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Oct 31, 2004
Telok Blangah box may contain Huang Na's body
SINGAPORE - Police have found a brown box at Telok Blangah Hill Park on Sunday morning that may contain the body of eight-year-old missing China girl Huang Na.
Huang Na had been missing for three weeks.
Huang Na: Let it show
Search for missing girl goes on
Malaysian gives up to Penang police
Family tells why abduction suspect fled across Causeway and went into hiding
Telok Blangah box may contain Huang Na's body
Huang Na had been missing for about three weeks and had been the subject of a massive search that stretched from Singapore to Malaysia.
The box has been brought to the morgue but police are still unable to confirm if it contains the body of the missing girl.
A 22-year-old Penang man, Mr Took Leng How, has surrendered to Penang police and was brought back to Singapore last night. He was the last person seen talking to Huang Na before she disappeared on Oct 10 from the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre.
He is helping police with investigations.
Mr Took is a former colleague of Huang Na's mother at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre and he had lived with both mother and daughter in the same flat previously. |
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Oct 31, 2004
Malaysian gives up to Penang police
After 9 days on the run, sought man gives himself up and was brought back to S'pore last night. He says he has nothing to do with Huang Na's disappearance
By Li Xueying
THE Malaysian vegetable packer wanted by the police in connection with the case of a missing China girl surrendered yesterday after nine days on the run. But there is still no sign of the girl.
Mr Took fled after his second interview with the Singapore police.
Mr Took Leng How, also known as Ah Hao, gave himself up to Penang police and was brought back to Singapore last night.
The 22-year-old Penang native was the last person seen talking to eight-year-old Huang Na, before she disappeared on Oct 10 from the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre.
His 19-year-old sister, Miss Took Lee Keow, told The Sunday Times that he had called the family yesterday morning.
During the conversation, Mr Took told his father, Mr Took Long Lai, 52, to follow a friend of his to his hideout. From there, father and son went to the local police station.
The meeting took place at around 1pm, and Mr Took surrendered to the Royal Malaysia Police at 1.30pm.
Expressing the family's relief, Miss Took said: 'We're more fang xin now. At least, people won't keep staring at us.'
Mr Took's sister, Lee Keow, said he told their dad he was ready to surrender. -- CHEW SENG KIM
Mr Took was questioned twice by Singapore police, was cooperative and said nothing which gave the police grounds to detain him, though they confiscated his passport.
But he failed to turn up for his third interview on Oct 21. Singapore police issued a warrant of arrest for abduction against him on Oct 26.
A police statement announcing his surrender said: 'We would like to convey our gratitude to the Royal Malaysia Police, especially our counterparts in Johor, Penang and Perak, for their invaluable assistance.
'The close cooperation shows the level of rapport and trust that exist between the two police forces.'
Huang Na's mother, Madam Huang Shuying, 27, sounded subdued last night when she was asked about the surfacing of Mr Took.
'I don't know what to say or feel. I just hope that something positive will come out of this.'
Mr Took's surrender capped a small chapter of an ongoing saga that police say is the 'biggest hunt for a missing person in five years'.
Massive searches for Huang Na - activated both by the authorities and ordinary folk - have sprung up in Singapore and Johor.
Mr Took apparently regretted fleeing Singapore.
Shin Min Daily News yesterday carried reports of a telephone interview he gave to the Malaysian press.
He said that he secretly entered Malaysia because he wanted to see his 14-month-old son, Shun Wang, but did not manage to do so.
The past nine days had been 'hell'. When asked how life had been, he retorted: 'How good can it be, hiding here and there?'
His legs also hurt, and he could not walk for two days after leaving Singapore.
However, he could sleep at night, he added. 'I did not kidnap Huang Na, so I'm not scared. I left Singapore because of my son.'
He also said that he sympathised with Madam Huang, his former colleague and flatmate.
'I want to tell her, I also love Huang Na because I have a child myself. I hope that people won't make wild allegations about me, because the truth can be dug out.' |
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Oct 31, 2004
Family tells why abduction suspect fled across Causeway and went into hiding
By Li Xueying
MR TOOK Leng How is a 'timid' man who does not have the courage to borrow money or get into fights - let alone kidnap a child.
That is how 19-year-old Took Lee Keow describes her second brother, the Malaysian vegetable packer who is in the centre of the case of missing China girl Huang Na.
Mr Took's Indonesian-Chinese wife, Yuli, says her husband is a "good and responsible" person. -- CHEW SENG KIM
Mr Took, a 22-year-old Penang native, fled Singapore nine days ago after being interviewed twice by Singapore police in connection with the case and having a warrant of arrest issued against him. He surrendered to Penang police yesterday.
His 52-year-old father, Mr Took Long Lai, said his son, whom he called 'Ah Hao', ran away because he felt 'pressured' by the police interrogations.
The elder Mr Took said that his son, who left Singapore despite surrendering his passport to the police, did not have anything to do with the disappearance of the eight-year-old girl.
He said that when his son was on the run, he called the family only once - on Oct 22 - to say that he had crossed the Causeway at night and was in Johor.
On Thursday afternoon, Mr Took called a good friend called Ah Guan to say that he was in Penang. Yesterday, he phoned his dad to say that he was ready to give himself up.
In an interview with The Sunday Times on Friday, Mr Took's Indonesian-Chinese wife, Yuli, said her husband was a 'good and responsible' person.
'He sayang me and our son very much,' she said in Teochew. 'He buys clothes for me and plays with our son.'
The 23-year-old from Medan was five months pregnant when she and Mr Took got married in March last year. Their child, Shun Wang, is now a lively 14-month-old toddler.
Madam Yuli lives with her in-laws in rooms above the family's coffee shop in Penang's Simpang Ampat. The coffee shop sits at the corner of a row of grimy grocery stores and eateries.
The stress has taken a toll on the father, Mr Took Long Lai and his wife who sells fried kway teow at their coffee shop in Simpang Ampat, Penang. -- CHEW SENG KIM
When The Sunday Times visited on Friday, Mr Took's family, clearly exhausted with worry as well as by police and media interviews, sat staring into space.
The walls of Yu Chin Restoran were plastered with peeling Miranda and Carlsberg posters. The silence was broken only by the whirl of the ceiling fans and the mechanical bobbing of Shun Wang's blue cloth cradle in a corner.
Mr Took is the second of four siblings. The eldest Took son, 23, is working in Johor as a fishmonger, while the third son, 20, is a plumber.
At the coffee shop, Mr Took's 44-year-old mother fried up RM2 (87 cents) kway teow for the odd customer, while sister Lee Keow served thick, bitter kopi-o. Outside, cars periodically slowed down and their passengers - familiar with the case because of numerous news reports - peered in.
The family was reluctant to talk.
'What's the point of saying so much? I just want him to come back,' said Mr Took, in Hokkien.
Madam Yuli said her husband had few friends. He usually played on his Playstation or watched VCD movies during trips home from Singapore every few months. The couple met about three years ago when she arrived in Penang to work as an electronics factory operator.
Ah Hao is her first love, she said. She added that reports of him being a ladies' man were untrue. She's never asked how many girlfriends he's had.
'He's married to me now and that's all I care about.'
Almost everyone interviewed pointed to the close bond between the couple. Madam Maggie Kee, 30, who owns the neighbouring furniture shop, said: 'You can tell that he really loves his wife.
'When she's washing the dishes, he will wash alongside her, and they will be laughing and talking.'
The stress has taken its toll on the family. Madam Yuli has lost so much weight that she's taken off her wedding band which was rattling around her finger bone.
Business has also suffered, ranted Mrs Took, who did not want to give her full name. 'With each day, there are fewer customers. No one dares to come here when we're involved in a police case and when the reporters come.'
Those who did trickle in during the seven hours that The Sunday Times was there read the Chinese newspapers and exchanged desultory talk about the case.
The family rents the coffee shop and the four rooms upstairs for about RM500 a month and makes 'a few thousand' - sufficient to support the family, said Mr Took.
'We have enough to eat. We're content, but we'll be happy when Ah Hao comes back.' |
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Oct 31, 2004
Body of missing China girl found; Malaysian prime suspect
By Ben Nadarajan
THE search for missing eight-year-old Huang Na drew to a close on Sunday in the worst possible way: Her naked body was found badly-decomposed, unrecognisable and stuffed into a box less than half her size.
Body of missing China girl found; Malaysian prime suspect
The box was found in dense undergrowth at Telok Blangah Hill Park on Sunday morning, just hours after Penang-born Took Leng How, 22, had been questioned by police.
Mr Took, who fled across the Causeway on Oct 21 after Singapore police had interviewed him twice, surrendered to Malaysian police on Saturday and was brought here. He has been arrested for murder.
The search ended three weeks to the day that Huang Na, a China national, disappeared on Oct 10, sparking the biggest hunt for a missing person here in five years.
Her body was crammed into a brown cardboard box measuring 50cm by 40cm by 30cm. Huang Na was 1.2m-tall, so her assailant had forced her into what pathologists described as a 'crouching position'.
The girl's clothes - she was last seen wearing a long-sleeved blue denim jacket and bermudas - were nowhere to be found.
The box had been sealed with masking tape, but the odour that emanated from it left police investigators, who combed the area for about half an hour before finding it, with little doubt as to its contents.
When pathologists opened the box at the mortuary, they found that Huang Na's body was so badly decomposed that it could initially be identified only as belonging to a 'young girl with long hair'.
Because of its state, there was also no way to immediately identify any wounds, or whether there were any signs of sexual assault.
Police said further forensic tests would be conducted to confirm that it was Huang Na, although they added that it was very likely to be the Jin Tai Primary School pupil.
The girl was also visually identified by her mother, Madam Huang Shuying, 27, a China national who works here as a vegetable stall assistant. Her grief-filled wails filled the mortuary as she confirmed the find and she had to be helped out of the area by friends.
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Nov 1, 2004
Body of missing China girl found; Malaysian arrested
By Ben Nadarajan
THE search for missing eight-year-old Huang Na drew to a close yesterday in the worst possible way: Her naked body was found badly-decomposed, unrecognisable and stuffed into a box less than half her size.
TRAGIC END: Police remove the remians of Huang Na, whose naked body was found crammed inside a cardboard box. -- TAN SUAN ANN
Sad end that broke searchers' hearts
The box was found in dense undergrowth at Telok Blangah Hill Park yesterday morning, just hours after Penang-born Took Leng How, 22, had been questioned by police.
Mr Took, who fled across the Causeway on Oct 21 after Singapore police had interviewed him twice, surrendered to Malaysian police on Saturday and was brought here.
He has been arrested for murder.
The search ended three weeks to the day that Huang Na, a China national, disappeared on Oct 10, sparking the biggest hunt for a missing person here in five years.
Her body was crammed into a brown cardboard box measuring 50cm by 40cm by 30cm. Huang Na was 1.2m-tall, so her assailant had forced her into what pathologists described as a 'crouching position'.
The girl's clothes - she was last seen wearing a long-sleeved blue denim jacket and bermudas - were nowhere to be found.
UNDER ARREST: Mr Took turned himself in to police in Malaysia and has now been arrested here for the murder of Huang Na (below). -- CHINA PRESS
The box had been sealed with masking tape, but the odour that emanated from it left police investigators, who combed the area for about half an hour before finding it, with little doubt as to its contents.
When pathologists opened the box at the mortuary, they found that Huang Na's body was so badly decomposed that it could initially be identified only as belonging to a 'young girl with long hair'.
Because of its state, there was also no way to immediately identify any wounds, or whether there were any signs of sexual assault.
Police said further forensic tests would be conducted to confirm that it was Huang Na, although they added that it was very likely to be the Jin Tai Primary School pupil.
The girl was also visually identified by her mother, Madam Huang Shuying, 27, a China national who works here as a vegetable stall assistant. Her grief-filled wails filled the mortuary as she confirmed the find and she had to be helped out of the area by friends.
Police have assigned psychologists to provide her with emotional support.
Her friends told The Straits Times last night that she did not want to talk to anyone.
The search for Huang Na unfolded swiftly after Mr Took, a former colleague and flat-mate of Madam Huang, was questioned by police after his arrival in Singapore at around 10.30pm on Saturday night.
Less than 12 hours later, at around 10am yesterday morning, the steep slopes of Telok Blangah Hill Park, near where Alkaff Mansion is located, were crawling with about 20 policemen, including Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Gurkha officers.
After 30 minutes, the box was found at the bottom of an almost-vertical drop 30m below road level.
Police swiftly sealed it in a plastic bag to preserve any evidence, such as fingerprints.
There were no blood stains on it and no other evidence was found in the vicinity.
The park is just minutes away from Mr Took's Telok Blangah flat. It is about a 15-minute drive from the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, where he works, and where Huang Na was last seen.
The box is believed to have been pitched into the undergrowth from the side of the road.
Also yesterday, police revealed for the first time what might have led them to Mr Took in the first place: Signs of a struggle at a storeroom at the wholesale centre. They believe this is where Huang Na was first attacked and are now processing the physical evidence found in the room.
Police spokesman Victor Keong said initial investigations suggested there were no accomplices involved, although investigations were ongoing.
A murder conviction carries the mandatory death penalty.
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Elite cops go on anti-terror street patrols
They are policing areas ranging from the CBD to the HDB heartland
By Ben Nadarajan
HEAVILY-ARMED elite police officers began patrolling residential areas, commercial buildings and entertainment outlets yesterday, in a highly-visible move to thwart potential terror attacks.
The new initiative will see 32 Special Operations Command (SOC) officers patrolling areas ranging from heartland neighbourhoods to busy shopping and commercial districts, day and night.
The extension of armed patrols by such officers to residential neighbourhoods is unprecedented, but police said this is not a response to an increased threat of attack here. Police director of operations, Assistant Commissioner Aubeck Kam, who announced the move yesterday, said: 'It does not signify any specific increase in the level of threat that Singapore faces.'
Rather, he said, it is part of ongoing efforts to prevent a terrorist attack in Singapore.
Police did not want to specify any particular areas the new patrols would focus on, but it is understood that Orchard Road, Mohamed Sultan Road and the Central Business District are likely to get the lion's share of the increased attention.
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SOC officers already patrol Changi Airport, Boat Quay and Newton Circus. Patrols at the latter two areas, however, are mainly conducted at night, when they are packed.
The additional patrols will be conducted by teams of six to eight officers. They will be deployed to random areas to prevent terrorists from detecting a pattern.
The latest move is part of a gradual ratcheting up of security measures. Recently, taxi-drivers and even shopkeepers were roped in to be the police's eyes and ears on the ground.
Building managers have also been asked to do their part, by taking responsibility for their buildings' security. The public has been roped in too, with signs at MRT stations and elsewhere calling for them to report suspicious objects they spot lying around.
AC Kam said the latest initiative has several aims. First, it is meant to deter terrorists with a greater police presence.
It is also meant to reassure the public that Singapore is safe because more officers are pounding the pavement, while reminding them of the need to be on their guard and stay vigilant.
The elite SOC officers will be wearing the service's trademark dark-blue uniform and beret. They will also don bullet-proof vests and carry submachine guns.
They will complement existing patrols by officers from various police stations.
AC Kam said the SOC patrol officers are better trained and equipped than ordinary front-line officers to handle high-level operations like counter-terrorism.
He added: 'It is not just about the numbers. It's how well these officers are trained. Their focus is very much on anti-terrorism, rather than everyday crime.'
Yesterday afternoon, the first patrol hit the streets near the Hilton Hotel and immediately drew puzzled stares from the crowd.
The initial reaction of most passers-by was that something had gone wrong, and that the police were called in because of a threat.
But when told of the new initiative, many welcomed it. Technician Shariff Raman, 42, said: 'Having police officers with machine guns walking along Orchard Road is rather extreme, but if they can stop a terrorist attack, then it is worth going to such extremes.'
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Malaysian charged with Huang Na's murder
Chong Chee KinMALAYSIAN market stall assistant Took Leng How was charged yesterday with the murder of eight-year-old Huang Na, the girl who vanished on Oct 10 sparking a massive search.
Mum recognises tooth
Heartening show of 'kampung spirit'
Streetsmart girl who could fend for herself
Best buddy won't be playing tag with her anymore
Suspect's boss rented storeroom where girl said to have been attacked
The 22-year-old is accused of killing her at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre between 1.40pm and 10pm that day.
The Primary 2 pupil of Jin Tai Primary School was last seen talking to him at the market, where she had gone to make a call to her mother in China.
The girl was a China national brought to Singapore by her mother, Madam Huang Shuying, to attend school. She was left here with friends when her mother returned to China to visit relatives in Fujian.
News of her disappearance moved thousands of volunteers to search for her here.
Took, wearing a red polo shirt and black shorts, was emotionless when the charge of murder, which carries the death penalty, was read to him.
He had been close to the dead girl's mother, and for a while they had not only worked together at the same market stall, but also shared a flat with some others.
When the police first said they were looking for Took, Madam Huang, 27, told reporters she was sure the young father of two would not have harmed her child.
She turned up in the district court yesterday and glared at Took through reddened, swollen eyes while he was in the dock.
As soon as the proceedings ended, she left the court with two men who had come with her, brushing aside reporters' attempts to talk to her.
But before they got into a taxi, she snapped in Mandarin when asked if she still believed he was innocent: 'At this point, how can I not believe that he was involved?'
Asked how she felt, she said angrily: 'What kind of emotions would I still have? What are emotions?'
While investigating the girl's disappearance, the police questioned Took twice. Then he went missing, surrendering to the police in Penang only on Saturday, and was brought back to Singapore the same day.
At about 10am on Sunday, the police found a sealed box stuffed with the badly-decomposed naked body of a girl, in dense undergrowth at Telok Blangah Hill Park. The park is 10 minutes from Took's flat.
There is still no official confirmation the body is Huang Na's. DNA tests are being carried out.
Took is now in remand pending further investigations, and will be back in court on Monday.
He was represented by Mr Chung Ping Shen, a lawyer engaged by his family. |
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Mum recognises tooth
THE first thing she recognised when she saw the decomposed remains of the child found in a box in Telok Blangah Hill Park on Sunday morning was one of her little girl's front teeth.
Malaysian charged with Huang Na's murder
Streetsmart girl who could fend for herself
Best buddy won't be playing tag with her anymore
Suspect's boss rented storeroom where girl said to have been attacked
One of Huang Na's front teeth was slightly larger and sat at an angle to the other one.
ANGER AND GRIEF: A red-eyed Madam Huang leaves court after watching Took being charged yesterday. -- TAN SUAN ANN
As Madam Huang Shuying, 27, viewed the remains when the box was unpacked on Sunday afternoon, she broke down. The second identifier was her long, jet black hair.
Madam Huang told The Straits Times that she had provided a blood sample for a DNA test to match tissue samples from the body.
The results have not yet been confirmed.
Speaking in Mandarin, she said between sobs: 'Her body was beyond recognition... I could not see her face...'
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ANGUISH OF A MOTHER
'At this point, how can I not believe that he was involved?'
-- MADAM HUANG SHUYING, when asked by reporters whether she still believed in Took Leng How's (left) innocence. She had turned up in court to witness the capital charge being read out to her one-time good friend and colleague, and glared at him through reddened, swollen eyes while he was in the dock.
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Best buddy won't be playing tag with her anymore
Other schoolmates and teachers also mourn friendly girl
THE two girls from Primary 2D in Jin Tai Primary School were the best of friends, even though they didn't sit together in class.
What's more, the pair would chat non-stop while walking home, even though one was proficient in Chinese and the other in Malay.
Until about six months ago, eight-year-old Nur Liyana and Huang Na used to walk home from school together almost every day, under the watchful eye of Nur's grandmother.
Their walk home stopped when Huang Na moved from West Coast Road to the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre.
Still, they kept up their firm friendship in class and during recess, they would play their favourite game of 'catching' or tag. p> But for the past three weeks, Nur hasn't had anyone to play catching with. She had been waiting for her playmate to come back. Now she knows that won't happen. Her best friend is gone forever.
While Nur seems to be coping fairly well, it is her grandmother who finds it hard to accept the tragic news.
Madam Katijah Wahab would walk home with the two girls every day, watching them laugh and joke.
Said Madam Katijah, 48, in Malay: 'She was so young. This news is very sad... She was a very happy girl, always laughing and smiling. I feel so sorry for her mother.'
Yesterday, all staff and students of Jin Tai Primary, in West Coast Road, found it hard to accept that the lively eight-year-old from China would not be back - and harder to accept the awful truth of what happened to her.
As the school prepared to begin its end-of-year examinations yesterday, more than 700 pupils and teachers bowed their heads and offered a minute of silence during morning assembly.
One staff member, who declined to be named, said he had to wear sunglasses to school to hide his tears.
'She was a popular girl. She was also very friendly and would never fail to greet me and say hello,' he said.
Huang Na's Primary 2 form teacher and the school clerk, who has called the girl's mother, Madam Huang Shuying, 27, every day to check on her, said they were both in tears when they heard the news on Sunday night.
Huang Na started school in the third term of last year after moving to Singapore with her mother in April.
The principal, Madam Zahara Yusoff, remembered meeting Huang Na and her mother when she enrolled.
'She was shy at first, but she adapted to school well and made friends quickly. She was a very sociable girl,' she said.
Madam Zahara, who said 'we had prayed for her safety', was on the look-out for any distraught pupils and was prepared to postpone yesterday's English paper if necessary. Two teachers who are trained counsellors are on alert to help those affected.
Madam Aslin Roslan, mother of Primary 2 pupil Nurul Amira Akqilah, who was friends with Huang Na, said: 'I still can't believe it. She was so young. How could such a thing happen to her?'
Nur Liyana tu anak Aries
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hai kengkawan, korang baca pasal ni? skarang patrol kat Orchard pun pakai bulletproof vest, bawak machinegun? Macam terover je
Ni semua betul budak SOC ke budak2 Reservist???
Kalo budak SOC full time, ramai siot , boley jaga banyak tempat....:stp::stp:
Aku personally rasa tak syok kalo aku dekat2 ngan senjata2 berat cam machinegun ni semua....
Nov 2, 2004
Elite cops go on anti-terror street patrols
They are policing areas ranging from the CBD to the HDB heartland
By Ben Nadarajan
HEAVILY-ARMED elite police officers began patrolling residential areas, commercial buildings and entertainment outlets yesterday, in a highly-visible move to thwart potential terror attacks.
The extension of armed patrols by such officers to residential neighbourhoods is unprecedented, but police said this is not a response to an increased threat of attack here. Police director of operations, Assistant Commissioner Aubeck Kam, who announced the move yesterday, said: 'It does not signify any specific increase in the level of threat that Singapore faces.'
Rather, he said, it is part of ongoing efforts to prevent a terrorist attack in Singapore.
Police did not want to specify any particular areas the new patrols would focus on, but it is understood that Orchard Road, Mohamed Sultan Road and the Central Business District are likely to get the lion's share of the increased attention.
SOC officers already patrol Changi Airport, Boat Quay and Newton Circus. Patrols at the latter two areas, however, are mainly conducted at night, when they are packed.
The additional patrols will be conducted by teams of six to eight officers. They will be deployed to random areas to prevent terrorists from detecting a pattern.
The latest move is part of a gradual ratcheting up of security measures.
Recently, taxi-drivers and even shopkeepers were roped in to be the police's eyes and ears on the ground.
Building managers have also been asked to do their part, by taking responsibility for their buildings' security. The public has been roped in too, with signs at MRT stations and elsewhere calling for them to report suspicious objects they spot lying around.
AC Kam said the latest initiative has several aims. First, it is meant to deter terrorists with a greater police presence.
It is also meant to reassure the public that Singapore is safe because more officers are pounding the pavement, while reminding them of the need to be on their guard and stay vigilant.
The elite SOC officers will be wearing the service's trademark dark-blue uniform and beret. They will also don bullet-proof vests and carry submachine guns.
They will complement existing patrols by officers from various police stations.
AC Kam said the SOC patrol officers are better trained and equipped than ordinary front-line officers to handle high-level operations like counter-terrorism.
He added: 'It is not just about the numbers. It's how well these officers are trained. Their focus is very much on anti-terrorism, rather than everyday crime.'
Yesterday afternoon, the first patrol hit the streets near the Hilton Hotel and immediately drew puzzled stares from the crowd.
The initial reaction of most passers-by was that something had gone wrong, and that the police were called in because of a threat.
But when told of the new initiative, many welcomed it. Technician Shariff Raman, 42, said: 'Having police officers with machine guns walking along Orchard Road is rather extreme, but if they can stop a terrorist attack, then it is worth going to such extremes.' |
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Originally posted by SweetCandy at 2-11-2004 02:52 PM:
memang dah over sngt.. hairan2:hmm:
aku kasi senario la...jangan cakap terrorist...
kalo kata ada kes rompak kedai mas, atau kes rampas beg duit orang....
then terserempak ngan budak2 SOC...
so apa senario selanjutnye? kalo polis biasa, alrite la, most to most kejar.
Tapi SOC berat siot nak bawak equipment weapon dia semua...
then ni bukan revolver, revolver kecik je...
ni machinegun, powerful, then kalo dia nak guna revolver, mana dia nak taruk machinegun dia yang kat tangan dia tu.....
Sorry la, aku cam tengok cam terover la...patut budak2 SOC hidden from public view except Airport, immigressen, jurong island. |
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Machine guns tu semua loaded ke? |
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Originally posted by chicsee at 2-11-2004 03:08 PM:
Machine guns tu semua loaded ke?
of course.....
cuma ko nengok abang melayu misai tu punya gambar?
aku nengok kan dia punya trigger finger dia taruk mana , so dia taruk kat luar, :stp::stp::stp::stp:
aku tak tahu is it dia suppose taruk trigger finger kat luar or kat trigger tu itself masa dia ngah on duty......
dorang cam gini, members of public perhatikan je gerak geri dorang.... |
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Originally posted by SweetCandy at 2-11-2004 03:05 PM:
that's wat exactly my point too Dep.. i tink negara kita ni terlalu takut sngt pasal terrorists.kita semua pun takut juga.. tapi ni dah really terover sngt.
pada aku, Spore kan banyak reservist, banyak volunteers police
suruh dorang patrol pakai uniform biasa dah la.....
tapi SOC ni semua standby je kat strategic locations...
Cam gini bawak equipment ni semua, then katalah jumpa someone berperangai mencurigakan
tak ke leceh, cam mana nak mintak IC, nak screen, nak tanya tu tanya ni... ngan machinegun dia la, head set dia la....
and then ok kata tu masih tugas polis biasa, and then kira double work la.
Tapi kita sebagai public, tengokkan je la.... |
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Originally posted by chicsee at 2-11-2004 03:13 PM:
Abg melayu mana Dep? Aku tengok gambar tu macam apek aje. Anyways, I think memang kena letak luar lah. Takut sekali dia terperanjat ke terpelecok ke, sekali tertekan....aniaya beb....
[ Las ...
apex ke? 
tapi kalo taruk luar, kalo nak split action dah rugi berapa milisaat tu nak alihkan jari hehehehehe.......
Maklum elite force heheeee...
eh apsal tak pakai name tag eh hehehehe
kalo aku nak mintak tolong kat Orchard, sir you can tell me where is toilet or not sir? tak sedap ah takde nama.... :malu: |
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China girl suffocated: Autopsy
DNA test confirms identity; mum horrified to learn how eight-year-old had died
By Ben Nadarajan
AN AUTOPSY has revealed that eight-year-old Huang Na suffocated.
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China girl suffocated: Autopsy
As DNA tests confirmed beyond doubt yesterday that the body police found stuffed into a box on Sunday belonged to Huang Na, a pathologist report declared the official cause of death as 'acute airway occlusion'.
The news intensified the grief of her mother, Madam Huang Shuying, and stepfather, Mr Zheng Wenhai. Madam Huang, 27, broke down in tears when told how her child had died.
Her husband said: 'It is horrible enough knowing she's dead, but knowing that she was suffocating and in pain makes it so much worse.'
SHE'LL BE CREMATED IN THIS FAVOURITE DRESS OF HERS
PHOTO -- WANG HUI FEN
This white dress will be what Huang Na will wear for her cremation on Monday. According to the eight-year-old's mother, Madam Huang Shuying, this was her daughter's favourite dress.
Madam Huang, 27, said: 'Everyone - neighbours, workers at the market and her teachers and classmates - remember her as a lively, adorable and well-liked girl.
'That is the way I will dress her when she is cremated.'
Huang Na liked the dress her mother bought for her so much that she made Madam Huang take a picture of her in it to show her stepfather in China.
'I will make her look pretty at her funeral so she can go happily,' the grieving mother said.
Mr Zheng, 28, said his wife cannot forgive herself for leaving her daughter alone when she had to go back to her hometown in Fujian, China to visit a sick relative.
The eight-year-old could not tag along as she had to study for her exams at Jin Tai Primary School.
Mr Zheng said: 'My wife tosses and turns in bed and doesn't sleep all night. I try to talk to her about other things, but this is the only thing on her mind now.'
According to Mr Zheng, Huang Na's biological father, Mr Huang Qingrong, will not be coming for the funeral.
Mr Zheng said that despite reports, Huang Na didn't know she was his stepdaughter. He has now changed her name to Zheng Na as this was 'what my daughter would have wanted'.
The grieving couple had spent the day making funeral arrangements and thanking volunteers who had helped search for their missing daughter.
In the morning, the couple and close friends burned incense, made offerings and said prayers outside the storeroom at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre where it is believed Huang Na was attacked.
Later, they visited the Singapore Buddhist Lodge near River Valley Road to arrange for her cremation. The chairman of the lodge, Mr Lee Bock Guan, said he would waive the $650 funeral fees.
Meanwhile, the public outpouring of sympathy and generosity that greeted Huang Na's disappearance continues unabated.
Stall owners at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, who doted on the child, have bought dozens of soft toys, especially Huang Na's favourite Hello Kitty items, for her.
At the Telok Blangah Hill Park where Huang Na's body was found, strangers had also left notes, soft toys, chrysanthemum flowers and packets of food and water. Mr Zheng said the gifts will be burned at her cremation.
Malaysian Took Leng How, 22, a former colleague and flatmate of Madam Huang, was charged with Huang Na's murder on Monday.
The couple said they want to stay and attend Took's trial to 'understand why our child died'.
But they will leave Singapore for good after that. Mr Zheng said: 'It will be just too painful to stay here.' |
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oil prices dip sikit ........... |
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SINGAPORE : Prayers and offerings continued to pour in for eight-year-old Huang Na as her family and friends tried to cope with the reality of her death.
Joss-sticks, oranges, flowers, candies and even a teddy bear lined the area at Telok Blangah Hill Park where Huang Na's body was found.
The offerings were placed there by members of the public who felt sorry for her.
Huang Na went missing more than three weeks ago. Her decomposed body was found stuffed in a carton box in a dense undergrowth at Telok Blangah Hill Park. A Malaysian man has been charged with her murder.
Mr Joseph Thng, a volunteer, said: "I feel that since the body is found already, it's a closure for this case and I hope justice will be served to those who did bad things to her and hope that the family would rest knowing that she is found already after so long."
But it will take time for the reality to set in and at Jin Tai Primary School where Huang Na attends classes, many of her friends are still coming to terms with the loss.
"I feel pity for her the way she passed away. My daughter is the same age as her, although they are in different classes.. but it's a relief now. We know where she is now. We can find the body, it's a relief."
The school has also been in touch with Huang Na's mother to assist her in any possible way.
The principal of Jintai Primary School School broke the bad news to the students at a morning assembly.
They were told that police forensic tests have confirmed the decomposed body found in Telok Blangah Hill Park is that of their school-mate, Huang Na.
The school counsellors are now helping the students overcome this difficult period.
Mdm Zahara Yusoff, Principal of Jin Tai Primary School, said: "The school is saddened by news of her demise. And we had been hoping and praying for her safety and well being. We have spoken to our pupils and teachers, and they have reacted calmly to the sad news."
Huang Na's wake will be held at an HDB block in Clementi West on Sunday. She will be cremated on Monday. - CNA
Tadi pagi Aries nampak dah ada kemah di dirikan untuk Huang Na's wake. |
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Originally posted by SweetCandy at 5-11-2004 10:15 AM:
aries, smlm punya newpaper ade gambar ur daughter ke? kalo tak silap sc pasal ur daughter (Nur Liyana) kata she used to tie up hair for Huang Na.
Ha'ah SC....si Liyana appear in straits time on tuesday, berita harian on wednesday then semalam pulak suratkhabar new paper pulak....
Yup....mmg si Liyana tu used to tie up her hair....
SC, actually Liyana kena buat composition about her friendship with Huang Na...so semalam selepas sahur, Aries go thru' to check samada ada spelling error...tak semena-mena bila tengah baca Aries terus nangis....heheh...boleh ke si Liyana tanya Aries "apsal ni ibu nangis"....
Smlm Aries cuti, bila fetch Liyana dari sekolah ternampak pulak si Rita Zahara tengah interview mak2 yg fetch anak dorang kat sekolah Jin Tai Primary School..... |
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