A 71-year-old man was found dead at the foot of an HDB block in Bukit Merah on Sunday (16 Nov).
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it was alerted at 6.30am to the incident at Block 139 Jalan Bukit Merah.
Source: Google Maps
The elderly man was found lying motionless at the foot of the block.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
The police do not suspect foul play, based on preliminary investigations.
However, the case has been classified as an unnatural death.
Further police investigations are ongoing.
Source: Google Maps
The case comes just three days after a 23-year-old woman was found dead near an HDB block in Hougang on Thursday (13 Nov).
The woman, said to be a foreign domestic worker, was sprawled face down on a grass verge next to Block 649 Hougang Avenue 8.
No foul play was suspected by the police in her case, but investigations are still ongoing.
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Featured image adapted from Google Maps.