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18-10-2013, 10:50 AM
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Sad case and the supervisor should be charged, not just fine.
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They took his broken body, changed his clothes, loaded him onto a truck and then drove him to Upper Circular Road, where they dumped him.
And by the time paramedics found the migrant worker, shoeless and slumped in a back alley, he was dead.
This was the sad and shocking end of the worker, believed to be a Myanmar national.
Police said three men have since been arrested and are now assisting with investigations.
The New Paper learnt that the dead man had been moonlighting as a painter at a linkway between VivoCity and HarbourFront Centre.
The top of the linkway is about three storeys high. A crane is believed to have been used at the site, where work took place only after the malls were shut for the night.
INJURED
TNP understands that the worker had fallen on Oct 6 while working at the site. He was badly injured.
But instead of calling for help, his supervisors loaded him onto a truck and drove 15 minutes to Upper Circular Road The road, flanked by shophouses, offices and serviced apartments, is usually quiet.
But it would have been different on a Saturday night, when the incident happened.
The surrounding area of The Riverwalk and Boat Quay would have been packed with party goers.
But somehow, perhaps under the cover of darkness, his supervisors managed to abandon him.
Only later did a passer-by discover his motionless body.
The man was pronounced dead at 1.30am last Monday.
A police spokesman said: "Follow-up investigations revealed that this incident may be connected to a worksite incident which occurred along Harbourfront Walk."
Police linked the worker back to the worksite at HarbourFront, although it is believed that his clothes had been changed.
The work site was handled by SKK (S), a paint manufacturing company from Japan.
A registry check revealed the company is run by Japanese nationals.
On its website, SKK (S) said its notable clients include VivoCity and Paragon shopping malls.
STOP-WORK ORDER
TNP visited the company's warehouse at 14, Pandan Road on Monday afternoon, but a security guard said nobody was willing to speak.
Calls to the company went unanswered.
Ms Joanna Lee, the head of retail management at Mapletree Commercial Property Management, which manages VivoCity, said: "We were informed that the contractor for the exterior painting works had been issued a stop-work order and this relates to an incident that occurred.
"As the matter is under investigation by the authorities, we are not able to comment further."
A Ministry of Manpower spokesman said it has "instructed the occupier to stop work at the accident location".
At the site, a white tarpaulin covers cans of paint and a crane.
Security guards declined to reveal how many people had been working at the site.
So why didn't the migrant worker's employers just call an ambulance? By moonlighting, the man would have been deemed to have worked illegally.
Social worker for migrant labour issues Jolovan Wham said he has come across five cases of moonlighting workers being taken advantage of by their employers, such as not being paid.
But he emphasised that the people he has met are "not representative" of how common such instances are.
TNP understands these workers can earn about $50 for two hours of work.
Often, they walk into work sites hoping for a job.
Those who employ such workers risk a fine not exceeding $10,000.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?166312-Foreign-worker-s-body-dumped-in-the-alley&goto=newpost).
Sad case and the supervisor should be charged, not just fine.
Quote:
http://peekture.co/images/85120131016_circularroad_.jpg
They took his broken body, changed his clothes, loaded him onto a truck and then drove him to Upper Circular Road, where they dumped him.
And by the time paramedics found the migrant worker, shoeless and slumped in a back alley, he was dead.
This was the sad and shocking end of the worker, believed to be a Myanmar national.
Police said three men have since been arrested and are now assisting with investigations.
The New Paper learnt that the dead man had been moonlighting as a painter at a linkway between VivoCity and HarbourFront Centre.
The top of the linkway is about three storeys high. A crane is believed to have been used at the site, where work took place only after the malls were shut for the night.
INJURED
TNP understands that the worker had fallen on Oct 6 while working at the site. He was badly injured.
But instead of calling for help, his supervisors loaded him onto a truck and drove 15 minutes to Upper Circular Road The road, flanked by shophouses, offices and serviced apartments, is usually quiet.
But it would have been different on a Saturday night, when the incident happened.
The surrounding area of The Riverwalk and Boat Quay would have been packed with party goers.
But somehow, perhaps under the cover of darkness, his supervisors managed to abandon him.
Only later did a passer-by discover his motionless body.
The man was pronounced dead at 1.30am last Monday.
A police spokesman said: "Follow-up investigations revealed that this incident may be connected to a worksite incident which occurred along Harbourfront Walk."
Police linked the worker back to the worksite at HarbourFront, although it is believed that his clothes had been changed.
The work site was handled by SKK (S), a paint manufacturing company from Japan.
A registry check revealed the company is run by Japanese nationals.
On its website, SKK (S) said its notable clients include VivoCity and Paragon shopping malls.
STOP-WORK ORDER
TNP visited the company's warehouse at 14, Pandan Road on Monday afternoon, but a security guard said nobody was willing to speak.
Calls to the company went unanswered.
Ms Joanna Lee, the head of retail management at Mapletree Commercial Property Management, which manages VivoCity, said: "We were informed that the contractor for the exterior painting works had been issued a stop-work order and this relates to an incident that occurred.
"As the matter is under investigation by the authorities, we are not able to comment further."
A Ministry of Manpower spokesman said it has "instructed the occupier to stop work at the accident location".
At the site, a white tarpaulin covers cans of paint and a crane.
Security guards declined to reveal how many people had been working at the site.
So why didn't the migrant worker's employers just call an ambulance? By moonlighting, the man would have been deemed to have worked illegally.
Social worker for migrant labour issues Jolovan Wham said he has come across five cases of moonlighting workers being taken advantage of by their employers, such as not being paid.
But he emphasised that the people he has met are "not representative" of how common such instances are.
TNP understands these workers can earn about $50 for two hours of work.
Often, they walk into work sites hoping for a job.
Those who employ such workers risk a fine not exceeding $10,000.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?166312-Foreign-worker-s-body-dumped-in-the-alley&goto=newpost).