Mum, two kids in 25-storey death fall
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saw this news on TV last nite and was very saddened by it... kids are innocent... no matter what problems adults have, should never drag the kids into it....
Mum, two kids in 25-storey death fall
Children tied to woman at wrists with red string
By K. C. Vijayan
A MOTHER and two toddlers, bound by red string to her wrists, were found dead at the foot of a block of flats yesterday morning.
The deaths occurred some time after 11am at Block 53, Chin Swee Road, when the 34-year-old unemployed Singaporean woman, dressed in a black cheongsam, went up to the 25th floor with her two daughters, aged one and two.
The police found a knee-high wooden table there, which the woman is believed to have used to climb over the concrete parapet for the deadly plunge.
The table belonged to a resident on the far corner of the floor, who had placed a flower pot on it outside his flat.
The owner, who gave his name as Mr Ng, said he did not notice anything amiss when he returned to his flat at about 11am, and did not hear of the deaths until the police knocked on his door more than an hour later.
People living in the area did not hear any screams during the fall, but some heard a loud thud as the bodies landed on the grass verge encircling the block.
Paramedics, who arrived shortly after, pronounced the mother dead at 11.50am, and the two children, one in a dark blue dress and the other in a light blue one, within 10 minutes of each other.
A 43-year-old office worker, who said he saw the bodies before the police arrived, claimed there was a message strung around the dead woman's neck, reading: 'Please call my husband' with a mobile phone number written next to it.
The man, who did not want to be identified, also said the elder girl appeared to be breathing soon after the fall but was lifeless by the time police arrived.
Stunned residents said that the woman did not live in the area, adding that most of the home owners on the upper floors of the 26-storey block were old folk with grown-up children.
A 20-year-old computer studies student, who lives on the eighth floor, said the deaths were a brutal way to mark his birthday.
The China national said he was horrified when he looked out of the window and saw the three bodies directly below.
'I am trying hard to forget this as quickly as possible,' he said, looking very troubled.
Though the police did not disclose the identity of the woman, it is understood they have notified her husband.
They have classified the case as unnatural deaths for the present and are investigating, said spokesman Siow Cheng Cheng. -
only one word can describe this:
tragedy.
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sad....................
wonder wats the problem tt led her to this decision............ -
was in a daze from illness and pills...
but was shocked into lucidity to hear what happened...
the children were tied to her
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and wonder if it could have been prevented... very sad indeed... when i heard the news last nite i was v v shocked....
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tie red string, why nvr wear red dress?
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The scary thing is that she used a red string and tied her wrists to both her daughters, wander if anyone knows what that means?
I remember watching chinese ghost movies, whereby if a person kills herself in a red dress, she comes back as a vengeful ghost.
This woman was in a black cheongsum, both daughters were in blue and light blue dress, but the red string... hm...
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SUE outingOriginally posted by :The scary thing is that she used a red string and tied her wrists to both her daughters, wander if anyone knows what that means?
I remember watching chinese ghost movies, whereby if a person kills herself in a red dress, she comes back as a vengeful ghost.
This woman was in a black cheongsum, both daughters were in blue and light blue dress, but the red string... hm... -
and she had this note around her neck to call her husband.
Plain sad. -
husband hasn't made appearance since yesterday?
>switch on speculate mode<
>rub chin<
the reason she jumped is related to her husband........? -
got problems seek help from others....dun choose death.
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and the note written her husband's hp tied to her neck?....Originally posted by FireIce:husband hasn't made appearance since yesterday?
>switch on speculate mode<
>rub chin<
the reason she jumped is related to her husband........? -
No matter what happened between the adults, the kids are innocent!
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I think she bind the children to her for eternatiy, even in death, the spirits of her child can't leave herOriginally posted by :The scary thing is that she used a red string and tied her wrists to both her daughters, wander if anyone knows what that means?
I remember watching chinese ghost movies, whereby if a person kills herself in a red dress, she comes back as a vengeful ghost.
This woman was in a black cheongsum, both daughters were in blue and light blue dress, but the red string... hm... 
Kinda scary if you ask me. -
haiz... no matter what, still think that kids are innocent... shouldn't drag them into an adult's problem...Originally posted by octega:I think she bind the children to her for eternatiy, even in death, the spirits of her child can't leave her Kinda scary if you ask me.
and i wonder, why are people hesitant to ask for help when in trouble? or is the help not "helpful" to them??
Would you seek outside counselling and help if you are in depression??? -
What is that?Originally posted by kopiosatu:SUE outing
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What you say may be true... but what does a black cheongsum represent? Anyone knows?Originally posted by octega:I think she bind the children to her for eternatiy, even in death, the spirits of her child can't leave her Kinda scary if you ask me. -
S'pore Urban Explorers??Originally posted by :What is that? 
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I guess when a person is in serious depression, the only feeling in him/her is helpless n hopeless.Originally posted by KittynMeow:haiz... no matter what, still think that kids are innocent... shouldn't drag them into an adult's problem...
and i wonder, why are people hesitant to ask for help when in trouble? or is the help not "helpful" to them??
Would you seek outside counselling and help if you are in depression???
Their thinking is in a mess and they can't find a path out, therefore can't think sensibly like we normally do.. -
The Red String is a protection against evil eye, it is tied around the wrist with a Kabbalistic meditation to charge the bracelet and previously it is rolled around the tomb of Rachel the Matriarch in Israel who is the channel for protection against evil eye.
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Actually, Not nice to speculate lah... It's oredi so tragic... I feel so sorree for the children...
RPOriginally posted by FireIce:husband hasn't made appearance since yesterday?
>switch on speculate mode<
>rub chin<
the reason she jumped is related to her husband........? -
Now why did Kopiosatu say SUE outing? Out of the blue and quoting my comment???Originally posted by KittynMeow:S'pore Urban Explorers?? -
agree agree... v v sad liow... saw the Lianhe Zaobao which showed a small photo of the hands with red string... saw the gals' hands and remind me that they are the same age as my colleague's baby... so young and innocent stillOriginally posted by RainbowPrincess:Actually, Not nice to speculate lah... It's oredi so tragic... I feel so sorree for the children...
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Poor thgs... She cld've left them in the care of a relative, instead of making them die wif her.
But I suppose during tt time, she wasn't thinking straight...
RPOriginally posted by KittynMeow:agree agree... v v sad liow... saw the Lianhe Zaobao which showed a small photo of the hands with red string... saw the gals' hands and remind me that they are the same age as my colleague's baby... so young and innocent still -
