The Police have arrested two men, aged 16 and 21, for their suspected involvement in two cases of crimes of violence.
On 10 June 2016 at about 8.21am, the Police responded to a case of a male cyclist who was assaulted by an unknown man along Boon Lay Avenue. Two days later, Police responded to another case of a member of public being threatened by two men with a chopper on 12 June 2016 at about 12.15am at Block 180B Boon Lay Drive. Acting on the reports received, officers from Jurong Division carried out extensive enquiries and retrieved images from the Police Cameras (POLCAM). Their unyielding efforts finally paid off when they managed to establish the suspects’ identities and arrested them on 13 June 2016 at Block 191 Boon Lay Drive.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the 21-year-old suspect was believed to have assaulted a 69-year-old male cyclist on 10 June 2016 along Boon Lay Avenue. The victim sustained facial injuries and was conveyed to the hospital on the same day. Investigations further revealed that the same 21-year-old suspect together with the 16-year-old suspect had threatened the member of public with a chopper on 12 June 2016 at Block 180B Boon Lay Drive.
The 21-year-old suspect will be charged in Court on 15 June 2016 whilst the investigation against the 16-year-old suspect is still on going.
Under the Penal Code, a person convicted for voluntarily causing grievous hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning. Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both; and if the threat is to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years.
Under the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act, any person who carries or has in his possession or under his control any scheduled weapon shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years and shall also be punished with canning with not less than 6 strokes.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
14 June 2016 @ 9:00 PM