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Grassroots leader hanged self

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Magoichi Saika

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Jun 15, 2010
Businessman hanged self

<!-- by line --> By Elena Chong

A GRASSROOTS leader who was troubled by allegations of missing money from a temple which he headed was found hanged in a locked storeroom of his home in Upper Bukit Timah last December. Loh Meng Hai, 59, had left a suicide note two days before his death on Dec 29 saying that he deserved to die and that he was 'responsible for the cheating case''. At Tuesday's coroner's inquiry into his death, the court heard that his son, Mr Louis Loh, 29, broke the storeroom at the rear of their Chun Tin Road home and found him hanged at about 6.40am that day.

Investigation showed that Loh started losing sleep when the Commercial Affairs Department's investigation into a complaint of misappropriated funds from the Bukit Timah Tua Pek Kong Temple was underway. But the court heard that no probe had started against Loh then nor had he been called for an interview. His son told police that Loh seldom talked to them about his temple or personal problems and kept everything to himself.

A day before his death, he attended an annual general meeting of the Beauty World Centre and Bukit View MCST where he was verbally attacked by a few subsidiary proprietors over some unrelated issue. The subsidiary proprietors demanded that he apologise. Loh became very upset and stressed after the meeting. State Coroner Eddy Tham recorded a verdict of suicide on his death.


 
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Dead grassroots leader had been accused of misappropriating temple's money

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Posted: 15 June 2010 1559 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A grassroots leader from Holland-Bukit Timah GRC who was found hanged on 29 December last year was accused of misappropriating money from the Bukit Timah Tua Pek Kong Temple before he died.

59-year-old Loh Meng Hai, who used to be the temple's chairman, was found dead by his son in the storeroom of their house at Chun Tin Road off Upper Bukit Timah Road that day.

The Coroner's Court heard that the Commercial Affairs Department received a complaint about the allegation on 16 December 2009.

However, no investigation was commenced against Mr Loh and the CAD also did not contact him.

State Coroner Eddy Tham recorded a verdict of suicide in court Tuesday. - CNA/jy


 

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Jun 15, 2010
Businessman hanged self

<!-- by line --> By Elena Chong

A GRASSROOTS leader who was troubled by allegations of missing money from a temple which he headed was found hanged in a locked storeroom of his home in Upper Bukit Timah last December. Loh Meng Hai, 59, had left a suicide note two days before his death on Dec 29 saying that he deserved to die and that he was 'responsible for the cheating case''. At Tuesday's coroner's inquiry into his death, the court heard that his son, Mr Louis Loh, 29, broke the storeroom at the rear of their Chun Tin Road home and found him hanged at about 6.40am that day.

Investigation showed that Loh started losing sleep when the Commercial Affairs Department's investigation into a complaint of misappropriated funds from the Bukit Timah Tua Pek Kong Temple was underway. But the court heard that no probe had started against Loh then nor had he been called for an interview. His son told police that Loh seldom talked to them about his temple or personal problems and kept everything to himself.

A day before his death, he attended an annual general meeting of the Beauty World Centre and Bukit View MCST where he was verbally attacked by a few subsidiary proprietors over some unrelated issue. The subsidiary proprietors demanded that he apologise. Loh became very upset and stressed after the meeting. State Coroner Eddy Tham recorded a verdict of suicide on his death.


 
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Magoichi Saika

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Loh became very upset and stressed after the meeting. State Coroner Eddy Tham recorded a verdict of suicide on his death.
Why chose suicide over stress management counseling? :biggrin:

 
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Magoichi Saika

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Loh became very upset and stressed after the meeting. State Coroner Eddy Tham recorded a verdict of suicide on his death.
Why chose suicide over stress management counseling? :biggrin:

 
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