Another body found at Bedok Reservoir

SINGAPORE - Another body has been recovered from Bedok Reservoir this morning, the fifth such incident in just five months.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), who responded to a call from the public at 7.11am, said the body was found floating about two metres away from shore when they arrived on the scene, just opposite Block 717, Bedok Reservoir Road.

The body belonged to a Chinese female, an SCDF spokesperson added.
Police believe the woman to be in her late 50s. They said she was pronounced dead at the scene by parademics at 7.20am.
A section of the reservoir bank was cordoned off this morning before the body was removed at around 10.30am.


An eyewitness, Mr Yeo Kin Kiat, 53, told AsiaOne that the body was clothed in a red top.
After the recent deaths of Ms Tan Sze Sze, 32, and her three-year-old son, Jerald Chin in September at the same reservoir, some readers suggested that barriers should be put up around the reservoir to deter copycats.

However, a taxi driver at the scene said that erecting barriers may not be a sufficient deterrent. The driver, who only wanted to be known as Mr Lee, 52, told AsiaOne: "People who want to commit suicide will do so regardless of whether there are barriers."