A lot has been said about the Shangri-La shootout that took place on Sunday, of which the police shot dead one driver and arrested two passengers when their vehicle accelerated past a security checkpoint, crashed through barricades and sped towards the hotel along Orange Grove Road.
Police officers had no choice but to fire at the vehicle to stop it from proceeding any further. Turns out, it wasn't some sort of attack on the ongoing Shangri-La Dialogue — the deceased driver Mohamed Taufiq Bin Zahar was just wanted for failing to attend court over criminal intimidation and drug-related offences. The car itself was found with no explosives, arms or weapons; just a bag of white powdery substances believed to contain controlled drugs.
In the wake of the incident, the wife of the deceased driver has taken to the Singapore Police Force (SPF) Facebook page to express her rage over claims of police brutality. Nassida Nasir — a mother to a newborn baby — is clearly distraught over the way the police handled the incident, maintaining that the reason why he tried to escape was because he did not have a driving license and was never a terrorist threat.
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Though many expressed their sympathies for the widow (and now single mother), responses to her post have been largely supportive towards the SPF, who were just carrying out their jobs in ensuring the safety of everyone else in the area during the incident. "Oh yeah, and so (not siding anyone) if the drugs was his, was the law created to shoot a person on the head with an M16 rifle, tell me please.. Because I just can't accept the way he was punished," Nassida remarked further in the comments section.
The SPF have not replied to Nassida's post.
Photo: Mark Cheong / The Straits Times
A lot has been said about the Shangri-La shootout that took place on Sunday, of which the police shot dead one driver and arrested two passengers when their vehicle accelerated past a security checkpoint, crashed through barricades and sped towards the hotel along Orange Grove Road.
Police officers had no choice but to fire at the vehicle to stop it from proceeding any further. Turns out, it wasn't some sort of attack on the ongoing Shangri-La Dialogue — the deceased driver Mohamed Taufiq Bin Zahar was just wanted for failing to attend court over criminal intimidation and drug-related offences. The car itself was found with no explosives, arms or weapons; just a bag of white powdery substances believed to contain controlled drugs.
In the wake of the incident, the wife of the deceased driver has taken to the Singapore Police Force (SPF) Facebook page to express her rage over claims of police brutality. Nassida Nasir — a mother to a newborn baby — is clearly distraught over the way the police handled the incident, maintaining that the reason why he tried to escape was because he did not have a driving license and was never a terrorist threat.
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Good Job To SPF yes ..and now tell me i am his Wife.My Name is Nassida Nasir .So tell me is it justify of the law to...
Posted by Fifi Divinez on Monday, 1 June 2015
Though many expressed their sympathies for the widow (and now single mother), responses to her post have been largely supportive towards the SPF, who were just carrying out their jobs in ensuring the safety of everyone else in the area during the incident. "Oh yeah, and so (not siding anyone) if the drugs was his, was the law created to shoot a person on the head with an M16 rifle, tell me please.. Because I just can't accept the way he was punished," Nassida remarked further in the comments section.
The SPF have not replied to Nassida's post.
Photo: Mark Cheong / The Straits Times