AN AUXILIARY guard at Changi Prison was found dead with a
gunshot wound through his mouth on Monday morning at a watch tower
in the prison compounds.
The 24-year-old Malaysian, who worked for Aetos, was armed with
an MP5 pistol, reported Shin Min Daily News.
He was alone on duty at the watch tower when he was believed to
have shot himself. He died on the spot.
His colleague who was waiting for him to finish his shift, went
to look for him in the watch tower after he did not come down after
his shift was over. He found him slumped on the floor, with a
gaping hole in his neck where the bullet had emerged.
Shin Min said the guard was dead for hours before he was
found.
This the second Aetos auxiliary police officer to have died of
gunshot in just over two months. In June, a 39-year-old Lee Kong
Beng was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head in the toilet
of a building in Jurong.
-- ST
