SINGAPORE: A 27-year-old man was charged on Wednesday (Mar 16) with throwing a knife at a police officer in Bukit Batok, injuring him.
Leonard Goh Yew Cheng allegedly threw a “watermelon knife” measuring about 47cm at a 42-year-old station inspector.
The incident occurred at about 9.10pm on Monday on the thirteenth flooring hall of a block in Bukit Batok West Avenue 8.
The deal with of the knife purportedly landed on the officer’s proper cheek and prompted a reddish bruise.
Police later raided Goh’s residence and located 5 lengthy knives.
Goh was given one depend every of voluntarily inflicting damage to discourage a public servant from his obligation, carrying an offensive weapon in a public place, and abetting the offence of possession of offensive weapons.
He has been remanded on the Institute of Mental Health for psychiatric commentary, and can return to courtroom later this month.
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The police earlier stated that at about 9.10pm on Monday, they obtained a name a few man who was allegedly armed with a knife.
The man was “shouting and looking for someone at Bukit Batok West Avenue 8”. The police responded to the decision and arrested the person.
During the engagement with the police, the person allegedly pulled out a knife from underneath his T-shirt and threw it in direction of one of many officers, purportedly hit the officer’s proper cheek.
“Preliminary investigations do not suggest the incident to be an act of terror,” the police stated on Tuesday.
If discovered responsible of voluntarily inflicting damage to discourage a public servant from his obligation, Goh could possibly be jailed for as much as seven years, fined or caned.
Possession of an offensive weapon in a public place carries a jail time period of as much as three years and caning of not lower than six strokes. The penalty for abetment of this offence is similar.
