54-year-old MINDEF staff dies while under SAF detention

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A defence executive assistant with the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), who was detained at the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) detention barracks to assist in investigations, has died.

MINDEF said 54-year-old Sivaperumal Tanggayelu collapsed while taking a shower at about 6.50pm last Friday.

It said the duty medic immediately started resuscitation efforts on Mr Sivaperumal, who was unconscious and without a pulse.

At 7.09pm, Mr Sivaperumal was moved to Tengah Air Base Medical Centre, where an SAF doctor assessed that he had suffered a cardiac arrest.

Advanced life support intervention was initiated and he was moved to the National University Hospital (NUH) Emergency Department at 7.44pm.

MINDEF said resuscitation efforts continued en route to the hospital.

At NUH, Mr Sivaperumal was resuscitated at 8.15pm, but remained in a critical condition.

He died on Monday at about 8.50pm at NUH.

SAF is providing assistance to the family and is investigating the incident.