https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/potong-pasir-fire-hdb-flat-death-4571281
Undertakers from Singapore Casket and police officers move the body from a unit at Blk 107 Potong Pasir Ave 1 to the hearse on Aug 28, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)
Mr Lim, 45, said his younger brother was “drunk” and a friend had accompanied him home at around 6am on Wednesday.
As the friend knocked on the door to be allowed in, the next-door neighbour approached the pair and complained about the noise, according to Mr Lim.
He added that the friend then left his brother outside the flat before leaving.
“Suddenly, there was shouting and there was a fire. So, my brother got burnt,” said Mr Lim. “We don’t know how he got burnt. We got no information.”
His mother then received a call from their cousin around 9am, informing the family of the death.
She was “very sad” about the news but Mr Lim felt he “had to be calm” for his family.
It was only when he saw his brother’s charred body that he “got really emotional”.
“The police were very kind to let me have a last look,” he said.
“My brother is actually very good-looking. Looks like Andy Lau,” Mr Lim added, referring to the Hong Kong singer-actor.
“If you look at him, he still looks that way.”
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Undertakers from Singapore Casket and police officers move the body from a unit at Blk 107 Potong Pasir Ave 1 to the hearse on Aug 28, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)
VICTIM'S FAMILY UNSURE WHAT HAPPENED
Mr Lim told members of the media that the deceased had been living at the flat with their cousin for about one to two years.Mr Lim, 45, said his younger brother was “drunk” and a friend had accompanied him home at around 6am on Wednesday.
As the friend knocked on the door to be allowed in, the next-door neighbour approached the pair and complained about the noise, according to Mr Lim.
He added that the friend then left his brother outside the flat before leaving.
“Suddenly, there was shouting and there was a fire. So, my brother got burnt,” said Mr Lim. “We don’t know how he got burnt. We got no information.”
His mother then received a call from their cousin around 9am, informing the family of the death.
She was “very sad” about the news but Mr Lim felt he “had to be calm” for his family.
It was only when he saw his brother’s charred body that he “got really emotional”.
“The police were very kind to let me have a last look,” he said.
“My brother is actually very good-looking. Looks like Andy Lau,” Mr Lim added, referring to the Hong Kong singer-actor.
“If you look at him, he still looks that way.”
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