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Source:
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Remarks by Minister Teo Chee Hean
on the Death of 2SG Ong Jia Hui |
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First of all, I'd like to once again extend
my condolences to the family and relatives of 2SG Ong Jia Hui. |
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We should be grateful that there are people
like 2SG Ong who are willing to come forward to take on the most
demanding missions in the SAF. |
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Especially during these times when we have
extreme forms of terrorism and we need people like that to come forward
to protect us and to take care of hostage situations that may arise. |
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The training for the people of the Special
Operations Forces is very demanding, but it is also progressive. The
selection is very rigorous and only the toughest people, mentally and
physically, are accepted for training. |
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We expect them to do things which ordinary
civilians or even well-trained soldiers cannot do. That is because we
expect them to operate in the most extreme and demanding circumstances. |
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Among the Special Operations Force, the Maritime
Counter-Terrorism Group is the most demanding. What we expect them to do on
land, we expect the Maritime Counter-Terrorism Group to do at sea. They may,
for example, have to retake a ship in the open seas, be able to board it in a
variety of ways. If it is a case of a passenger liner, you can understand that
there may be thousands of lives at stake. If it is a tanker or LPG ship, the
consequences will be terrible if they are unable to carry out their mission
successfully. |
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So they train very hard and they have to
train very realistically for it. Training is very demanding. The
equipment they carry is, again, well beyond what we can expect a normal
soldier to carry. It is something that is necessary and which they have
trained for in order to ensure mission success. |
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I am very grateful that there are people
like 2SG Ong, men like that in the unit, who come forward to take on
this demanding task. |
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They know that at any moment, they may be
called, and their lives are on the line. So they take training very
seriously and they look after each other very seriously. If there are
any shortcomings, if there are any persons who have failed to perform
their duty properly, then of course, we will rectify this shortcoming.
And the persons who have not performed their duties properly, they will
have to be called to task. |
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The Coroner has made his findings. It is now
up to the Attorney General, whether they have any basis to charge any of
them. This is something we will have to leave to the Attorney General to
decide. |
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Source:
www.mindef.gov.sg News Release 2
Jan 2006 |
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Related Articles: |
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Update on Death of a Regular Serviceman |
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2SG Ong Jia Hui, a 24 year old regular Army
specialist, was discovered missing at about 1740hrs on 15 Jun 05 while
undergoing special operations training in the waters of Changi Naval
Base. |
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A safety diver, who was on standby as part
of the safety precautions put in place for such training, was
immediately activated. The diver found 2SG Ong at around 1745hrs. He was
given immediate medical treatment at the Changi Naval Base medical
centre before being evacuated to Changi General Hospital at about
1810hrs. |
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He was pronounced dead at 1859hrs. |
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Source:
www.mindef.gov.sg News Release 16
Jun 2005 |
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Death of a Regular Serviceman |
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A Singapore Armed Forces regular serviceman,
2SG Ong Jia Hui, 24, was discovered missing during training in the
waters of Changi Naval Base. |
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An immediate search was conducted and he was
recovered. He was given immediate medical attention before being
evacuated to Changi General Hospital. He passed away at 6.59pm. |
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MINDEF was investigating the incident. |
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Source:
www.mindef.gov.sg News Release 15
Jun 2005 |
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