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[TD]Coffeeshop Chit Chat - ST: MRT death-
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[TD="class: msgtxt"]By Maria Almenoar, Transport Correspondent
The
man found dead in an MRT tunnel on Sunday was earlier seen
climbing over a locked gate by other members of the public, The Straits Times
understands. However, nobody alerted the authorities. (whoah, how come ST
doesn't scrutinise SMRT's security measures? If someone plans to bomb out
trains, still sounds so easy for anyone to try it. ST will simply say public
could have stopped bombs is it?)
It
is understood that the Singaporean Chinese man in his 20s was not an SMRT
employee with official access to the line.
Instead,
he was a member of the public who climbed over the gate at Redhill station to
get onto the tracks. From there, he walked east towards Tiong Bahru, an
underground station on the East-West Line.
He
was found lying beside the tracks in the tunnel between the two stations. It is
not clear exactly how he died. At elevated stations, there are locked gates at
either end of the platforms to restrict access.
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[TD="class: msgtxt"]By Maria Almenoar, Transport Correspondent

The
man found dead in an MRT tunnel on Sunday was earlier seen
climbing over a locked gate by other members of the public, The Straits Times
understands. However, nobody alerted the authorities. (whoah, how come ST
doesn't scrutinise SMRT's security measures? If someone plans to bomb out
trains, still sounds so easy for anyone to try it. ST will simply say public
could have stopped bombs is it?)
It
is understood that the Singaporean Chinese man in his 20s was not an SMRT
employee with official access to the line.
Instead,
he was a member of the public who climbed over the gate at Redhill station to
get onto the tracks. From there, he walked east towards Tiong Bahru, an
underground station on the East-West Line.
He
was found lying beside the tracks in the tunnel between the two stations. It is
not clear exactly how he died. At elevated stations, there are locked gates at
either end of the platforms to restrict access.
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