Man dies after fall in alleged burglary from friend's 8th-floor flat


A 25-year-old man is believed to have fallen from the eighth storey of a Housing Board block in Yishun Street 51 on Friday after a burglary.PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): His friend had been close to his family and had interacted warmly with his three young children and bought them toys.

But last Friday, 35-year-old Lim, who declined to give his full name, not only found out that his friend had died, but also that his friend had allegedly broken into his flat and stolen $7,000 (RM21,239) worth of items before his death.

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