A 49-year-old man was found dead inside his stall at Bukit Merah View Market and Hawker Centre, and his death has been classified as an unnatural death.
The deceased, who worked as a hawker stall assistant as the stall, is the second death found in a hawker centre in less than a month, with another man also being found dead at the North Bridge Road Hawker Centre less than a month ago.
Deceased was lying inside stall at 3 am
According to Shin Min Daily News, the incident took place on Saturday (15 April) at about 6.30 am in the morning.
A hawker selling fish, 70-year-old Madam Lin, told SMDN that she had arrived at her stall at the Bukit Merah View Market and Hawker Centre at about 3 am when she saw the man lying inside his stall that sells frozen food products.
The owner of the stall later arrived at about 6 am and shook his assistant a few times, but got no response from the man.
A friend then tried to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on the man but couldn’t revive the man.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said that they received a call for help at about 6.33 am at Block 115 Bukit Merah View, and a 49-year-old man was then pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.
The case has since been ruled as an unnatural death, and following preliminary investigations, the police have ruled out the possibility of homicide.
At the time of writing, police investigations into the death are ongoing.
Lin added that the dead body was later removed after being pronounced dead at the scene, and a group of men believed to be the deceased’s family came to the stall later that morning and were not willing to talk about the case.