SINGAPORE : One more Singaporean has been confirmed dead in
Thailand, according to the latest update from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
No other details are immediately available, except that the woman
was earlier reported in the media to have died in Thailand.
Police have contacted her next of kin and after gathering details
of the circumstances surrounding the case, confirmed she was a
tsunami victim.
This brings the death toll to eight -- six in Thailand and one each
in Sri Lanka and India.
Fifteen persons are still missing -- 13 in Thailand and two in
Indonesia.
More people reportedly to be in tsunami stricken areas have also
been contacted.
The number on the uncontactable list has dropped further to 17,
from 20 on Wednesday.
Of these, 10 are in Thailand, four in India and three in
Indonesia.
Relatives and friends of Singaporeans who were known to have
travelled to these areas and were uncontactable earlier, have been
asked to call the Singapore Contact Centre 6332 0000. -
CNA