The off-duty firefighter - a full-time national serviceman at Tampines Fire Station - had been missing since Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - The body of a national servicemen was found floating in the lake of a quarry in the northern part of Pulau Ubin and retrieved on Sunday.
The off-duty firefighter - a 22-year-old full-time national serviceman at Tampines Fire Station - had been reported missing since Friday.At about 1pm on Sunday, a body was seen floating in the waters of Kekek Quarry, according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force . SCDF said that its rescuers who were conducting the search in the quarry retrieved the body, and the person was pronounced dead by a paramedic.On Saturday, a Pulau Ubin resident, known only as Mr Wang, 65, told Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao that he saw a friend of the missing man seeking assistance at about 7pm on Friday in the vicinity of the quarry.
Mr Wang said that the missing man may have gone swimming in the quarry lake and did not carry his mobile phone, according to the man’s family and friends.
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