The tragic death of 14-year-old Benjamin Lim went through a complicated series of national exposure. Initially reported by mainstream media simply as a case of a boy found dead at the foot of his Yishun block, reports by alternative publications — in particular The Online Citizen— painted a different, more complex picture.
Benjamin's family even penned down an open letter narrating everything that transpired throughout the course of Jan 26, 2016 — from when young Benjamin was taken from school to the police station until the boy's apparent suicide.