On Friday morning, the Singapore Police Force were alerted to a man's body floating off Punggol Beach, also known as Punggol Promenade.
A passerby who identified himself as Sufian Saud said that he and a friend were fishing nearby when they came across a body floating near the shore. They alerted the police immediately.
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel retrieved the body using a life buoy and paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene. The police are now investigating the case as "unnatural death".