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<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#000000 colSpan=2><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="100%" bgColor=#000000><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12w>War relic found outside police post </TD></TR><TR><TD class=font12w><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12w>July 02, 2009</TD><TD width=30>
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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=rightline vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=font12 vAlign=top align=left>THE usually quiet neighbourhood of Teban Gardens was abuzzyesterday evening as its residents gathered around anxiously.
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</TD></TR><TR><TD>[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-2]CAREFUL: A personnel from the CBRE (Chemical Biological and Explosive) Defence Group carries the war relic out. TNP PICTURE: CHOO CHWEE HUA[/SIZE][/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Scores of police officers cordoned off the entrance to a police post for about four hours.
The reason: A police spokesman confirmed that a war relic was found outside Ayer Rajah Neighbourhood Police Post at Blk 43 Teban Gardens Road at about 4pm.
It was believed that the relic measured about 20cm by 7cm.
It was not known how it got there.
The CBRE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive) Defence Group were also at the scene to assist with the investigations.
Most of the residents who gathered didn't know why the area, which was about the size of a football field, was cordoned off.
Throughout the four hours, the curious residents were seen talking to each other, to find out what had actually happened.
One resident, Mr Paramjeet Singh, 50, said that this was the first time he had seen such a thing in his neighbourhood, in the 30 years that he had stayed there.
Said Mr Singh, who was at the scene from about 5pm till 9pm: 'I was at the shop nearby when I saw a large crowd. And when I saw the police cordoning the area, I was shocked and I thought that somebody had committed suicide. But I wasn't sure, so I stayed on to find out more.'
Some residents were seen snapping photos of the scene.
The police spokesman said that the object removed for disposal at 9.05pm.
By then, the cordon had been removed and the curious residents moved closer towards the neighbourhood police post, hoping to get more details as to what had actually happened.
Two residents, Madam Low Yock Keng, 60, and her neighbour, Madam Cher Si Eng, 53, even took a step further.
They went around the police post to look for its unit number and the block number, and started noting down the numbers.
Said a visibly excited Madam Low: 'I'm going to buy 4D with these numbers tomorrow.
'My neighbour (Madam Cher) and I are going to bet on the block number and unit number of the police post. I hope we'll win.'
Not disturbed
But Mr Mohd Shakayet Hussen, 31, an assistant supervisor at a shipyard, who lives just a level above the police post, was not disturbed by the commotion.
He said that he saw police officers and residents gathering below his flat when he returned home from work at about 7pm.
Said the Singapore PR who is from Bangladesh: 'I walked up to my flat normally and didn't wait below my flat although I was a little curious about what's going on.
'I wasn't worried, because if something serious was happening, I'm sure the police would have told me and my family.'
Ervina Mohamed Jamil, newsroom intern
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The reason: A police spokesman confirmed that a war relic was found outside Ayer Rajah Neighbourhood Police Post at Blk 43 Teban Gardens Road at about 4pm.
It was believed that the relic measured about 20cm by 7cm.
It was not known how it got there.
The CBRE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive) Defence Group were also at the scene to assist with the investigations.
Most of the residents who gathered didn't know why the area, which was about the size of a football field, was cordoned off.
Throughout the four hours, the curious residents were seen talking to each other, to find out what had actually happened.
One resident, Mr Paramjeet Singh, 50, said that this was the first time he had seen such a thing in his neighbourhood, in the 30 years that he had stayed there.
Said Mr Singh, who was at the scene from about 5pm till 9pm: 'I was at the shop nearby when I saw a large crowd. And when I saw the police cordoning the area, I was shocked and I thought that somebody had committed suicide. But I wasn't sure, so I stayed on to find out more.'
Some residents were seen snapping photos of the scene.
The police spokesman said that the object removed for disposal at 9.05pm.
By then, the cordon had been removed and the curious residents moved closer towards the neighbourhood police post, hoping to get more details as to what had actually happened.
Two residents, Madam Low Yock Keng, 60, and her neighbour, Madam Cher Si Eng, 53, even took a step further.
They went around the police post to look for its unit number and the block number, and started noting down the numbers.
Said a visibly excited Madam Low: 'I'm going to buy 4D with these numbers tomorrow.
'My neighbour (Madam Cher) and I are going to bet on the block number and unit number of the police post. I hope we'll win.'
Not disturbed
But Mr Mohd Shakayet Hussen, 31, an assistant supervisor at a shipyard, who lives just a level above the police post, was not disturbed by the commotion.
He said that he saw police officers and residents gathering below his flat when he returned home from work at about 7pm.
Said the Singapore PR who is from Bangladesh: 'I walked up to my flat normally and didn't wait below my flat although I was a little curious about what's going on.
'I wasn't worried, because if something serious was happening, I'm sure the police would have told me and my family.'
Ervina Mohamed Jamil, newsroom intern
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