About 168 residents of woodlands blk 168 were shocked and disgusted by what happened on a Saturday morning around 10.40am.
The dead woman is believed to be a 30-year old Indonesian maid living in the block. She had long hair and was wearing T-shirt and bermudas. The women was discovered after the water in the HDB Flats started turning yellow and tasted disgusting according to some residents. Some Blood stains were found in the lift and at the rooftop.
A few residents saw the couple quarreling at the 14th floor lift lobby that morning where the Bangladeshi worker murdered the Indonesian women. The victim and the Bangladeshi man were believed to have been in an intimate relationship. He was seen limping and had cuts on his legs when he was arrested by the police.
According to the police the residents were only informed several hours after the discovery, which means that many people had unknowingly used the water. Residents staying in the block revealed that some residents were afflicted by emotional trauma, and others by diarrhea.
Sembawang Town Council took swift action once it was informed of the incident: It isolated all the eight water tanks serving the block and began washing, flushing and sterilizing of the tanks and distribution pipes. Many residents were unable to access clean water for almost 2hours before water tanks came. Complains were over the sky as many residents were unhappy and disgusted by allowing this to happen.
Several Questions were raised such as "why is the Bangladeshi worker given access to the rooftop?"
Even though the case has settled down , i feel utterly disgusted by the situation and feel that such incidents should never happen again. I understand that some residents even used the water to boil soup and cook breakfast. This is repulsive and nauseating. I personally would be horrified and hence have a phobia of drinking the PUB water anymore. Security to the rooftop should be more secured , many other things many happen. Examples such as suicide and terrorism may strike easily in such a case.
All in all , Singapore town council should step up and take control of such incidents from happening again. Prevention is better than cure.
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