54-year-old man found dead at Thomson V basement staircase

The body of a 54-year-old man was found at the bottom of a basement staircase of the Thomson V condominium along Sin Ming Road yesterday morning. 

Cleaner Oh Soh Guat was the one first person who stumbled on the body when she arrived at work around 9am, The New Paper reports. She mentioned that she tried calling out to him, but went to inform her boss after receiving no response. 

A witness speaking to The Straits Times remarked that the man had often been seen hanging around the area. 

The police were called around 9.30am, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The incident is currently being investigated as a case of unnatural death. 

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