According to a friend of the deceased, the latter slept rough in the Hamilton Road area and came to Singapore from Ipoh in the 1980s.
SINGAPORE: A coroner's court on Friday declared an open verdict into the death of an unidentified man, whose body was found floating in the Kallang River nearly 18 months ago.
He was not under the influence of drugs nor alcohol, and he was not a victim of assault as no defensive injuries were found on him. Mr Wong said he was a friend of the deceased. According to Mr Wong, the man came to Singapore from Ipoh, Malaysia in the late 1980s. He also noticed that the deceased had placed several items Mr Wong had previously purchased for him - such as shampoo and a mask - on Mr Wong's work shelf.Later that morning, a Bangladeshi worker told Mr Wong that the deceased had drowned and that there was a police tent at the scene.
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