19-year-old Chinese student in Singapore falls to death a week before graduation, dad devastated

Li Jiaxuan was found dead at the foot of an apartment building adjacent to the one where she lived in.A 19-year-old student from China was found dead below an apartment block in Jurong West — just a week before her graduation.

Jiaxuan, who came to Singapore in 2016, had also reportedly applied to several universities in Hong Kong, Macau and Australia. Nothing seemed to be amiss then, he recounted, adding that Jiaxuan was in contact with two of her close friends at about 2am on the day she died.Li said his daughter came to Singapore a year after her mother died of an illness.

Li was supposed to fly to Singapore to attend Jiaxuan's graduation ceremony. He had already booked his flight and hotel, and was planning to return to China with her after the ceremony.Questions about daughter's death Although he tried to request for an autopsy to be done, he was told that his daughter's body had to be cremated. Police officers also reportedly informed him that investigations might take three to six months.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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