Firearms ban was considered for police NSF before he was found dead with gunshot wound: Coroner’s Inquiry
SINGAPORE - Supervisors of police full-time national serviceman Finnegan Tan Yao Jie were considering barring him from using firearms before the 21-year-old was found dead with a gunshot wound on Aug 30, 2021.
There was also a separate incident sometime in the middle of the year, when a colleague heard Mr Tan shouting in a restroom at the SOC base in Queensway that he had almost killed himself the day before. Mr Tan had been upset with himself after losing over $10,000 in a financial scam. It included a sum of $7,000, which he had borrowed from his father.The investigating officer told State Coroner Adam Nakhoda that Mr Tan had reported for duty at the SOC base on the day of the incident at about 10.30am, where he was issued with a revolver and live rounds.
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