Glue-sniffer fell into pond
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Mar 18, 2011 - Straits Times
by Elena Chong
TWO teens sniffed glue and climbed onto a railing to listen to music when the younger youth fell into a pond in Yishun in December 2010.
Shawn On Poh Kiat's friend - Tan Yun Chao, 18 - had noticed the 14-year-old crying while listening to songs from his (Tan's) mobile phone on Dec 11 2010.
Suddenly, Shawn fell into the water. Unable to swim, he was bobbing and shouting for help before he sank. Mr Tan took off his clothes and plunged into the muddy water. He managed to pull Shawn to shore but the teen was unconscious by then.
He tried to resuscitate him but Shawn did not respond. He called the police who advised him to call 995 for help. Mr Tan then followed instructions on the phone and performed cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on Shawn before police came and took over.
Shawn was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital where he died the next morning. At a coroner's inquiry into his death, the court heard that the Secondary 1 Yishun Secondary School student had been on parole for glue-sniffing.
On Dec 11 at about 6pm, he had called his 13-year-old former girlfriend on the phone and told her that he was sniffing glue. The pair had broken up the previous month as the girl felt that they were too young to be in a relationship. State Coroner Imran Abdul Hamid said in his findings that Shawn's drowning was accidental.
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si ginnas.
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damn tsunami/nuclear nippon ghost coming after us chinese again
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At the wrong hand, wrong company.
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Tan Yun Chao is dead.
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Cannot blame the kid, what the heck is his parents doing? How come school never notice it?
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Cannot blame the kid, what the heck is his parents doing? How come school never notice it?
dun blame anyone.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
dun blame anyone.
All interconnected.