Police find body in Rochor Canal on Saturday morning
Published on Jun 27, 2015 3:04 PM
The body was lying in a blue tent at a corner of this dam-like structure of the Rochor Canal on Saturday, June 27, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: AUDREY TAN
When The Straits Times visited the scene near the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority of Singapore premises at Lavender at about 1pm, police officers were seen carrying the body into a police van parked on Crawford Street. -- ST PHOTO: AUDREY TAN
The body was lying in a blue tent at a corner of this dam-like structure of the Rochor Canal on Saturday, June 27, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: AUDREY TAN
By Audrey Tan
SINGAPORE - The body of a 50-year-old man was pulled from the Rochor Canal on Saturday.
When The Striats Times visited the scene at about 1pm, the body was covered by a blue police tent near the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority of Singapore building in Lavender.
Officers later carried a black body bag onto a police van parked in Crawford Street.
It is understood that the dead man is an Indian Singaporean. The body was discovered at a quieter part of the canal.
Police said they received a request for assistance at 10.20am.
"Upon police arrival, it was established that a body of a man was found floating in the canal," a spokesman said.
"The body was subsequently retrieved from the river and the man was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene."
Police are investigating the case as an unnatural death.
