SINGAPORE : A mother and daughter fell to their
deaths from their flat on the 12th storey at Block 290B Bukit Batok
Street 24 on Friday morning.
Police have classified the case as "unnatural
death".
Nine-year-old Bao Pei Qin - a Primary 3 student at
Keming Primary School - and her mother were found lying on the
ground floor behind their HDB block.
A witness said she heard the girl crying in pain when they found
her.
But when the police and an ambulance arrived, both Pei Qin and her
mother, Madam He Xue Ping, were pronounced dead.
Police said they received a call at 7.20am and the two were
pronounced dead at 7.53am.
Madam He - a 46-year-old housewife - and her daughter moved to
Singapore three months ago.
The family is from Shanghai but police said they hold Singapore
identity cards.
Neighbours said the family kept to themselves and no fights were
heard.
The principal of Keming Primary, Kelvin Tay, said that Pei Qin was
a very hardworking girl who never gave her teachers any
problems.
He said: "It is a shock for the teachers. We will observe our
children (her classmates) and if anyone is affected, we will
counsel them because we do not want the children to be affected (by
the tragedy)."
- CNA/ms