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An unidentified man in his fifties
committed suicide by jumping out of his 7th floor flat in Choa Chu
Kang this morning.
Neighbours The Online Citizen (TOC) spoke to said that the man
who lived with his mother (in her seventies) is unwell, unemployed
and has been depressed for some time.
A neighbour who did not want to be identified said that the
mother and son seem to live alone. ”It is strange that more
than an hour after the suicide, no relatives have come to assist
the family”, she adds.
Although attempted suicide is an offence punishable with jail
under
section 309 of the Penal Code, suicide remains one of the top
causes of death in Singapore.
In 2006, an Asia-Pacific conference on suicide prevention said
that 1700 people killed themselves between the years 2000 and
2004.
What is more alarming is that for every successful suicide
attempt, there are seven unsuccessful ones.
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