A COUPLE were found dead at Fragrance Hotel Kovan in Upper
Serangoon on Saturday, around noon.
The man was in his early 40s while the woman was in her late
30s. Both were Chinese, said the police. It was not known when they
had checked into the hotel or how they were related to each
other.
The police said they received a call at 12.10pm Friday and found
the motionless bodies in one of the rooms. Paramedics pronounced
them dead 20 minutes later.
The police have classified the case as an unnatural death and
are investigating.
When The Sunday Times visited the hotel, its receptionist
refused to comment on the incident. She gave a number to contact
the management but the latter could not be reached.
The Sunday Times understands that the couple were in a room on
the fourth floor in the 43-room hotel.
The bodies were removed from the hotel by 3pm. By 5pm,
everything was as per normal and guests - mostly local couples -
were seen entering and leaving the hotel.
None of them knew what had happened, in response to queries by
the Sunday Times. Shopkeepers in the nearby shops were equally
clueless.
Said a fruit-stall owner who declined to be named: 'I saw the
two bodies being carried out by the police. But the hotel refused
to say what happened and nobody else knew what was happening.'
The hotel, part of the Fragrance chain of budget hotels, is
located near Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre.
--ST
