SHE held up traffic on the Benjamin Sheares Bridge for more than two hours last Thursday evening.
She had wanted to jump off the bridge.
Now she has spoken up.
A report in Lianhe Wanbao yesterday revealed that the drama started because she had failed to sell her flat and that she had family problems.
Her problems started early last year, she claimed.
Aili (not her real name) had found a buyer for her HDB flat through a housing agent, and both parties signed the option to purchase in March.
The buyer had paid a total of $5,000 as deposit.
The buyer then requested that the deal be postponed as he had not received the money from the en-bloc sale of his old flat, and was unwilling to borrow from the bank.
Aili agreed, the report said, even though she needed the money for her daughter's Australian school fees.
Then, Aili said, the buyer applied for a first appointment with the HDB without informing her.
When she received the letter from HDB informing her of the date for the first appointment, she was unhappy and cancelled the sale.
The lawyer for the buyer then accused her of breaching the contract by stopping the sale of the flat.
A lawyer's letter was also sent to her.
Aili, who takes care of her bedridden father and grandson, said the stress of juggling her work and family took a toll on her as well.
She said: "On top of my daughter's school fees and the problems with the sale of my flat, I may still have to fork out more money for a lawsuit. I'm really stuck!"
Aili has been arrested for attempted suicide.
The maximum penalty for attempted suicide is a year's jail or a fine, or both.
