<p data-original-title="" title="">A 47-year-old Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regular serviceman was found hanging from a rope at the rooftop of Gombak Base multi-storey carpark on Monday (Aug 23).&nbsp;</p>

<p data-original-title="" title="">He was&nbsp;pronounced dead on site at about 1.40pm by an SAF medical officer, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a press release, adding that the death was&nbsp;non-training related.</p>

<p data-original-title="" title="">The Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Civil Defence Force were activated by the unit.</p>

<p data-original-title="" title="">Based on preliminary investigations, the police do not suspect foul death.&nbsp;The case has been classified as an unnatural death and investigations are ongoing.</p>

<p data-original-title="" title="">Mindef also extended its "deepest condolences to the family of the late serviceman", and is assisting the family in their time of grief.&nbsp;</p>

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Claudia Tan

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Ministry of Defence

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A 47-year-old Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regular serviceman was found hanging from a rope at the rooftop of Gombak Base multi-storey carpark on Monday (Aug 23). 

He was pronounced dead on site at about 1.40pm by an SAF medical officer, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a press release, adding that the death was non-training related.

The Singapore Police Force...

SAF regular, 47, found dead at Gombak Base carpark

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