PRC mother commit suicide in Potong Pasir after losing everything in gambling
A 40 year old PRC woman on a dependent visa committed suicide at around 8.10am on Saturday (Feb 6), after losing everything in gambling. The Shanghai woman jumped off from a unreported level at Potong Pasir Ave 1, Block 104, and died instantly when she landed on top of a car at the HDB carpark.
According to media reports,
the woman gambled everything and left behind S$52. The divorcee with a 6 year old son, who was studying at a private school with school fees about S$10,000 a year. The woman brought her mother and son to Singapore and has just arrived in Singapore this year.
A Singapore undertaker business,
Direct Funeral Services, took over the case and provided a funeral for free. The business owner, Roland Tay, even paid for their meals and gave them a free air ticket to return to Shanghai. The grandmother and grandson is expected to live off the monthly pension fee of 3,000 Yuan (S$638) in Shanghai.