A woman in her thirties was found dead at the foot of a flat in Punggol Edgedale Planes on Thursday morning.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force
said it received a call to Block 174C Edgedale Planes at about 5:25am.
Paramedics who arrived at the scene shortly afterwards pronounced her
dead.
It is unclear how the woman died.
Residents said
the deceased lived in a unit on the fifth floor with an elderly person. A
64-year-old housewife, who lives at the third floor of the block, said
her son heard a loud thump at about 5:20 am. He did not think much about
it and continued on his activities.
Another resident said that
at about 6:30am police had arrived and cordoned off the area. The body
was covered with a white plastic sheet and removed shortly.
According
to the resident, who declined to be named, police went from door to
door asking residents if there was any one missing from their flats.
Shortly, she witnessed an elderly woman identify the body as her maid.
Police are still investigating the incident.
Why are flat dwellers forcing their maids to cling on to the ledge to wash their windows?
Washing window at 5.20am?