HDBs are very tall tower blocks, similar to UK council blocks in London.
Even if you get a place in one, life in SG is not just expensive but can be very stressful and people jump off them fairly regularly. There have been some quite graphic pics on their news (coincidentally from the same organisation my dad worked for) – the only thing they cover up is the body (any blood spots and those cones marked 1,2,3 etc are shown in the newspaper pics). it would be more than most Western news would show, but less than mainland China.
SG is however one the safest countries in SE Asia for a single woman to live and socialise and has a lot less gender divisions in the tech industry (they may well be way ahead of many European nations)
it is very rare (in comparison to London and similar blocks in Malaysia) for anyone to be attacked/robbed in the communal areas of these blocks or deliberately thrown off – there is a lot of CCTV which is actually monitored, and the bottom floors are allocated to those of senior age (a traditional Asian concept for any multi floor building) and these older people also keep a watch on security and report anything untoward to 999 – most likely be one of them who reported her going off the balcony, and it would not be odd that they might have made this call more than once in their own lifetimes.
Cops are investigating although it is more than likely that she did jump off because of problems with her own career (this may have been the first obstacle she encountered in getting ahead in life) unearthing pre-existing mental health issues, and bitcoin was a relatively small factor in this.
Bitcoin exchange boss, Autumn Radtke, found dead of suspected suicide in Singapore | News.com.au
CEO in apparent suicide was bitcoin fan, had other issues, too | Reuters
