NUS student fell from height at Prince George's Park Residences, dies in hospital
The age, gender and nationality of the student was not made known.
In an alleged email statement from NUS (see below), the deceased was identified as a male student.
Information about suicides in our universities are not readily available. Nevertheless, there are at least two previous instances of “unnatural deaths” in our universities reported in the local press.
According to a report by Yahoo!Singapore, a first year student, Peter Huen Kam Fa, 21, from NUS University Scholars Programme “was found dead in the varsity UTown campus” – he was believed to have hanged himself on 23 April 2013.
In 2016, a senior Yale-NUS was reported to have “died suddenly” on 29 September 2016, “catalysing conversations about mental health on campus” – this is an euphemism that the death involved a suicide. The student’s death, according to the police report then, was “unnatural”.
Helplines
If you or someone you know are in mental distress, here are some hotlines you can call to seek help, advice, or just a listening ear:
- SOS 24-hour Hotline: 1-767
- Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019
- Institute of Mental Health: 6389-2222 (24 hours)
- Tinkle Friend: 1800-274-4788 (for primary school-aged children)
Top screenshot via NUS Office of Housing Services
