A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) full-time national serviceman (NSF) was found unconscious at Pasir Laba Camp and subsequently pronounced dead in hospital, according to a press release from the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) sent just after midnight on Saturday, September 28.
The NSF, who served as a transport operator from Transport Hub (West), was discovered unresponsive next to a bed at Pasir Laba Camp on Friday (27 Sep) evening.
His age was not specified.
“The SAF Ambulance Service was activated by the unit to evacuate him to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital,” said MINDEF.
“Despite resuscitation efforts en route, the serviceman was pronounced dead at the hospital.”
Preliminary investigations by the police do not suggest foul play, and the case has been classified as an unnatural death, with investigations currently ongoing.
MINDEF and the SAF expressed their condolences to the family of the late serviceman and are actively assisting them during this difficult time.
MINDEF : “The Ministry of Defence and the SAF extend our deepest condolences to the family of the late serviceman, and are assisting the family in their time of grief’.
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