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SINGAPORE: A newlywed groom was believed to have fallen to his death just hours after his wedding reception at Hilton Hotel.
Police said they received a call at about 3.25am on Wednesday that a man was lying motionless outside a hotel in Orchard Road.
The Chinese man, who was in his early thirties, was clad in T-shirt and shorts. His body was found at the hotel driveway.
Paramedics pronounced him dead at about 3.35am. He was believed to have fallen from the 24th floor near the hotel pool area.
The man, identified as Mr Leong Jun Wei, ran a computer shop and had lived in the MacPherson area.
Just hours earlier at the hotel, the 31-year-old who was also known as Vernon, had held a wedding reception with his wife for some 300 guests.
According to the Shin Min newspaper, some friends and relatives adjourned after the reception to the bridal suite where they stayed till about 1am.
He was last seen smoking on the 24th floor.
The police are investigating the incident.
- CNA/so/sf
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