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SINGAPORE – An 80-year-old man, his wife, 66, and their son, 45, were killed after an incident at the elderly couple’s apartment in Lakeside on Thursday (December 10).
Police said no dirty act is suspected and they were alerted to the unnatural death case at Block 120 Ho Ching Road around 4.15pm.
The couple was found immobile and a paramedic pronounced her dead at the scene.
Their son, who was visiting them, was unconscious when paramedics arrived, took him to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and later pronounced him dead.
Police are investigating their deaths.
The elderly man, Mr. Omar Manan, reportedly fell in the shower, and both he and his wife, Ms. Asmah Bujang, were believed to have been electrocuted when she rushed to help him.
Their son, Mr. Muhamad Ashikin Omar, had come to visit them with their 15-year-old daughter, according to a family friend who spoke to the Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily News.
After a long wait outside the door, he broke it and entered the flat. Seeing his parents on the ground, he tried to revive them. It is understood that he was also electrocuted.
When The Straits Times went to the unit Friday afternoon, police officers were seen inside the apartment.
A neighbor, who wished to be known only as Madam Ting, told ST in Mandarin that the couple lived alone and that their son and daughter-in-law visited them almost daily.
The 77-year-old retiree, who has lived in the unit for about 50 years, said: “I used to talk to them from the hall every day.
“They are a very close and friendly family, I can’t believe the three of them are gone.”
A funeral held at a relative’s home on Kang Ching Road, near the incident, was underway when ST arrived.
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Family members and friends of the family lined the hallway and gathered inside the floor to pay their respects.
A relative of the family declined to comment, adding that the family wanted to be left alone.
Many people arrived dressed in black when the mourners moved to the empty deck to pray.
A neighbor, Abdullah Adom, 62, told ST that he found out about the incident at prayers on Friday and decided to attend prayers on the empty deck.
On Facebook, Mr. Muhamad Ashikin’s wife said that her husband was a good father and son, and asked that their family be kept in prayer.
“Today (December 11) is our daughter’s 15th birthday and (tomorrow) is my sister-in-law’s (but) she has lost her parents and her only brother,” he said.
What to do when someone has been electrocuted
Experts said that it is dangerous to touch someone who has been electrocuted.
Associate Professor See Kye Yak from the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University said that the person who has been electrocuted carries a high voltage.
[[nid:475108]]“Anyone in direct physical contact with him without any insulation will be electrocuted as well, especially if the victim’s body is wet, which reduces his resistance to electricity.”
An insulating object, such as one made of wood or plastic, should be used to push the victim away from the point of contact with the live electrical source, Professor See added.
He said: “If there is a rubber shoe, the person helping the victim should wear it to protect themselves from electrocution.”
Meanwhile, Associate Professor Liang Yung Chii from the National University of Singapore College of Engineering said that in cases of electric shock, the circuit breaker detecting the leakage current usually trips and the power supply is interrupted.
However, if the breaker does not detect the leakage current and does not trip, the power supply may still be on.
Professor Liang said, “In this case, someone has to turn off the main power supply by manually turning off the circuit breaker. After that, check the person’s health situation, give CPR if necessary, and call an ambulance if necessary. “
This article was first published in The times of the strait. Permission is required for reproduction.
