Updated: 08/05/2014 10:04 | By Channel NewsAsia
Doctor suspended for attack on police officer
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SINGAPORE: General practitioner Dr Khoo Buk Kwong has been suspended from medical practice for three months for attacking a police officer in November 2010, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said on Tuesday (Aug 5).
Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against Dr Khoo, 53, after he was sentenced to two weeks’ jail for causing hurt to a police officer on duty, the SMC said.
Dr Khoo said in mitigation that he had been under “tremendous” stress due to family and personal circumstances, having been adjudged a bankrupt due to failed investments since Aug 5, 2010. Dr Khoo also highlighted his remorse, and that he had apologised to the police officer prior to his conviction.
The SMC’s disciplinary tribunal ordered that Dr Khoo be suspended from practice for three months; be censured; and pay the costs and expenses of and incidental to the disciplinary proceedings, including the costs of the solicitors to the SMC.
In a separate proceeding on March 11, 2011, Dr Khoo had pleaded guilty in the State Courts to six charges of selling poisons listed in the Schedule to the Poisons Act (Cap 234), without a licence. He was fined a total of S$60,000.
For the offence, the SMC’s disciplinary tribunal ordered that Dr Khoo be suspended for nine months, to run consecutively with the three months' suspension given for his attack on the police officer. - CNA/cy
