A man from the Nanyang Technological University has been
found dead in his apartment unit on the campus.
24-year-old Zhou Zheng, a Chinese national, was an Infocomm
Project Officer at the university's School of Electronic and
Electrical Engineering.
He was found hanging in the balcony in his apartment at Block
101C Nanyang Heights where staff and graduate students reside.
Police say they received a call at around 10.30 last night and
when they arrived, the body had been brought down to the floor.
The man was pronounced dead at 10.55 pm.
In a statement, NTU says professional counsellors and senior
university officers were activated on site to offer support.
The man's parents have since been notified.
As for his flatmates, NTU has found temporary accommodation for
them.
When 938LIVE visited the area shortly after midnight, there were
hardly any signs of disturbance.
Those that 938LIVE spoke to say the residents there kept mostly
to themselves, and hardly interacted with one another.
And some didn't even know who their neighbours were.
PhD student Narendar is one of the residents there.
"I know the students around here, but i don't know the
professors, they stick to themselves."
NTU's president Su Guaning says they are deeply saddened by the
loss.
This is the university's second alleged suicide case in less
than a week.
Both men were from the university's School of Electronic and
Electrical Engineering.
On Monday, a 21-year-old Indonesian undergraduate is believed to
have slit his wrists and fell to his death after allegedly stabbing
his professor on campus.
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