Executive dies in faulty jacuzzi

A German executive died in a whirlpool bath at a Singapore apartment after being sucked to the bottom.

Police did not release the name of the victim, who was in his late 30s and had recently arrived in the city-state but The Straits Times newspaper named him as Arndt Starke, the Asia finance director for German firm Schott AG.

The Straits Times said Mr Starke was found with his stomach stuck to a suction drain in the whirlpool.

A grille over the hole was broken and he had apparently been sucked to the bottom, it said.

The newspaper said his fiancee, who was also in the pool, had screamed for help but the suction was so powerful that four men who tried to rescue Mr Starke could not pull him out.