A student attending a bridging programme at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was found dead in one of its halls of residence late on Friday night.
Shin Min Daily News identified the student as 20-year-old Lan Xing Ye, who is from Fujian province in China. The paper reported that her roommate returned to the room they shared on the sixth floor of Hall 13 on Friday night to find her motionless on her bed, with a plastic bag over her head.
Police were alerted to the incident at 12:05am, and are currently
investigating the case, which they have classified as an unnatural
death.
In an email circulated to students in the late afternoon on Saturday, NTU president Bertil Andersson confirmed the incident, saying preliminary police investigations showed
there was no sign of forced entry, and that Lan showed no other visible
injuries.
He further added that NTU is extending all support and assistance to her family.
The
paper also reported that Lan first came to Singapore to study slightly
more than a year ago, in December 2010. She reportedly won a scholarship
with the Ministry of Education
(MOE) and was supposed to choose her major this year after her bridging
course at the university, which she started after moving into its
hostel a month ago.
The one-and-a-half year bridging programme
acts as a preparatory course, which allows international students to
take introductory courses in disciplines they may want to major in, and
learn English as well.
Lan was also said to have given tuition in
her spare time, advertising for students online, possibly for the
payment of her school fees.
Her friends told Shin Min that she was cheerful, and showed no signs of any problems, although
they added it was possible she may have been stressed from the pressure
to do well academically. The paper also reported that Lan's roommate
said she suffered from clinical depression.
In a statement, an NTU spokesperson said that professional counsellors with the school are
assisting Lan's family, friends, coursemates and residents at Hall 13
who may need help coping with the emotional impact of the tragedy.
"Together with NTU’s
President, the management, faculty, staff and students would like to
express our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of the
deceased, her course mates and friends during this very trying time," he
added.
-- Yahoo!
means ntu has high chance to be haunted and the other ex-students are back for more chiobus n yantaos.
damn eeriy this ntu i tell u!
i think pretty soon the ntu will be filled with a classroom of ex-students.
hall 13?
Who put the bag over her head?
By herself or by a hitman?
thats a scary place that ntu i tell u!even pulau tekong also got not much deaths in 3 years!
unnatural death???maybe supernatural death!!
Originally posted by mancha:Who put the bag over her head?
By herself or by a hitman?
girrls r meant to be loved.
RIP. The girl can now attend the bridging programme at Newcomers To Underworld (NTU).