Man gets jail after choking SCDF medic

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SINGAPORE - A man was sentenced to two months’ jail in March for attacking a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) medic while drunk. The incident, which left the medic with a sprained neck, was highlighted by the SCDF in a Facebook post on April 9, in which it warned the public not to abuse its first responders. The incident in...

The incident was highlighted by the SCDF in a Facebook post, in which it warned the public not to abuse first responders.SINGAPORE - A man was sentenced to two months’ jail in March for attacking a Singapore Civil Defence Force medic while drunk.

The incident in question happened on May 17, 2023, when the man was found by an ambulance crew at about 9.50pm lying unconscious near an industrial building in Marymount. Shortly after, two police officers arrived at the scene and managed to convince Tong to get into the ambulance. When the medic tried to fend him off by holding both Tong’s hands, the drunken man made attempts to grab Mr Ho’s neck and managed to do so for about three seconds.

 

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