Salad shop owner distressed by work injury claim found soaked at Changi Beach Park a day before death
An inquiry into the death of a salad shop owner has heard that she was found soaked from head to toe at Changi Beach Park in an apparent attempt to take her own life, a day before her fatal fall from an HDB block.Her husband said that she had been deeply distressed after receiving multiple medical bills and a lawyer’s letter regarding a foreign employee’s work injury compensation claim.The 44-year-old mother of two died on July 19, 2025, after sharing Facebook posts in the early hours of July 18 alleging that an employee had faked an injury in a bid to file a false compensation claim.“I’m truly sorry that I couldn’t find the strength to face this battle on my own,” she wrote in one of the posts.Following her death, several netizens and fellow business owners paid tribute to her, with one netizen fondly recalling how she had given him delivery jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic.On July 24, 2025, Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) was investigating the suspected fraudulent work injury claim flagged by the shop owner.