Serious Money-Faced Fitness Instructor Jailed 5 Years For Skipping 17 Years of NS With SCDF! Guess Race!

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE - A man who was absent from national service (NS) duties for more than 17 years was on Tuesday (March 22) sentenced to five years and eight months' jail.

Fitness instructor Mohammad Zaidie Ahmad, now 41, had pleaded guilty to two charges under the Civil Defence Act.

From March 13, 2004, he was posted to the HQ Basic Rescue Training Centre at Jalan Bahar Camp.

He reported for duty then, but went missing from July 5 that year. Police arrested him about five months later.

He was then ordered to resume duty in December the same year.

But Zaidie produced a medical certificate for the period between Dec 3 and 20, 2004.

The court heard that he again failed to report for duty on Dec 21 that year and police finally caught him on Sept 7 last year.

Court documents did not say why it took the authorities so long to arrest him.

Defence lawyer S. S. Dhillon told the court that his client had been financially supporting his son and two step siblings.

The lawyer also said that Zaidie had decided to abscond from NS duties so that the trio could be taken care of.

Before handing down the sentence on Tuesday, District Judge Marvin Bay noted that Zaidie had indicated that he was motivated by a need to earn more money.

But the judge stressed that "current world events make it all the clearer that the needs of national defence should be paramount".

Judge Bay added: "All Singaporeans must understand that their national service duties should always be placed front and centre at a time when they are physically best suited to serve."

Zaidie's bail has been set at $20,000 and he was ordered to surrender himself at the State Courts on May 5 to begin serving his sentence.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...who-was-absent-from-ns-duty-for-over-17-years

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

But Zaidie produced a medical certificate for the period between Dec 3 and 20, 2004.

The court heard that he again failed to report for duty on Dec 21 that year and police finally caught him on Sept 7 last year.

Court documents did not say why it took the authorities so long to arrest him.

Lol between 21 Dec 2004 to 7 Sept 2021, he was not caught by police? That sums up how efficient the police are right?

 

[tobelightlight]

Lol between 21 Dec 2004 to 7 Sept 2021, he was not caught by police? That sums up how efficient the police are right?

Maybe state time is creating stories to brainwash people about NS and its punishment for not doing it.

 

[eatshitndie]

must have delivered $69k worth of food during his “missing” years.

 

[mahjongking]

The court heard that he again failed to report for duty on Dec 21 that year and police finally caught him on Sept 7 last year.
Court documents did not say why it took the authorities so long to arrest him.

what a joke!!! 18 years later then sentence the poor bastard

maybe the judge did not have a good breadfast tekan him jiatlat jiatlat

 

[eatshitndie]

The court heard that he again failed to report for duty on Dec 21 that year and police finally caught him on Sept 7 last year.
Court documents did not say why it took the authorities so long to arrest him.

what a joke!!! 18 years later then sentence the poor bastard

very easy to hide in sg. ask oh ters and ah ters.

 

[bobby]

What a stupid m&d....never claim his privileges.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

How difficult is it to catch a man in tiny Singapore? 18 years! Wow I can probably find the hidden treasure buried by Al Capone!

 

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[OrLanChowHorFun]

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[congo9]

Lol between 21 Dec 2004 to 7 Sept 2021, he was not caught by police? That sums up how efficient the police are right?

They have more time for opposition and activist.
They refuse to up the pay and pay more for the rank and file.

Defaulting NS is not a small issue, but it's not a big issue anyway, it depends on when he needs to be caught and make an example to scare the fellow monkeys to fall inline. Nowadays NS is like a camp, it more like adventure camp.

Nothing too daunting. 5BX has been changed to some yoga exercises. Fame SOC run down has been cut down from 700 metre to maybe 50 metre before clearing the 1st obstacle.

 

[orh mee suah]

"Court documents did not say why it took the authorities so long to arrest him."
His defence is he had to support his son and two step siblings.
I presumed that the family members are now financially independent. So, it's time to apprehend him for evading NS.

 

[melzp]

if only he had been in mutland; it's Free n Easy for him

 

[laksaboy]

SCDF no need to guess lah. I wish I got into SCDF as a NS slave.

What got him arrested? SafeEntry?

 

[glockman]

SCDF is cho boh lan, still want to keng? Drive ambulance, put out a fire here and there, rescue a kitten in the tree, erect air mattresses under HDB flats, etc.

 

[sweetiepie]

SCDF is cho boh lan, still want to keng? Drive ambulance, put out a fire here and there, rescue a kitten in the tree, erect air mattresses under HDB flats, etc.

So many things still cbl ? compared to saf orhweesir sit in mindef orfid and continue sitting ?

 

[glockman]

So many things still cbl ? compared to saf orhweesir sit in mindef orfid and continue sitting ?

How often they do those things? Most of the time they sleep, smoke ganja, play guitar, clean motorbike.

 

[sweetiepie]

How often they do those things? Most of the time they sleep, smoke ganja, play guitar, clean motorbike.

As far as My uncle knows the ambulance and medics are the most cho wu lan one everyday also will have calls KNN as for erecting mattress putting out fire and saving kittens a full 2 year servid do 1x is enough at least something meaningful Done during their servid then can go smoke ganja play guitar and wait for Ord KNN

 

[glockman]

As far as My uncle knows the ambulance and medics are the most cho wu lan one everyday also will have calls KNN as for erecting mattress putting out fire and saving kittens a full 2 year servid do 1x is enough at least something meaningful Done during their servid then can go smoke ganja play guitar and wait for Ord KNN

Understood. But let your uncle know there are rosters and shifts. And many ambulance drivers to go around. It's not like they are busy or on call all the time. And practically no brain work is needed. SCDF has the most senang operational jobs.

 

[A Singaporean]

m&ds still do not understand that NS is a privilege.