Aug 31, 2010
4 months' jail for dodging NS
<!-- by line --> By Selina Lum
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AT AGE 28, Goh Khim Siong has yet to serve a day of national service (NS). He will, however, go through what Singaporean men nearly a decade younger go through - after serving his jail term for evading the draft. He registered for NS in 2002, but was given deferments as a result of his appeals through various channels.
First, he asked for a deferment because of his polytechnic studies and then, after dropping out, he said he had to work to support his family.
In August 2005, the Defence Ministry decided enough was enough and served him a notice to report for a medical review, but he failed to comply.
In the next five years, he evaded efforts by enlistment officers to nab him. It was only in April this year that he was arrested. The Straits Times understands that he turned himself in at a police station.
Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
