I lost my daughter to Kpod addiction: Singaporean father of 19-year-old shares heartbreak and lessons


Delfard Tay's daughter died of multiple injuries after falling from a height in September 2024. - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: The last image Delfard Tay has of his 19-year-old daughter Shermaine is a video of her stumbling out of their three-room flat in Tanjong Pagar.

She looks unsteady in the footage, as she tries to get up from the sofa she slept on in the living room.

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