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The Police will be charging a 27-year-old man in court for alleged offences of voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty and possession of an offensive weapon.

On 14 March 2022 at about 9.10pm, the Police received a call for assistance on a man allegedly armed with a knife shouting and looking for someone at Bukit Batok West Avenue 8. The Police responded swiftly to the call and arrested the man. During the engagement with the officers, the man purportedly pulled out a knife from the underneath his t-shirt and threw it towards one of the police officers, which hit the officer’s right cheek. The knife was later seized.

The Police subsequently raided the man’s residence and seized five other knives. Preliminary investigations do not suggest the incident to be an act of terror.

The man will be charged in court on 16 March 2022 for the offence of   voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty under Section 332 of the Penal Code 1871 and possession of an offensive weapon under Section 6(1) of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958. The offence of voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty carries an imprisonment term of up to seven years, a fine or caning. The offence of possession of offensive weapon in a public place carries an imprisonment term of up to three years and caning of not less than six strokes.

The Police have zero tolerance towards such acts of violence against public servants who are carrying out their duties and will not hesitate to take action against those who blatantly disregard the law.

Photos of the six knives seized