Yesterday at about 9am, just before the start of a blessing ritual organized by the Inter-Religious Organization (IRO) to help calm the area after a recent spate of suicide-deaths, a 6th body (since June) was found floating at the other side of the ceremony platform.

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo, who was in attendance at the ceremony that morning, shared a prayer on his Facebook Page.

In response to the latest incident, PUB told Straits Times that they are considering putting up signs with helpline numbers to help deter people from taking their lives.

According to Lianhe Wanbao, a local chinese evening newspaper, the deceased early this year had attempted to jump off his Bedok North flat but was eventually rescued by the Police’s Special Operations Unit and SCDF’s DART team.

We’ve found a record of that incident on Straits Times’ STOMP platform.

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