Woman makes police report alleging safe distancing ambassador stalked her
SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) - She got to know the safe distancing ambassador (SDA) in November last year when he helped her speak to a customer about safe distancing guidelines. He allegedly told her she looked pretty and asked for her days off and if she had a boyfriend. Soon after he started following her. She was so traumatised she eventually made a police report. The 20-year-old woman, who wanted to be known only as Ms Isabel, works in a restaurant at Tampines 1. Speaking to The New Paper (TNP) recently, she said: “He asked me for my contact number and whether I had an Instagram account. He also asked if I had any pretty friends I could introduce him to.” She eventually gave him her number a month later. “It was a huge regret of mine. I should have said no or at least given him a fake number so he would stop persisting,” she said. Earlier this year, he allegedly took a photo of her and sent it to her. “I was so creeped out. I told him not to take (any more) photos of me,” she said. Later, Ms Isabel said he followed her during her lunch breaks and tried to strike up conversations with her. “The last straw was in late April (this year). When I was heading back to the restaurant aft...
Man charged with slashing Certis enforcement officer with sickle
SINGAPORE - A man who allegedly slashed a Certis enforcement officer with a sickle earlier this week was charged on Wednesday (Nov 11) with one count of assault. Vikneswaran Sivan, a 30-year-old Singaporean, is accused of using the weapon to slash Mr Mohamad Afiq Mohamad Jamil's calves at Block 503C Canberra Link near Sembawang Road at around 7.40pm on Monday. Certis and the National Environment Agency (NEA) had said in an earlier joint statement that Mr Afiq and another Certis officer were on enforcement duty against public health offences, such as littering and smoking, when the incident occurred. Both officers were attached to the NEA at the time. After somebody was issued a fine for a smoking offence, Vikneswaran allegedly attacked Mr Afiq. The agencies said the attacker "was present but not implicated in the smoking enforcement action". Some residents in the area told The New Paper they heard screams during the incident. A domestic helper was quoted as saying: "When I looked out, I saw a man lying on the road in pain. He looked like he had been hit by a car and was holding his leg and screaming." Vikneswaran was arrested within seven hours of the incident. A bloodstained sickl...