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SCDF CPL Kok Yuen Chin (NSF) dies after being found unconscious
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Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has requested that an audit be conducted following the death of Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) full-time national serviceman (NSF) Kok Yuen Chin on Sunday (13 May), and that action be taken if any evidence of misconduct is found.
Kok, who held the rank of corporal, was found unconscious at about 9.20pm on Sunday at the bottom of the Tuas View Fire Station’s pump well, a reservoir of water used by fire station personnel for training and testing the pumps of fire engines. Efforts to revive him at the scene proved fruitless and he was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Due to complete his full-time national service stint on Wednesday, Kok had been celebrating with his squad mates during which one of the activities involving getting him into the well.
Describing the drowning incident as a “celebration gone wrong” and “tragic loss” of a “young man full of potential” during a media doorstop on Monday, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam added that the “conduct of some of the people involved” was in “clear violation” of the SCDF’s rules.
“It should not have happened; unacceptable, period… We will get to the bottom of it,” he said. “Details will be released in due course.”
“Action has been taken before when conduct which is not sanctioned has taken place, celebrations or otherwise,” Shanmugam added. “But after a while, people forget and break the rules again.”
The minister added that he had met Kok’s family members, including his father, aunt and aunt’s husband, earlier on Monday.
“SCDF will not condone unauthorised activities and we have been telling our commanders to brief the men properly to ensure they do not undertake these activities,” said the SCDF’s deputy commissioner Chong Hoi Hung.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal Kok. Minister (Shanmugam) and I have visited the family members and we are offering every (form of) assistance to them,” he added.
Two SCDF regular officers were placed under arrest on Monday over the incident.
Police are currently investigating the matter to ascertain how Kok ended up falling into the pump well and whether any parties are criminally responsible for his death, said an SCDF statement earlier on Monday.
The SCDF has not disclosed the ages of Kok and the two SCDF officers who were arrested. A Board of Inquiry, under the SCDF Act, will also be convened to look into the case.
The SCDF will also be conducting briefings at all its fire stations and bases while also looking into whether any similar activities were conducted in the recent past.
Kok’s death comes two weeks after a 19-year-old Singapore Armed Force NSF died from “signs of heat injury” following an 8km fast march.
Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has requested that an audit be conducted following the death of Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) full-time national serviceman (NSF) Kok Yuen Chin on Sunday (13 May), and that action be taken if any evidence of misconduct is found.
Kok, who held the rank of corporal, was found unconscious at about 9.20pm on Sunday at the bottom of the Tuas View Fire Station’s pump well, a reservoir of water used by fire station personnel for training and testing the pumps of fire engines. Efforts to revive him at the scene proved fruitless and he was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Due to complete his full-time national service stint on Wednesday, Kok had been celebrating with his squad mates during which one of the activities involving getting him into the well.
Describing the drowning incident as a “celebration gone wrong” and “tragic loss” of a “young man full of potential” during a media doorstop on Monday, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam added that the “conduct of some of the people involved” was in “clear violation” of the SCDF’s rules.
“It should not have happened; unacceptable, period… We will get to the bottom of it,” he said. “Details will be released in due course.”
“Action has been taken before when conduct which is not sanctioned has taken place, celebrations or otherwise,” Shanmugam added. “But after a while, people forget and break the rules again.”
The minister added that he had met Kok’s family members, including his father, aunt and aunt’s husband, earlier on Monday.
“SCDF will not condone unauthorised activities and we have been telling our commanders to brief the men properly to ensure they do not undertake these activities,” said the SCDF’s deputy commissioner Chong Hoi Hung.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal Kok. Minister (Shanmugam) and I have visited the family members and we are offering every (form of) assistance to them,” he added.
Two SCDF regular officers were placed under arrest on Monday over the incident.
Police are currently investigating the matter to ascertain how Kok ended up falling into the pump well and whether any parties are criminally responsible for his death, said an SCDF statement earlier on Monday.
The SCDF has not disclosed the ages of Kok and the two SCDF officers who were arrested. A Board of Inquiry, under the SCDF Act, will also be convened to look into the case.
The SCDF will also be conducting briefings at all its fire stations and bases while also looking into whether any similar activities were conducted in the recent past.
Kok’s death comes two weeks after a 19-year-old Singapore Armed Force NSF died from “signs of heat injury” following an 8km fast march.
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SCDF NSF who died in pump well could not swim
(Above) The 12m-deep well at the Tuas View Fire Station has a diameter of about 1.8m. At the time of the incident, the water level was about 1m below the opening.PHOTO: SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE.
He could not swim, and had told his siblings in Melaka he was afraid of being thrown into the pump well when he returned to Singapore.
Corporal (CPL) Kok Yuen Chin's colleagues from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) had told him that he would be thrown into the 12m-deep well to celebrate his last few days in service.
But the full-time national serviceman's aunt, Madam Kok Chun Fa, said that her nephew saw it as anything but celebratory.
"Everyone in the camp knew that he was afraid of water, and could not swim," she told The New Paper in an interview last night. "The whole family was worried, but we thought there would be someone supervising the situation."
Cpl Kok, who had returned to Malaysia to vote in the general election last week, even bought snacks to take back to Singapore for his colleagues to try to persuade them not to rag him.
His pleas fell on deaf ears, as Cpl Kok ended up in the Tuas View Fire Station's pump well on Sunday, where he was found unconscious at about 9.20pm.
He was rushed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital but was pronounced dead.
Former Civil Defence servicemen and regulars told TNP that ragging, carried out in the spirit of camaraderie, is a rite of passage firefighters undergoing training often face.
Activities range from relatively harmless acts like pinning somebody down and applying boot polish to their skin, to throwing someone into water.
While commanders often remind and warn their men against such prohibited activities, they still happen because of the deep-seated tradition.
While the activities are usually harmless and carried out without ill-intent, sometimes they can end up very wrong, like in Cpl Kok's case.
Following the incident, two SCDF regular personnel were arrested yesterday.
They are a Warrant Officer 1 and a Staff Sergeant, who worked the same shift duty at the fire station along with Cpl Kok, SCDF said in a media statement last night.
The 12-m deep well, which is used for marine and rescue training or to test water pumping equipment, has a 1.8m diameter opening, said SCDF.
During the incident, the water level was about one metre below the opening of the well.
Cpl Lee was pulled out of the well only after the water was drained. A number of SCDF personnel had jumped into the pump well to look for him when he failed to resurface.
"He had been celebrating his impending ORD with his squad mates, and one of the activities involved getting him into the pump well," the SCDF statement said.
A former SCDF regular who contacted TNP yesterday said such ragging is typically done to mark an NSF's end of service in the SCDF. TNP understands that while SCDF bans such practices, it continues to be carried out occasionally.
Describing the incident as a clear violation of SCDF's rules and a tragic loss of life, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said it should not have happened at all.
"It is unacceptable, period. We will get to the bottom of it,"he promised.
Mr Shanmugam added that he had asked SCDF to conduct an audit, whereby action would be taken against perpetrators of unsanctioned activities.
He said: "We have to send a clear message. Action has been taken before, when conduct which is not sanctioned takes place, celebration or otherwise.
"But then after a while, people forget and break the rules again."
The SCDF said that it appeared the mishap arose as a result of activities which SCDF has prohibited.
SCDF deputy commissioner Chong Hoi Hung stressed that the SCDF does not condone unauthorised activities. He said that this was the first such death related to an unauthorised activity.
Cpl Kok's family has taken his body back to Melaka.
SCDF said: "The police are conducting investigations to determine what had happened, including how Cpl Kok fell into the pump well, and whether any person(s) are criminally responsible."
A Board of Inquiry (BOI) will also be convened to look into the case, with full details to be made public in due course.
The death comes two weeks after an Singapore Armed Forces NSF, Private Dave Lee, died on April 30 after suffering from heatstroke during a march. He was promoted to Corporal First Class after his death.
In 2016, an SCDF recruit died three days after enlisting. Before his death, he made a Facebook post where he said his bunkmates found him "blur" and a burden.
In 2015, 23 SCDF officers faced disciplinary action after a video of them trashing their bunk went viral.
... TNP
SCDF NSF who died in pump well could not swim
(Above) The 12m-deep well at the Tuas View Fire Station has a diameter of about 1.8m. At the time of the incident, the water level was about 1m below the opening.PHOTO: SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE.
He could not swim, and had told his siblings in Melaka he was afraid of being thrown into the pump well when he returned to Singapore.
Corporal (CPL) Kok Yuen Chin's colleagues from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) had told him that he would be thrown into the 12m-deep well to celebrate his last few days in service.
But the full-time national serviceman's aunt, Madam Kok Chun Fa, said that her nephew saw it as anything but celebratory.
"Everyone in the camp knew that he was afraid of water, and could not swim," she told The New Paper in an interview last night. "The whole family was worried, but we thought there would be someone supervising the situation."
Cpl Kok, who had returned to Malaysia to vote in the general election last week, even bought snacks to take back to Singapore for his colleagues to try to persuade them not to rag him.
His pleas fell on deaf ears, as Cpl Kok ended up in the Tuas View Fire Station's pump well on Sunday, where he was found unconscious at about 9.20pm.
He was rushed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital but was pronounced dead.
Former Civil Defence servicemen and regulars told TNP that ragging, carried out in the spirit of camaraderie, is a rite of passage firefighters undergoing training often face.
Activities range from relatively harmless acts like pinning somebody down and applying boot polish to their skin, to throwing someone into water.
While commanders often remind and warn their men against such prohibited activities, they still happen because of the deep-seated tradition.
While the activities are usually harmless and carried out without ill-intent, sometimes they can end up very wrong, like in Cpl Kok's case.
Following the incident, two SCDF regular personnel were arrested yesterday.
They are a Warrant Officer 1 and a Staff Sergeant, who worked the same shift duty at the fire station along with Cpl Kok, SCDF said in a media statement last night.
The 12-m deep well, which is used for marine and rescue training or to test water pumping equipment, has a 1.8m diameter opening, said SCDF.
During the incident, the water level was about one metre below the opening of the well.
Cpl Lee was pulled out of the well only after the water was drained. A number of SCDF personnel had jumped into the pump well to look for him when he failed to resurface.
"He had been celebrating his impending ORD with his squad mates, and one of the activities involved getting him into the pump well," the SCDF statement said.
A former SCDF regular who contacted TNP yesterday said such ragging is typically done to mark an NSF's end of service in the SCDF. TNP understands that while SCDF bans such practices, it continues to be carried out occasionally.
Describing the incident as a clear violation of SCDF's rules and a tragic loss of life, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said it should not have happened at all.
"It is unacceptable, period. We will get to the bottom of it,"he promised.
Mr Shanmugam added that he had asked SCDF to conduct an audit, whereby action would be taken against perpetrators of unsanctioned activities.
He said: "We have to send a clear message. Action has been taken before, when conduct which is not sanctioned takes place, celebration or otherwise.
"But then after a while, people forget and break the rules again."
The SCDF said that it appeared the mishap arose as a result of activities which SCDF has prohibited.
SCDF deputy commissioner Chong Hoi Hung stressed that the SCDF does not condone unauthorised activities. He said that this was the first such death related to an unauthorised activity.
Cpl Kok's family has taken his body back to Melaka.
SCDF said: "The police are conducting investigations to determine what had happened, including how Cpl Kok fell into the pump well, and whether any person(s) are criminally responsible."
A Board of Inquiry (BOI) will also be convened to look into the case, with full details to be made public in due course.
The death comes two weeks after an Singapore Armed Forces NSF, Private Dave Lee, died on April 30 after suffering from heatstroke during a march. He was promoted to Corporal First Class after his death.
In 2016, an SCDF recruit died three days after enlisting. Before his death, he made a Facebook post where he said his bunkmates found him "blur" and a burden.
In 2015, 23 SCDF officers faced disciplinary action after a video of them trashing their bunk went viral.
... TNP
life saving force ehh
Wow why the many Malaysian thieves slanderers and harassers don’t die but this one good One died?
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why CpL Kok age not made known ???
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why CpL Kok age not made known ???
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Looks like a P6 kid.
The boy doesn’t know how to swim .
Throwing him into the well is as good as getting him to drown . It is murder by mischief .
Throwing him into the well is as good as getting him to drown . It is murder by mischief .
Sad tat a life is wasted for minutes of fun.
at first those cunning people said ns is to defend the cuntry
when cost of living shot up sky high
and wages were depressed and sillypootians don't want to be
polis , fireman
they change the law as they like , as they had done many times before.
so we have ns to do fireman and polis job.
solved the manpower problem at cost of less than a peanut.
why u think we got oxleylerlee-polis , cisco kucing kurap security at airport ?
they perform tasks that were done by the real polis .
to save cost these new low pay jobs were created.
sinkies, after getting tekan by peers in school, screwed by instructors in ns, fisted by pappies when looking for work, betrayed by oppies when expecting grievances to be heard in parleement, cuckolded and scolded by gf's and wives when finding a mate and settling down, becum sadists by nature and nurture.
one way to drive home the point that SAF and SCDF Rules - The Commissioner of SCDF please resign. do the honourable thing.
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Will Mahathir and his yet to be named foreign minister sue?
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