Posted: 10 April 2011 1536 hrs
SINGAPORE: A British
banker died in Singapore after plunging nearly 30 metres from a hotel
rooftop in the new waterfront Marina Bay business district, police and
local media said Sunday.
A police statement to AFP identified the
deceased as a British man and an investigation into the "unnatural
death" on Thursday evening was ongoing.
"Police received a
call... informing us that a person is believed to have fallen from
height from a building located along Collyer Quay, into the waters of
Marina Bay," the statement said.
"The body of a male British
national in his mid-30s was subsequently brought to shore, and he was
pronounced dead by a paramedic at scene.
"Police are investigating the unnatural death."
A
local newspaper said the deceased was William Hart, a 37-year-old
British man working in the city-state as head of sales for the Bank of
China International.
It said Hart was at the hotel's bar located
on the seventh floor when he was believed to have breached a metal
railing and glass barrier before falling into the waters.
An employee with the Fullerton Bay Hotel confirmed Thursday's incident but declined to give further details.
-AFP