On 24 February 2022, Clementi Police Division presented the Public Spiritedness Award to three members of the public for rendering timely assistance to the Police in relation to a case of Criminal Intimidation and Voluntarily Causing Hurt with a Dangerous Weapon.
Case Commended for Public Spiritedness Award
On 17 February 2022 at about 8.40pm, the Police were alerted to a case where a 41-year-old man was purportedly assaulted by a 49-year-old man with a knife along Block 420A Clementi Avenue 1. The 41-year-old man suffered injuries on his right arm and wrist and was conveyed conscious to the hospital.
The 49-year-old man then boarded a taxi to Clementi Police Division and was seen holding a knife and standing outside the Police station. On duty Police officers approached the man, and he was observed to be shouting incoherently. Despite the officers’ repeated instructions to drop the knife, the man refused to comply with the verbal warnings and charged towards one of the officers, while armed with a knife. As there was imminent threat to the officer, he then fired one shot at the man with his service revolver. The man was then detained by the officers. The 49-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm. He was conveyed conscious to hospital and is currently in a stable condition.
Mr Goh Wui Teck, had promptly alerted the officers deployed at the guardhouse of Clementi Police Division when he found out that his passenger, which turned out to be the 49-year-old man, was carrying a knife onboard his taxi. He had also returned to the scene of the shooting to assist the police in investigations. His action of providing timely information to the Police had allowed the officers to appreciate the situation very quickly and assisted in the arrest of the man. The 49-year-old man was charged on 18 February 2022 for the offences of criminal intimidation and voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon.
Two other members of the public had also provided timely information of the man’s whereabouts and rendered first aid to the 41-year-old man who was slashed by the 49-year-old man before he was conveyed to the hospital. Their vigilance and selflessness helped the Police in the arrest of the man and prevented a potential loss of life.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (AC) Marc E, Commander of Clementi Police Division, expressed his appreciation to the award recipients for their public spiritedness. He said, “ We would like to thank the members of the public for their assistance in managing the incident. Their assistance in rendering first aid to the injured man had helped save a live, and their alertness and timely information to the Police on the whereabouts of the assailant, had helped us to resolve the incident quickly and decisively.”
Mr Goh Wui Teck being awarded the Public Spiritedness Award by AC Marc E
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
24 February 2022 @ 11:18 AM