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Muhammad Iskandar Sa'at
On 20 June 2015, 23-year-old Muhammad Iskandar bin Sa'at, a former deliveryman who was then in police custody for vehicle theft, was brought to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Singapore for treatment of his chest pain. While he was at the hospital, Iskandar attempted to escape by assaulting a police officer, Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Muhammad Sadli bin Razali, and snatched the policeman's revolver and fired three live rounds at the officer, who was injured but survived. Iskandar, who failed to escape, was subsequently arrested and charged with discharging a firearm, an offence that carried the mandatory death penalty under the Arms Offences Act. Later, Iskandar's charge was reduced to possession of a firearm with intent to cause harm, and after he pleaded guilty, Iskandar was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence and 18 strokes of the cane in March 2018. Shooting incident On the evening of 20 June 2015, a shooting incident broke out at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun, Singapore. While t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (Abbreviation: KTPH) is a 795-bed general and acute care hospital located at Yishun in Singapore. Named after Singaporean hotelier, Khoo Teck Puat, the hospital is part of an integrated development together with the adjoining Yishun Community Hospital. The hospital was officially opened by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on 15 November 2010, but began seeing outpatients and day surgery patients on 28 March that year. Spanning over in the Yishun Central Area overlooking the scenic Yishun Pond. The hospital offers an extensive range of medical services and healthcare options for residents living in the north. As of October 2017, KTPH merged with the National Healthcare Group and is now known as Yishun Health, together with Yishun Community Hospital and Admiralty Medical Centre. History In 2001, plans were announced that a new hospital, the Jurong General Hospital, will be built and will replace the current Alexandra Hospital. The hospital was slated to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanging
Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature strangulation, ligature. Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer's ''Odyssey''. Hanging is also a Suicide by hanging, method of suicide. Methods of judicial hanging There are numerous methods of hanging in execution that instigate death either by cervical fracture or by Strangling, strangulation. Short drop The short drop is a method of hanging in which the condemned prisoner stands on a raised support, such as a stool, ladder, cart, horse, or other vehicle, with the noose around the neck. The support is then moved away, leaving the person dangling from the rope. Suspended by the neck, the weight of the body tightens the noose around the neck, effecting strangulation and death. Loss of consciousness is typically rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 In Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Incumbents *President of Singapore, President: Tony Tan Keng Yam *Prime Minister of Singapore, Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong Events January * 1 January – The National Youth Council Singapore, National Youth Council becomes an autonomous agency since being formed as a People's Association division in 1989. * 3 January – The Singaporean car carrier ''Hoegh Osaka'' runs aground on Bramble Bank of the Isle of Wight, in the entrance to Southampton Water. * 14 January â€First SMRT train service disruptioneast-bound train travelling from Joo Koon to Dover. * 15 January – The Protection from Harassment Act (Singapore), Protection from Harassment Act comes into force. * 23 January – JTC LaunchPad @ one-north is officially opened. * 29 January – The Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015, Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act is passed in Parliament. The law bans dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
