Officer in Suntec City brawl charged with negligence

[Confuseous]

The police officer who handled the Suntec City brawl incident in 2010 has been charged with neglect of duty.

Second Minister for Home Affairs, and Trade and Industry S Iswaran said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) has completed its internal inquiry, and charged the investigation officer who handled the case with negligence. A letter of warning has also been issued to his supervisor, S Iswaran informed the House during Tuesday's Parliament.

“I would also point out that the lapse was due to the error of an individual rather than to any systematic shortcomings,” S Iswaran said, answering Member of Parliament (MP) Tin Pei Ling’s question for an update on the police inquiry.

- http://sg.news.yahoo.com/officer-in-suntec-city-brawl-charged-with-negligence.html

 

[king_of_abalone]

I have been told by a former DPP that it is an unspoken practice in the courts to "exercise discretion" when it came to foreign nationals from countries who have strong, friendly diplomatic and trade ties with us... Like for example, Germany....

It IS a systemic issue resulting from orders from the top, despite what Iswaran had claimed, and it is just too bad that some junior police officer has to take the fall when this particular incident got blown up and incurred public disapproval.

 

[laksaboy]

When the shit hits the fan, a mata kia takes the rap and becomes the scapegoat.

Prosecute the foreign nationals, you hypocrites.