30 Jun 2007, New paper
Neighbours upset by 'showers' of waste water
By Tan Mae Lynn
A FORMER kindergarten teacher has been accused of showering neighbours below her flat with waste water from her kitchen window.
She does this several times daily, according to her neighbours.
It has angered those living below her sixth-floor HDB unit at the Ang Mo Kio housing estate.
They allege that their clothes have been soiled by her actions.
Confrontation with the woman and complaints to the Housing Board hasn't helped.
She's also been throwing paper and rice down the flat, they claim.
Miss Komala, 18, who lives below the woman's three-room flat, said: 'It's been happening for over a year. Sometimes the water smells of fish, sometimes she throws rice down.
'My mother doesn't hang the clothes outside anymore. My mum has gone upstairs to ask her about it before, but she just denied everything.'
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Miss Komala's family isn't the only one which has had to hang its clothes indoors.
Another resident who gave his name as Mr Azahar, 35, has had a similar experience.
He said: 'My wife hangs the clothes inside the kitchen instead because we don't know when the water will come down. It can happen any time of day or night.
'Sometimes the water smells like urine, other times it's something else.'
Even his pet birds have been hit, he said.
He does not know in which unit the culprit lives, and does not want to ask any of his neighbours living above him.
He said he doesn't want to sour relations as he had moved in less than a year ago.
But others who have lived in the block longer have simply got used to the woman's habit.
Factory worker Madam Wang, 52, said: 'Every day we can see water and paper being thrown down. If I don't see, I'll hear the splash of water. I've had wet pieces of tissue paper land right on my clothes.'
She has not confronted the woman because she claimed the woman can be abusive.
'Once I walked past her flat and she threw something out of her flat. When I looked, she began shouting vulgarities. So I just ignore her.'
The woman's antics have also gained notoriety with residents in the opposite block.
Since the two facing blocks are separated only by a small carpark, residents there claimed they, too, have heard water splashing.
But they are not just bothered about a woman throwing water - it was a naked woman standing by the kitchen window.
One resident in the opposite block, who did not want to be named, said she had heard rumours about a naked woman who frequently throws water out the window.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
She did not believe it until recently when she saw it for herself.
She said: 'I happened to look out the window and saw this naked woman throwing what looked like urine-water down.'
When The New Paper team visited the HDB estate earlier this week, we managed to catch the woman in action.
She was seen undressing at the kitchen window before entering the bathroom. About five seconds later, she appeared at the kitchen window again, peered out and swiftly threw out a container of water.
We went to her flat and knocked on her door several times but she did not respond. On our second attempt the following day, we managed to speak to her.
At first, she denied throwing anything, But later, she claimed she had a reason why she was doing it.
A check with HDB revealed that an officer visited the woman last year. But the board has not received any feedback regarding the woman throwing water out of her flat or exposing herself in the flat.
A HDB spokesman said: 'A resident from the same block reported in May2006 that she was seen throwing rice and other items out of her window.
'When our staff spoke to her about the matter, she denied that she had done so. We have not not received any further feedback on the matter since then.'
On average, the board receives at least one complaint a month about residents pouring water our of their flats.
Neighbours upset by 'showers' of waste water
By Tan Mae Lynn
A FORMER kindergarten teacher has been accused of showering neighbours below her flat with waste water from her kitchen window.
She does this several times daily, according to her neighbours.
It has angered those living below her sixth-floor HDB unit at the Ang Mo Kio housing estate.
They allege that their clothes have been soiled by her actions.
Confrontation with the woman and complaints to the Housing Board hasn't helped.
She's also been throwing paper and rice down the flat, they claim.
Miss Komala, 18, who lives below the woman's three-room flat, said: 'It's been happening for over a year. Sometimes the water smells of fish, sometimes she throws rice down.
'My mother doesn't hang the clothes outside anymore. My mum has gone upstairs to ask her about it before, but she just denied everything.'
Click to see larger image
Miss Komala's family isn't the only one which has had to hang its clothes indoors.
Another resident who gave his name as Mr Azahar, 35, has had a similar experience.
He said: 'My wife hangs the clothes inside the kitchen instead because we don't know when the water will come down. It can happen any time of day or night.
'Sometimes the water smells like urine, other times it's something else.'
Even his pet birds have been hit, he said.
He does not know in which unit the culprit lives, and does not want to ask any of his neighbours living above him.
He said he doesn't want to sour relations as he had moved in less than a year ago.
But others who have lived in the block longer have simply got used to the woman's habit.
Factory worker Madam Wang, 52, said: 'Every day we can see water and paper being thrown down. If I don't see, I'll hear the splash of water. I've had wet pieces of tissue paper land right on my clothes.'
She has not confronted the woman because she claimed the woman can be abusive.
'Once I walked past her flat and she threw something out of her flat. When I looked, she began shouting vulgarities. So I just ignore her.'
The woman's antics have also gained notoriety with residents in the opposite block.
Since the two facing blocks are separated only by a small carpark, residents there claimed they, too, have heard water splashing.
But they are not just bothered about a woman throwing water - it was a naked woman standing by the kitchen window.
One resident in the opposite block, who did not want to be named, said she had heard rumours about a naked woman who frequently throws water out the window.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
She did not believe it until recently when she saw it for herself.
She said: 'I happened to look out the window and saw this naked woman throwing what looked like urine-water down.'
When The New Paper team visited the HDB estate earlier this week, we managed to catch the woman in action.
She was seen undressing at the kitchen window before entering the bathroom. About five seconds later, she appeared at the kitchen window again, peered out and swiftly threw out a container of water.
We went to her flat and knocked on her door several times but she did not respond. On our second attempt the following day, we managed to speak to her.
At first, she denied throwing anything, But later, she claimed she had a reason why she was doing it.
A check with HDB revealed that an officer visited the woman last year. But the board has not received any feedback regarding the woman throwing water out of her flat or exposing herself in the flat.
A HDB spokesman said: 'A resident from the same block reported in May2006 that she was seen throwing rice and other items out of her window.
'When our staff spoke to her about the matter, she denied that she had done so. We have not not received any further feedback on the matter since then.'
On average, the board receives at least one complaint a month about residents pouring water our of their flats.
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