X'mas drowning at Clarke Quay
By K C Vijayan
TWO divers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force recovered the body of a 32-year-old Singaporean who apparently drowned in the Singapore River at Clarke Quay near Liang Court.
Mr Tan Beng Sien, had fallen into the river at about 5.30am and a member of the public called the police.
He was alone and was wearing a black polo T-shirt and long pants.
SCDF officers who were called to the scene used an amphibious vehicle to scour the area while two divers searched underwater for about two hours before they spotted his body.
Tan was found submerged about two metres deep and three metres away from the bank near where a pub is located.
Ambulance officers pronounced him dead when he was brought ashore at 7.20am.
His China-born wife was too distraught and declined comment when approached at the couple's home in Hougang.
Tan had been married for about two years but the couple have no children.
He had been without a job for about two months said a relative.
Police are treating the case as unnatural death and are investigating said police spokesman Humphrey Sew.
This is the second drowning in the Singapore River in a week.
On Dec 19, security guard Saran Saunthara Pandian drowned near Robertson Quay after he apparently dived into the waters in a bid to save a woman whom he heard had fallen in.
It was reported he managed to pull her to safety, but he was swept away before he could climb out of the water.
By K C Vijayan
TWO divers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force recovered the body of a 32-year-old Singaporean who apparently drowned in the Singapore River at Clarke Quay near Liang Court.
Mr Tan Beng Sien, had fallen into the river at about 5.30am and a member of the public called the police.
He was alone and was wearing a black polo T-shirt and long pants.
SCDF officers who were called to the scene used an amphibious vehicle to scour the area while two divers searched underwater for about two hours before they spotted his body.
Tan was found submerged about two metres deep and three metres away from the bank near where a pub is located.
Ambulance officers pronounced him dead when he was brought ashore at 7.20am.
His China-born wife was too distraught and declined comment when approached at the couple's home in Hougang.
Tan had been married for about two years but the couple have no children.
He had been without a job for about two months said a relative.
Police are treating the case as unnatural death and are investigating said police spokesman Humphrey Sew.
This is the second drowning in the Singapore River in a week.
On Dec 19, security guard Saran Saunthara Pandian drowned near Robertson Quay after he apparently dived into the waters in a bid to save a woman whom he heard had fallen in.
It was reported he managed to pull her to safety, but he was swept away before he could climb out of the water.
