Dock Worker Trapped in Container with Dead Co-Worker for Nine Days

 

A Bangladeshi man is recovering in a Singapore hospital after being trapped in a container for nine days and shipped to Singapore with the corpse of his co-worker.

Officials at Singapore’s Pasir Panjang Terminal discovered Din Islam, 30, on Sunday inside a container. The Chittagong port worker was next to another man who was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics.

Singapore police believe that the two men were taking a rest inside the container when they became trapped inside.

Din Islam told investigators that he and his co-worker entered the container to take a nap during their 12-hour night shift on April 1st. He said, they were asleep and didn’t know the container had been put on ship. Without food or water the two were shipped to Singapore onboard a container vessel.

Officials say the deceased man, believed to be around 40 years old, died after just a few days. Port workers report that the decomposing corpse had such a strong stench they had to step away. Din Islam was discover inside naked and dehydrated.

Din Islam remains in stable condition.