Yahoo!. Now with Friends.

Discover news, videos and much more based on what your friends are reading and watching. Publish your own activity and retain full control.

To get started, first

YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITY

    Student at NTU found dead in hall of residence

    Yahoo! Newsroom – Sun, Jan 22, 2012

    (UPDATED: 10:50pm, adding more details, statement from NTU)

    A student attending a bridging programme at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was found dead in one of its halls of residence late on Friday night.

    Shin Min Daily News identified the student as 20-year-old Lan Xing Ye, who is from Fujian province in China. The paper reported that her roommate returned to the room they shared on the sixth floor of Hall 13 on Friday night to find her motionless on her bed, with a plastic bag over her head.

    Police were alerted to the incident at 12:05am, and are currently investigating the case, which they have classified as an unnatural death.

    In an email circulated to students in the late afternoon on Saturday, NTU president Bertil Andersson confirmed the incident, saying preliminary police investigations showed there was no sign of forced entry, and that Lan showed no other visible injuries.

    He further added that NTU is extending all support and assistance to her family.

    The paper also reported that Lan first came to Singapore to study slightly more than a year ago, in December 2010. She reportedly won a scholarship with the Ministry of Education (MOE) and was supposed to choose her major this year after her bridging course at the university, which she started after moving into its hostel a month ago.

    The one-and-a-half year bridging programme acts as a preparatory course, which allows international students to take introductory courses in disciplines they may want to major in, and learn English as well.

    Lan was also said to have given tuition in her spare time, advertising for students online, possibly for the payment of her school fees.

    Her friends told Shin Min that she was cheerful, and showed no signs of any problems, although they added it was possible she may have been stressed from the pressure to do well academically. The paper also reported that Lan's roommate said she suffered from clinical depression.

    In a statement, an NTU spokesperson said that professional counsellors with the school are assisting Lan's family, friends, coursemates and residents at Hall 13 who may need help coping with the emotional impact of the tragedy.

    "Together with NTU’s President, the management, faculty, staff and students would like to express our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of the deceased, her course mates and friends during this very trying time," he added.

    Click here to get the latest news on your mobile!

    How do you feel about this article?

    Loading...
     
     
    Top Locations Zhuhai Singapore Bangkok Singapore Jakarta Kumbakonam Missoula Kuala Lumpur London Hong Kong Guangzhou

    298 comments

    • Evtim
      Evtim  •  Warwick, United Kingdom  •  1 month 1 day ago
      she was chinese, so what can I say...to them depression and suicide are as normal as going to the toilet
    • l
      l  •  Houston, United States  •  1 month 5 days ago
      auto-erotic asphyxiation?
    • Largest Web Hosting
      Largest Web Hosting  •  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  •  1 month 5 days ago
      This again makes us think what is the purpose of education? Does it mean there is no place for those not able to cope with standards set by humans. What kind of world are we creating? Very sad indeed.
    • toad
      toad  •  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  •  1 month 5 days ago
      R.I.P. girl. My Condolences to her family n friends.
    • bettero
      bettero  •  Tianjin, China  •  1 month 4 days ago
      I had friend who took scholarship and she was damn stressed, the review was every quarter, just after exams. And the review wasnt pleasant if you fell below the expectations. Well any if you cannot deliver, just quit, there is no need to die. What for? You should have parents to return to or look after.
    • HeadortailiWin
      HeadortailiWin  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 5 days ago
      More like a murder case. Why and how suicide use plastic bag over her own head? Some sick maniac is prowling around ntu hostel. Ntu better investigate thoroughly. Any CCTV footage in each hostel? Please don't endanger our local children.
    • Soew Alex
      Soew Alex  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 5 days ago
      hey, I have a PRC friend who is paid $1800 a month to study at MOE for Advanced Diploma Level, she is hardworking...but she got like E8 for English when asked to take GCE O level, I guess they got stressed up by learning new language?

      She even got 2 months bonus from MOE for studying...I was completely stunned. People dont get paid for nothing, that's where the stress come from I think~
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 4 days ago
      Hall 13 again. I suspect is some harmful spirits. I was from hall 13 back a few years then. I met some spirits there including one that is extremely scary. I remember there is a student who got possessed on the same day that i met this spirit. I am lucky enough to run away.
    • Diane Tay
      Diane Tay  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 5 days ago
      guys, seriously you should listen to those comments by those china national about us...none of it is positive, we are being insulted! we are being called names by them!
    • Hong
      Hong  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 5 days ago
      "Lan was also said to have given tuition in her spare time, advertising for students online, possibly for the payment of her school fees."
      She is on MOE scholarship with allowances given by our government. Why would she need to pay her own school fees?
    • Bos
      Bos  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 5 days ago
      PUB and MRT have failed us and now MOE. It's a sign of deterioration for those who run this country.
    • Bukit
      Bukit  •  1 month 4 days ago
      Using a plastic bag over her head to kill herself? Try to put a plastic bag to cover your head for a few seconds and see how you feel. Not even before you reach your last breath you will pull off the bag yourself grasping for oxygen.
    • busybody no.1
      busybody no.1  •  1 month 5 days ago
      RIP. Life is not all about study and success. Just be yourself, you will be happier.
    • Joker
      Joker  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 3 days ago
      No good to put too much pressure on oneself..... :( RIP.
    • Lynne
      Lynne  •  Hong Kong, Hong Kong  •  1 month 5 days ago
      I'm surprised she went through stress cos I thought mainlanders are more intelligent and tough, as advocated by Mr. LKY?
      I hope her family doesn't go to Singapore to get money as with other mainlanders who died in Singapore unexpectedly: Huang Na, Li Hongmei (the slut who seduced her boss and was chopped up into 7 pieces) and this other one who died naked in a Sentosa Cove bungalow after a good one-night stand.
    • anonymous
      anonymous  •  1 month 5 days ago
      singapore and its rubbish education system can rot in hell.
    • ang
      ang  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 5 days ago
      NTU should stop scouring China for students to study with free board and scholarships. Support locals. Too high percentage all PRC students in that place.
    • Lim Abdullah
      Lim Abdullah  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  1 month 5 days ago
      That is the price to pay for living in a first world society. The easiest way out if we have run out of option in this pressure pot.Tough enough for us to eke out a decent living here and pity our children who are exposed to stress at such an early tender age.

      I would rather take a few steps back and be a farmer working the land knowing with certainty it would sustain my family for generations to come than to live in a society that I am beholden to and slotting all the way right up to the very threshold of my grave.

      Singapore is no longer the dream our ancestors had envisioned. There is no life for those who are ill-equipped for the realities here. No thanks to the people who made this country what it is today.

      And should my children find it tough to cope here, I may find comfort in the thought that at least they have the option to fall back on the country where the grass is greener and the air fresher, and not end up in the sorry state that we are getting more and more accustomed to...
    • The Unwanted
      The Unwanted  •  1 month 5 days ago
      Maybe her parents will sued NTU for a refund.
    • Tommyz
      Tommyz  •  1 month 5 days ago
      Yahoo your comments keep repeating itself when I expand for " more" comments
     Post a comment