Ishi Lau Gek How, a member of the hip-hop dance group SOUL who
shot to fame in Channel Us SuperBand, was found dead in a Toyota
Altis yesterday afternoon outside the National Stadium. The actual
cause of death is still unknown, although the rumour now is that
the 25-year-old committed suicide. According to a local newspaper,
a Bangladeshi worker had seen the car parked in the
soon-to-be-demolisted National Stadium carpark since 8am yesterday.
Thinking the man inside - Ishi, was sleeping, he let him be. But
when the worker saw Ishi there again at 2pm, he alerted his
supervisor. Puddles of vomit were splattered on the parking lot
next to the car. Another man claimed that he had seen the Toyota in
the area before, recognising it because of its unique car license
plate number.
News of Ishis death, released by the Police this morning, has left
many people in extreme shock, not least the MediaCorp staff who
knew the young and ever-so-lively Ishi from working with him in
SuperBand.
Jasmin Chong, manager to SOUL at MediaCorp Artiste Management,
said, Im shocked at the news Ishi is a happy-go-lucky guy; very
jovial. I really dont know what happened. I heard the news this
morning from the boys (from SOUL); they had gotten the news only
this morning too. They didnt say much, only that they will call me
again when they find out more. They sounded ok.
"We dont know the cause of death, I mean, we will only know when
the toxicology report comes out right? It seems his body was there
for a few hours. From the type of person he is, I doubt that he
would kill himself but I dont know.
We asked Jasmin if we could speak to the rest of the SOUL members
but learnt that they do not wish to speak to the media at the
moment.
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