Cleaner, 70, Dies After Being Found Dazed At Roadside

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Singapore
15-11-2005

THOUGH she was 70 years old, she still turned up for work at 5.30am every day.

But last Sunday, no one noticed that Madam Lie A Po was missing until a security guard saw her 1 1/2 hours later. She was leaning against a tree along Upper East Coast Road, about 25m from the entrance of Eastern Lagoon II, the condominium complex where she worked as a cleaner.

She was looking dazed but had a slight smile on her face and a red mark on her forehead.

She also had slight injuries on her arms and elbows.

The security guard alerted the supervisor who called for an ambulance.

Madam Lie was taken to Changi General Hospital, but she died there at about 1.20pm, said her younger daughter, Ms Mary Lim.

Earlier, Madam Lie's elder daughter, Madam Doreen Lim, 48, had gone to her workplace to visit her.

She said: 'I was shocked when they told me she had been sent to hospital, and contacted my brothers and sister.'

Family members are unsure if she was the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

But her handbag, which she used to carry to work, is missing, said Madam Lim.

She described her mother, who had been working as a cleaner for 10 years, as healthy and hardworking.

'She kept herself busy at home where she did household chores after returning from work in the late afternoons and never went out.'

Madam Lie, who lived with her youngest son at Block 95 Bedok North Avenue 4, would leave for work before 5am daily.

The injuries she suffered could have been due to a fall and police are investigating the case as unnatural death.

'She was incoherent when attended to by ambulance officers and police were unable to speak to her before she went in for treatment,' said spokesman Victor Keong.

Witnesses can call 1800-255-0000.

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