Mr Brian Chong, who cycles around Pasir Ris Park weekly, said he was shocked when he heard what had happened.
Said the 30-year-old who works in information technology: “Such incidents are rare in Singapore, so it’s quite scary. But if the man was intending to harm the public, it’s good the police intervened.”
In March 2022, the police shot a 64-year-old man, who was under the influence of drugs, at
Block 33 Bendemeer Road. Ng Eng Kui had brandished a kitchen knife at the doorway of his home despite being confronted by four police officers.
After three attempts to incapacitate him with Taser shots failed, Ng stepped out to face the officers in a narrow corridor.
Assessing himself and his three colleagues to be in imminent danger, an officer fired a single round from his pistol, hitting Ng in the chest, killing him.
On Nov 4, in a coroner’s inquiry into Ng’s death, District Judge Kamala Ponnampalam ruled that the officer had not errantly discharged his firearm, adding that Ng’s death was an unfortunate misadventure.