Making Singapore the world"s safest place

THE POLICE CHIEF ON:

TERRORISM

“It is the biggest security threat we face in Singapore. People forget but it’s true. The intelligence tells us that we’re still a target, people are targeting us, people want to kill us. The threat won’t go away for a long time.”

LOAN SHARK HARASSMENT

“When I took over there were some 18,000 harassment cases in a year. Today, it’s down to fewer than 9,000 cases. I expect that we’ll bring it down significantly again this year.

But I still worry about this because firstly, innocent people are being targeted, and this type of crime creates a sense of fear and foreboding in our heartland. We must not tolerate this, which is why we’re going to keep clamping down on these Ah Longs.”

MOLESTATION ON BUSES, TRAINS

“We fight it in many ways. First, we educate the public. We tell them these things are happening and you could be a potential victim, so look out…

“And if you’re unfortunate enough to have it happen to you, raise the alarm, don’t suffer in silence, don’t let the bad guy get away, because if you do that there will be another victim.

“Raise the alarm and we promise we will act, we will catch the guy. We’re not going to ignore it.”

ERRANT MOTORISTS

“We are going after this bad behaviour on the road. Driving too fast, beating red lights, not signalling. This rash, reckless behaviour on the road is terrible. We’re going to change that.”

Making Singapore the world"s safest place