong.

    “(Men) feel the continuous pressure to solve issues faced on their own, and suppress feelings of distress,” she said.

    “Help-seeking is often associated with loss of status… loss of control and autonomy, and incompetence.”

    Ms Wong noted that most of the people who seek help at SOS are female.

    The difference between the genders, she added, is clearest for those aged between 60 and 69. This is likely to be because the elderly tend to adhere more strongly to traditional gender roles.

    Problems such as loneliness and mental health issues were common to both genders. However, many men faced financial or debt issues, while more women faced problems at home.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Straight A Student Commits Suicide After ‘Poor’ Result, Guilt-Stricken Mother Takes Own Life After

    Straight A Student Commits Suicide After ‘Poor’ Result, Guilt-Stricken Mother Takes Own Life After

    She is still coming to terms with the death of her teenage granddaughter, who had committed suicide over two Bs in her O levels.

    Then three months after the 16-year-old plunged to her death, Madam Ng Siang Mui’s grief- and guilt-struck daughter, who was the teen’s mother, also killed herself.

    The tragic double deaths has left her son-in-law, the teen’s father, mentally unstable.

    In an interview with The New Paper, Madam Ng, 71, shared the devastation and anguish of the triple tragedy that began in January this year.

    She was reluctant to speak at first, noting that the death had torn the family apart.

    Madam Ng initially said: “Talking to you now is useless. My daughter is dead. My granddaughter is dead.”

    She changed her mind later because she hoped that sharing their story could help highlight early intervention and save more lives.

    Madam Ng said that in January, just three hours after getting her results slip, her granddaughter jumped to her death.

    Except for two Bs – in English and Mathematics – the student had scored distinctions for her other subjects.

    More children and teenagers have been seeking help for suicidal thoughts, said the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS).

    SOS says that in 2013, they had 224 clients, aged 19 and below, writing in to them — that is 65 more compared to the year before.

     

    Source: http://www.tnp.sg

  • Police NSF Found With Gunshot Wound To Head

    Police NSF Found With Gunshot Wound To Head

    A full-time Police National Serviceman was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head on Wednesday (May 27).

    The Singapore Police Force (SPF) confirmed on Wednesday evening that the full-time officer had been discovered inside a locked security post in the Tanglin area that morning.

    Authorities said the 20-year-old had reported for duty at about 8pm the evening before, “in preparation for his night shift duties and had drawn his service revolver from the armoury, before proceeding to the duty point”.

    The service revolver was lying beside him, and he was pronounced dead at about 7.50am by paramedics at the scene.

    Police said the case has been classified as “unnatural death”, and that they are investigating. “No foul play is suspected,” the authorities said in a press release.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Female Teacher Under Stress, Commits Suicide

    Female Teacher Under Stress, Commits Suicide

    A female teacher who could not bear with the stresses of her job decided to end it all – by slitting her wrists and jumping off the 13th storey of her flat.

    The incident took place this morning at 4AM at a HDB flat along Marsiling St 17. The female teacher was identified as 28 year-old Malaysian Luo Pei Wen. She lived alone in a room she rented from her landlady. She had been working as a Mandarin teacher at a local secondary school.

    According to her landlady Luo had rented her room for over half a year. Her appearance had become increasingly frail in recent weeks.

    “I chatted with her yesterday, she complained that the stress was very great and that she was feeling tired. I didn’t expect her to commit suicide,” the landlady said.

    She said that she had brought her eldest daughter shopping when the suicide took place. When she arrived at her block, she realized that someone had committed suicide but did not suspect that it was Luo.

    When she returned home, she realized that Luo had not left her room and decided to check on her. After knocking her door to no response, they opened the door and realised that there was a large pool of blood. After calling Luo’s school to check if she had gone to work, she realized what had happened.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • 2 Foreigners Found Dead In Hotel 81 Palace Geylang

    2 Foreigners Found Dead In Hotel 81 Palace Geylang

    Two people were found dead in Hotel 81 Palace at Lorong 16 Geylang on Sunday (Feb 1), in what is believed to be a murder-cum-suicide case.

    The Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the incident at 7.50pm. A woman in her 20s and a man in his 30s were pronounced dead at the scene.

    Channel NewsAsia understands that the two dead are a 29-year-old woman from Indonesia and a 31-year-old man from India. Both were in Singapore on work permits.

    They were both found motionless in a room on the third floor of the hotel. The man was fully dressed, while the woman was partially clothed, with visible injuries on her body.

    The hotel’s manager declined to comment on the incident.

    Police investigations are ongoing.

     

    Source www.channelnewsasia.com