{"id":11577,"date":"2014-05-22T23:53:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T15:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=11577"},"modified":"2014-05-22T23:53:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T15:53:06","slug":"smdc-exec-dies-after-falling-from-makati-condo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/22\/smdc-exec-dies-after-falling-from-makati-condo\/","title":{"rendered":"SMDC exec dies after falling from Makati condo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BSA Tower in Makati. Photo courtesy of bsatower-makati.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MAKATI CITY — A high-ranking executive of a large property developing firm died after falling from the\u00a016th\u00a0floor of his condominium unit in Makati City on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Police reports indicated that Vice President for Sales of SM Development Corporation\u00a0Efren Tan, 52 was dead on the spot after landing head first on a concrete canopy on the 7th\u00a0Floor of the BSA Tower along Legaspi Street.<\/p>\n

Senior Superintendent Manuel\u200e Lukban, Makati City Police chief told INQUIRER in an\u00a0interview that Tan was identified as a senior official of SMDC by his relatives who later\u00a0arrived in the scene.<\/p>\n

The impact of the fall left Tan\u2019s body dismembered in the canopy with brain matters\u00a0splattered on the area.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The view) was really gruesome,\u201d the Makati police chief told Inquirer.<\/p>\n

No foul play seen\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After launching a comprehensive investigation, Makati police said there was no foul play\u00a0involved in the incident.<\/p>\n

Tan was alone in his unit and they found no signs of forced entry by any party.<\/p>\n

A police official also said that the Closed Circuit Television (CCT) revealed that Tan\u2019s\u00a0driver was not with him in the unit and was only waiting for him at the parking lot the\u00a0entire time the incident occurred.<\/p>\n

Tan was then brought to the morgue in a funeral parlor in Makati City while his entire\u00a0family and colleagues were still shocked from his untimely death.<\/p>\n

With reports from Julliane Love De Jesus<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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