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In March, an SAF training accident occurred. A few days ago, the Straits Times reported it:
ST May 25, 2010
SAF commando shot by Thai villager
By Jermyn Chow & Lester Kok
A COMMANDO on a night training exercise in Thailand was accidentally shot by a local villager out hunting.
First-Sergeant Woo Teng Hai, a regular from the 1st Commando Battalion, suffered head injuries in the incident on March 13.
The 25-year-old serviceman was hit by pellets from a shotgun, the Defence Ministry told The Straits Times yesterday. He is now on medical leave.
Mindef spokesman Darius Lim said 1st Sgt Woo was taking part in a 'routine training exercise' in a 'designated training area' in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok.
But the story was not complete. It was missing a very material piece of information.
Another SAF servicement had been shot. He is a 19-year-old NSF. More than two months after the accident, the shotgun pellets are still lodged in his cheekbones and shoulder.
How did these facts now come to light? Did Mindef tell the public about it? Nope. Mindef kept very quiet about it. Instead it was an unnamed relative of the NSF who called the Straits Times, to report it.
ST May 26, 2010
Another SAF soldier shot by Thai farmer too
By Jermyn Chow & Lester Kok
NOT one but two Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers were hurt while out on a night military exercise in Thailand in March.
A local farmer out hunting accidentally shot Private J. Pritheery Raj, a full-time national serviceman (NSF). Two shotgun pellets are still lodged in his cheekbones and his right shoulder.
The 19-year-old is now on medical leave.
News of this second shooting surfaced after a relative of Pte Raj called The Straits Times on reading its report that a villager had fired his shotgun at First Sergeant Woo Teng Hai. The regular commando is said to have been blinded in his right eye.
The Defence Ministry, which had confirmed the accidental shooting of 1st Sgt Woo on Monday, admitted yesterday that another soldier had also been hurt in the same incident.
It was a cover-up. Exposed by the NSF's relative.
This is a simple example of why Singaporeans do not trust the SAF. All too often, the SAF just does not behave with integrity.
My only hope is that the SAF will treat both servicemen - the regular and the NSF - fairly, and give them proper compensation.
The young man in the wheelchair is Lawrence Leow.
He suffered a tragic incident during his NS training.
Lawrence is now paralysed and he can't talk either.
His condition is probably permanent.
The Ministry of Defence is "compensating" him
with a grand total of $500 per month.
Lawrence, who communicates by using
small finger movements to type out words
on a digital pad or handphone, wrote:
"The $500 is not even enough for me to hire a maid!".
