Thursday, June 24, 2010

News Update Man drowns in S'pore River

By Hoe Pei Shan
AN ALL night beer drinking binge ended in tragedy when one of the revellers, still in a drunked stupor, fell into the Singapore River and drowned early on Thursday morning.
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Mohamed Asrul, 24, who was to have started work at a new job on Thursday, and a group of friends started drinking at about 11 pm on Wednesday at Central Mall, near Coleman Bridge in Clarke Quay.
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Only Asrul and four friends in the group of nine drank through the night. Two of them later fell asleep on a public bench while another two, including Asrul, dozed off on the river bank.

At about 7 am, an unsteady Asrul woke up and wanted to go home but he lost his balance and fell into the Singapore River, according to his friends who witnessed the incident.

Two of them jumped in and tried to pull Asrul out but could not find his body
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One called the police who arrived at about 7.14 am, followed by a team from the Singapore Civil Defence Force.

Shortly after, SAF divers arrived and began the search in the river. Within minutes, they found Asrul's body.

Police are investigating the drowning incident.