Suicides of 2 JC girls

2 Pioneer Junior College classmates died within three weeks of one another by leaping from high-rise blocks of flats about a year ago, a coroner's court heard on Thursday.

Ho Yi Xin, 17, had been seeing a private psychiatrist since June last year as she was feeling anxious in school and at home. She had problems sleeping and could not concentrate on her studies. Her last visit to the psychiatrist was on July 3, the day she committed suicide at Bukit Panjang.

Seventeen days later, her classmate, Wong Peek Yian, leapt to her death from her seventh-floor bedroom window at Jurong West Street 81. Peek Yian had found out that she had done badly in her mid-year examination and dreaded to see her vice-principal over her poor performance.

I think that these 2 girls should have thought about the consequences before committing suicide. Bypassers may have gotten a shock due to their irresponsible actions.