A body of an unidentified 22-year-old woman was recovered after it was seen floating near the jetty at MacRitchie Reservoir this morning.
According to Channel News Asia, the police said they received a call for assistance at 7.22am and found the body upon their arrival. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) retrieved the body, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The SCDF said it was alerted on Tuesday afternoon that a body was seen in the reservoir. SCDF and PUB officers conducted a search of the area, after they were alerted on Tuesday afternoon about a body being spotted in the reservoir, while Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Dart) divers were activated to conducted point dive searches at the scene.
An SCDF spokesperson said the search was called off at 7pm on Tuesday due to failing light.
This has been classified as a case of unnatural death and investigations are ongoing.
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