The day an 11-year-old did not come home from school
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SINGAPORE — The day he died, Goh Yong Le was taken out of class and questioned by two teachers in the conference room about taking a classmate's belongings the previous week.He cried three times that day. Shortly after the school day ended, he took his lifeThe day an 11-year-old did not come home from school
SINGAPORE — The day he died, Goh Yong Le was taken out of class and questioned by two teachers in the conference room about taking a classmate's belongings the previous week.He cried three times that day. Shortly after the school day ended, he took his life. He was 11.In 2024, the year Yong Le died, there were 314 suicide deaths, a provisional number that will be updated in 2026.Still, for the sixth consecutive year, suicide remained the leading cause of death among young people aged 10 to 29 in Singapore, a persistent and tragic trend.The day it happenedIn a recent interview, Yong Le's father, who requested anonymity to safeguard the privacy of his family, said his son sobbed when he was asked to find the missing item, which he had apparently hidden in the school's garden.He and his teachers could not locate it, and it is unclear whether Yong Le had actually taken the item.He was subsequently asked to write a statement about what he had done, and his school bag was searched. He became upset and cried again.He then returned to class to complete a practice paper before attending another class. Read more
