Worker found dead at Tanjong Pagar building demolition site


SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A worker was found dead under the rubble after part of the Fuji Xerox Towers building in Tanjong Pagar collapsed during demolition works.

Rescuers found the body of the 20-year-old worker, an Indian national, late on Thursday night after more than six hours of search and rescue operations. His body was pinned under 2m of debris.

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