A highly decomposed body was discovered in a flat at block 148
Woodlands Street 13.
Police were alerted about the find at about ten this
morning.
Saifulbahri Ismail who was at the scene with this
report :
Even though police described the body as 'highly decomposed',
there wasn't any acute smell of death.
Neighbours 938LIVE spoke to didn't sense that something was
amiss.
Mr Mazlan Mohd Noor lives next to the unit in which the body was
found.
The 43 year old despatch rider said he didn't hear or see
anything out of the ordinary.
He said the person who lived in the unit was a Chinese man in
his late 40s.
But he last saw him in October.
They've been neighbours for some five years, but Mr Mazlan never
knew his name.
He describes him as a friendly person :
"I always call my neighbour uncle. I think this uncle is very
good, never give us problem. (He) takes care of the neighbours here
also. (He) looks out for us when we go out to work, or (when) our
family goes out, to take care of our house. I think he's a nice
guy."
He recalled some of the things they had conversations about.
"Always talk about job, living expenses like job, money very
hard now. About that only. So far, he never tell me about (his)
difficulties, only tells me about the PUB bills, they (HDB) cut off
already. He say 'cannot pay', 'can't afford to pay'."
According to Mr Mazlan, the Housing and Development Board has
been trying to find his neighbour due to his mortgage arrears.
Officers from the Board had also previously asked Mr Mazlan
about his neighbour's whereabouts.
A few days ago, the HDB told Mr Mazlan they were going to break
open and repossess his neighbour's flat.
Mr Mazlan was informed so as not to cause any alarm to his
family.
This morning, HBD officers came to the flat and entered the unit
which was shrouded in darkness.
The officers then knocked on Mr Mazlan's home to ask if they
could borrow a torch light.
That's when Mr Mazlan believed they found the decomposed
body.
Police have classified the case as unnatural death and is
currently investigating.
--938Live