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SINGAPORE: An incoming foreign student who was serving stay-home notice (SHN) in a hotel hanged himself in his room in a deliberate act of suicide after being caught breaching quarantine, a coroner found on Tuesday (Apr 20).
Sri Lankan national Nishad Manilka De Fonseka, 20, had come to Singapore last year to begin his first year studying at Singapore Management University (SMU).
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Days before his school term was due to begin in August 2020, Mr De Fonseka was found hanged inside his room at the Hotel Grand Pacific.
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