Ishi Lau Gek How, a member of the hip-hop dance group SOUL who shot to fame in Channel UÂ’s SuperBand, was found dead in a Toyota Altis yesterday afternoon outside the National Stadium. The actual cause of death is still unknown, although the rumour now is that the 25-year-old committed suicide. According to a local newspaper, a Bangladeshi worker had seen the car parked in the soon-to-be-demolisted National Stadium carpark since 8am yesterday. Thinking the man inside - Ishi, was sleeping, he let him be. But when the worker saw Ishi there again at 2pm, he alerted his supervisor. Puddles of vomit were splattered on the parking lot next to the car. Another man claimed that he had seen the Toyota in the area before, recognising it because of its unique car license plate number.
News of IshiÂ’s death, released by the Police this morning, has left many people in extreme shock, not least the MediaCorp staff who knew the young and ever-so-lively Ishi from working with him in SuperBand.
Jasmin Chong, manager to SOUL at MediaCorp Artiste Management, said, “I’m shocked at the news Ishi is a happy-go-lucky guy; very jovial. I really don’t know what happened. I heard the news this morning from the boys (from SOUL); they had gotten the news only this morning too. They didn’t say much, only that they will call me again when they find out more. They sounded ok.
"We don’t know the cause of death, I mean, we will only know when the toxicology report comes out right? It seems his body was there for a few hours. From the type of person he is, I doubt that he would kill himself but I don’t know.”
We asked Jasmin if we could speak to the rest of the SOUL members but learnt that they do not wish to speak to the media at the moment.
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