SINGAPORE - The High Court on Tuesday upheld a five-month jail term handed down to a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) captain over a rash act that led to the death of a full-time national serviceman during a training exercise in 2018. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - The High Court on Tuesday upheld a five-month jail term handed down to a Singapore Armed Forces captain over a rash act that led toJustice See Kee Oon dismissed an appeal by prosecutors seeking a longer jail term of nine months, and also dismissedOng, 31, then a platoon trainer with the Armour Unit Training Centre, was in a Land Rover driven by Corporal First Class Liu Kai during the exercise on Nov 3, 2018.
Following a trial, Ong was convicted in November 2021 after a district judge found that his decision to order CFC Liu to overtake was rash because it was unsafe to breach the 30m safety distance without first establishing communications with the Bionix.At the appeal hearing in April, Ong’s lawyer, Mr R.
“As his conclusions are premised on these assumptions, I am unable to place much weight, if any, on the expert report,” he said.
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