LIST OF SINGAPORE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

This is a listing of Singapore police officers from the Singapore Police Force who were killed in the line of duty, based on records from the year 1900 to the present.
Their ranks/service numbers are colour-coded based on their circumstance of death as per the following general classifications. Uncoded entries refer to cases whereby details of their cause of death are unknown or unclear.

Cause of death	Colour
Murder/Culpable homicide (with firearms)
Murder/Culpable homicide (via other means/unclear)
Accidental death (/other)
Natural causes

Contents

Trends

Causes of death

Victims' Profile

Incidents by chronology

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

References

External links

Trends

Causes of death

Cause of death	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s to date	Total to date
Murder/Culpable homicide (with firearms)					6	6	2	3	4			21
Murder/Culpable homicide (with sharp object)							1	1		2		4
Murder/Culpable homicide (with blunt object)						3						3
Murder/Culpable homicide (other/unspecified)					19	1			1			21
Accidental death (traffic accident)					1	4		8	4	8	11	36
Accidental death (drowning)						1		3			2	6
Accidental death (weapon mishandling)					2			1				3
Accidental death (Other)									1			1
Natural causes										1		1
Cause of death not recorded	2	2	8	3	3	6						24
'Total'	'2'	'2'	'8'	'3'	'31'	'21'	'3'	'16'	'10'	'11'	'13'	'120'

Victims' Profile

The average age of slain police officers is 29.7 years of age, excluding 63 officers whos age were not reported.

Age	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s to date	Total to date
18-20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
21-25	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	5	6	18
26-30	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	6	2	0	1	16
31-35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	7
36-40	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4
41-45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	7
46-50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
51-55	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Not reported	2	2	8	3	26	15	0	3	2	1	1	63

Ethnicity	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s to date	Total to date
Chinese	2	2	5	1	25	10	1	10	3	8	7	74
Malay	0	0	1	1	5	9	0	5	4	2	6	33
Indian	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	9
Eurasians/Other	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4

Incidents by chronology

1900s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
1901	DPC 611	Lim Soo Hay
1901	DPC 392	Lim Ah Koon

1910s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
1914	DPC 599	Goh Ah Seng
1919	L/Cpl 042	Yeo Ah Hin

1920s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
1921	DPC 092	Teck Chok
1922	DPC 001	Teo Ah Moi
1922	DPC 066	Chong Ah Yong
1923	PC 660	Pir Khan
1925	DPC 079	Paw Peng Seng
1928	PC 300	Abdul Malik
1929	PC 803	Painda Khan
1929	DPC 057	Lam Weng Yuk

1930s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
1932	PC 748	Tan Kee Chuan
1934	Insp	A. E. Popejoy
1936	DPC 035	Mohamed Ali

1940s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
1942	D/SUB-Insp	Tan Boo Leng			Executed by the Japanese during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore[1]
	DPC 001	Quek Ah Kee
	DPC 003	Kho Kee Thiam
	DPC 019	Lim Ah Kow
	DPC 036	Yip Keng Sam
	DPC 066	Tan Ah Kee
	DPC 086	Tee Boon Hye
	DPC 099	Tan Chan
	DPC 102	Lim Keng Seng
	DPC 104	Sim Kim Hock
	DPC 112	Ng Kim Hock
	DPC 117	Eng Yong Khoon
	D/L/Sgt 135	Chang Hak Joe
	DPC 136	Chan Wai Wah
	DPC 143	Tay Teng Liong
	DPC 169	Low Peng Hai
	DPC 179	Tan Sam Tuck
	DPC 195	Lim Kian Siong
	DPC 4447	Tan Kim Hock
1945	DPC 208	Koh Wan Wee
1945	DPC 170	Soh Chwee Seng
1945	DPC 145	Teo Bah Cheo
1 March 1946	D/L/Sgt 13	Shaik Noor Mohd			Was on patrol in Pukit Panjang/Bukit Timah area when he was shot and killed.
18 October 1946	DPC 41	Lee Koh Beng	39		He was on armed mobile patrol when their vehicle chanced upon several men who fled on sight along Middle Road near Queens Street. While jumping off the vehicle, DPC 41 sustained a fatal gunshot wound near his heart and died at the scene.[2] The gunmen escaped,[3] but were apprehended later.
21 December 1946	PC 2444	Abdul Rajis Bin Yusof			Drove a police vehicle when it collided with a radio car and crashed into a wall at junction of Arab Street and North Bridge Road.
2 February 1947	DPC 426	Mohamed Bin Che Dol			Shot by several gangsters on 1 February 1947 along Cheong Hong Lim Street in Chinatown, and died subsequently in hospital a day later.[4]
4 June 1947	Cpl 2054	Mohamed Gul		Marine	Cpl 2054, PC 3776 and PC 1315 were on patrol in Police Boat #16 when they stopped a boat with ten male Chinese on board in the waters off Beach Road in Kallang Basin. Cpl 2054 boarded the boat alone to check their clearence papers. As it was not in order, he asked the crew to return to port. Gunshots were heard before he could finish, and he was not heard of since, believed to be killed and his body dumped overboard.[5] Shots were also fired at the police boat, hitting PC 3776 six times. He fell overboard, but was pulled back into the police boat as it sped off to summon for help. PC 3776 died in hospital a day later,[6] while PC 1315 escaped unhurt.
5 June 1947	PC 3776	Attan Bin Haji Siraj	30
28 October 1947	SC 5221	Teo Kim Swan	23		SC 5221 was on duty at a police duty hut along Henderson Road outside the Singapore Glass Factory with fellow Special Constable Abu Bakar. About to go off-duty, SC Abu Bakar reached for his rifle which was leaning against a table, but the rifle fell to the ground and a round was discharged, hitting SC5221 and killing him.[7]
14 November 1947	DPC 809	Cheong Ngit Cheong	28		DPC 809 was having coffee at a coffeeshop along Balestier Road with a former detective, Wong Khim Seang, when three men, two of whom were armed, walked into the eatery and fired at the two men at point blank range.[8] DPC 809 was shot in the back of his head and died two hours later in hospital, while Wong was hit in the leg and survived.[9]
10 March 1948	SC 5194	C. S. Dascen	20		SC 5194 was on guard duty at the HSBC Bank Building on 9 March 1948 when he was shot accidentally in the neck by SC 5220 who was checking clear his service revolver prior to handing over the weapon to him.[10]

1950s

Singapore Volunteer Corps

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
1950	PC 2083	Ali Bin Mat Jani
5 April 1950	S/Sgt 4098	Mahadhoj Limbu			Killed in an operation in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, as a result of the Malayan Emergency.
24 July 1950	PC 1526	Jantan Bin Ngah	28		PC 1526, PC 1876 and PC 2583 were manning a road block near a godown which was the target of communist arsonists when an approaching car failed to stop, hit a taxi and another vehicle at the roadblock.[11] PC 1526 died soon after reaching the hospital, while PC 1876 and PC 2583 died soon after.[12] Another four policemen, the car driver, taxi driver, and his sole passenger were also injured. It is the worse in terms of Singapore police casualties in a single incident to date, matched only by the deaths of three officers in March 2001.
	PC 1876	Mohd Diah Bin Hamid
	PC 2583	Othman Bin Said
10 October 1950	PC 790	Mohd Senin Bin Akim
9 December 1950	DPC 646	Sim Tian Peng			Shot and killed by a Chinese assailant at the Municipal Quarters located at the junction of Queen Street and Ophir Road days before the outbreak of the Maria Hertogh riots.
19 December 1950	Insp	Alfred Ratnashingam	27		Killed by rioters while escorting an Eurasian woman in distress to her home in Changi.[13] He was dragged out of his car along Changi Road, beaten, and dumped in the drain on 11 December 1950 during the Maria Hertogh riots.[14] His revolver was stolen, and he died eight days later in hospital.[15]
2 January 1951	DPC 280	Ang Beng Siong	27	Orchard Road	DPC 280 was stepping out of his home and starting his motorbike at the junction of Havelock Road and Beng Hoon Road when two gunmen fired at him from point-blank range, hitting him in both sides of his chest and in his face. The killers escaped in bicycles, while he staggered to a medicine shop nearby and collapsed on the floor. He died on the way to hospital.[16]
19 January 1951	D/Cpl 3066	Yap Beng Teck		CID	D/Cpl 3066 left the home of his second wife at 67 Fraser Street and was getting into his car when two Chinese men shot him in the head, stole his revolver, and escaped in bicycles. He died in hospital an hour later.[17]
5 February 1951	Asst Comdnt	Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Aziz	55	SC	Assistant Commandant Abdul Rahman was leaving for work from his home at Lorong 6 Geylang when a lone Chinese gunman shot him at pointblank range twice in the back and neck. His police driver tried but failed to find the escaped assailant.[18]
18 October 1951	PC 790	Ithnin Bin Hakim			Shot by a communist gunman along Queen Street opposite the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd just before commencing duty in assisting road-crossing children.
9 November 1951	PC 630	Mohamed Din Bin Merah	22	Kandang Kerbau	PC 630 was travelling to work in a police van when the van crashed into a lamppost at the junction of Newton Road and Thomson Road. All four officers were injured, two seriously, including PC 630 who died later.[19]
23 March 1952	PC 1797	Zainal Abidin Bin Haji Ahmad		Marine	Fell overboard and drowned while assisting in getting his crew ashore after completing patrol duty.
2 April 1952	DPC 108	Tan Toa Tee	28	Orchard Road	DPC 108 was last seen cycling from his friend's home at Henderson Road when gun shots were heard. His body was found by his friend with three gunshot wounds in a lallang field, and his revolver was missing.[20]
1954	D/SUB-Insp	Tan Ah Seng
1954	DPC 291	Johnson Lee
1954	DPC 41	Yoong Siew Wah
1954	DPC 495	Toh Keng Wah
12 May 1955	PC(V) 1039	Teo Bock Lan Andrew			Severely beaten by the rioting mob during the Hock Lee bus riots and died in hospital later. He was the first Volunteer Special Constabulary officer to die in the line of duty.[21]
12 May 1955	D/Cpl	Yuen Yau Phang			Burned to death after rioters set his car alight during the Hock Lee bus riots.

1960s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
4 April 1964	DPC 2802	Reddy Melvyn Douglas	24	Queenstown	DPC 2802 was off-duty when he came across two thieves who just robbed the cashier of the Singapore Trading Company at Collyer Quay of $60,000 and were trying to make their escape in a scooter along Prince Street. While arresting one of them, he was shot twice by the other thief.[22] The thieves fled, while DPC 2802 collapsed and died in hospital later.[23]
5 August 1965	Insp	Lim Kim Sai Allan	28	CID	Part of a police party attempting an ambush on the hideout of wanted man Morgan Teo and his accomplices along Siang Lim Park after a tip-off. The house where Teo was holed up was surrounded by police, who asked the gang to surrender. Teo's accomplices surrendered after no response was made and tear gas lopped into the house. Teo escaped by climbing into a neighbouring house, and fired a single gunshot, which hit Insp Lim in the head.23 [1] Two hand grenades lopped at the police also injured another two policemen.[25] Insp Lim died shortly after in hospital.[26]
5 February 1968	DPC 6603	Munisamy Naidu	23	Joo Chiat	DPC 6603 arrested a suspected secret society gang member along Anamalai Avenue,23 and brought him to a telephone booth along Bukit Timah Road where he tried to call for re-enforcements. Four of the gang member's friends were following behind, and attacked the policeman, who managed to fire three rounds, injuring one of them. The policeman sustained seven stab wounds and collapsed on the road, while the gang members escaped with his revolver. He died on the way to the hospital.[27]

1970s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
4 May 1970	PC 6459	Omar Bin Hussin			Drowned while attempting to retrieve a baton which was dropped into the sea at Tanjong Rhu.
12 December 1972	PC 8610	Tan Chin Swee			Died in a traffic accident.
17 April 1973	DPC 3393	Ng Poh Hock	27	CID	A police operation to ambush a group of criminals resulted in a shootout along Geylang Lorong 27A when officers approached one of the suspects, Ng Ah Bai, in his vehicle.[28] DPC 3393 was shot dead just as he reached one side of the vehicle, while the suspect was shot by another detective from the other side. The suspect died later in hospital.[29]
12 July 1973	DPC 0110	Ong Poh Heng	28	Orchard Road	He was off-duty when stoppped to intervene in an argument between a bus driver and a gunman along Still Road.23 As soon as he identified himself as a police officer, the gunman suddenly fired two shots into the officer's chest, one of which pierced his heart, killing him instantly. The gunman then removed the cop's revolver and drove off.[30] A cash award of S$10,000 was put up for information on the murderer.[31]
2 December 1973	PC 8358	Mohammed Sanusi Bin Siraj	26	Paya Lebar	PC 8358 was refueling his police van at the Paya Lebar Police Station when he spotted a police mini-bus rolling down a slope. He tried to stop the vehicle, but was run over instead. He died four hours later in hospital.[32]
15 March 1974	PC 8358	Abu Habir Bin Kassim	42	Marine	The police boat he was in was returning to base in Kallang Basin when it capsized and sank after a collision with a Russian trawler ''Pechorsk'' at the mouth of Sungei Jurong near the Jurong Pier. Three of the crew were rescued, while PC 8358 was swept away.[33] His body was later found.
23 June 1975	PC 8835	Low Tong Seng	37	Traffic	PC 8835 was killed when he collided with a cyclist at the junction of Jalan Toa Payoh and Kim Keat Road. The cyclist died instantly, while PC 8835 died in hospital a few hours later.[34]
14 July 1975	PC 1750	Lim Ah Huat			Died in a traffic accident along Mandai Road while chasing a speeding vehicle.
27 November 1976	PC 3031	Chan Ban Thian	31		PC 3031 was pursuing after a speeding motorcyclist when his police car smashed into an oncoming lorry along Upper Thomson Road near Ang Mo Kio on 25 November 1976.[35] The lorry driver died on the spot, while the police officer died in hospital two days later.[36]
26 February 1977	Cpl 3881	O Patpanavan	30	Jurong Town	Upon return from duty, he was later found lying outside the police station armoury with a gun shot wound to his chest. He died on the way to hospital.[37] The shot was later found to be accidentally discharged.
1 January 1978	Cpl 8210	Abu Kassim Bin Katon	30	Marine	Cpl 8210, PC 0944, and two other officers from the Jurong Marine Base were off duty when their vehicle was forced into the back of a stationary SBS bus along Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim by another speeding vehicle. Their civilian vehicle caught fire upon impact, and the front-seat passenger, Cpl 8210, was killed on the spot. PC 0944 died three hours later in hospital, while the other two recovered from their injuries.[38]
	PC 0944	Loh Teng Hock	30
25 April 1978	SC	Lee Kim Lai	18		Stabbed to death by three men who where attempting to steal his weapon. He was abducted while performing sentry duty at the Police Reserve Unit 1 base at Mount Vernon and dragged into a hijacked taxi, who's driver has also been murdered earlier.[39] Lee's body was found in the abandoned taxi later with 15 cut and stab wounds, including a fatal double stab wound in the neck.[40]
17 May 1978	Sgt 7571	Toh Say Tin	31	PRU 1	Sgt 7571 was on special duties with 11 other officers when he slipped and fell overboard while attempting to board a boat from marine police speedboat PA 6 off Marine Parade. A non-swimmer, he was not wearing a life vest, and was swept away by the currents. [41] His body was found on on 19 May 1978 about eight kilometres from the incident.[42] Wearing of life vests were made mandatory for all persons aboard police veseels henceforth.
19 April 1979	Sgt 1288	Mohamed Saad Bin Omar	43	Beach Road	Sgt 1288 and PC Collin Han were responding to a call with regards to a female drug suspect. While escorting her back to the police station along Lorong 10 Geylang and Geylang Road, she suddenly snatched Sgt 1288's service revolver, and fired a shot into his stomach. PC Han, who was driving the vehicle, managed to remove the revolver from the woman, who appeared dazed. Sgt 1288 died soon after.[43]
4 August 1979	PC 2446	Soon Say Boon	22	Traffic	PC 2446 was pursuing a vehicle along Kampong Java Road when he collided into the back of a stationary lorry. He died from severe injuries.[44]

1980s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
5 December 1980	PC 2620	Lim Kok Hui			Died in an accident during in-service preparation.
2 August 1982	PC 9334	Takabahadur Rai			Knocked down and killed by a motorcycle.
29 June 1983	PC 8726	Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Kadir	35	Traffic	PC 8726 was involved in a convoy transporting three RSAF aircraft by road from Tengah Airbase to West Coast Road when he collided into one of the aircraft at the junction of Upper Ayer Rajah Road and Jurong Town Hall Road. He was dead on arrival at the hospital.[45]
21 September 1984	SC	Abdul Rahman Bin Bujang	21		He was posted to do sentry duty at the guardroom of the Police Headquarters at Phoenix Park. While taking a lunch break, fellow officer, VC Jamaluddin Bin Ibrahim, 19, took SC Abdul Rahman's service revolver, and began to play with it. Loading a single bullet into the revolver, he fired at SC Abdul Rahman's head, resulting in a single round discharged on his second trigger which killed the officer.[46]
24 November 1984	PC 2816	Supayah S/O K Marimuthu	26	Tanglin	PC 2816 and PC Lou Chung Hung, 20, were on mobile squad duty when they stopped two cyclists to conduct a routine check along Newton Road. PC 2816 was standing to the front of the police car and PC Lou towards the rear when a passing car knocked the police car into the pavement, injuring both officers. The car driver was found to be under the influence of alcohol.[47] PC 2816 subsequently died in hospital,[48] while PC Lou escaped with minor injuries.[49]
6 December 1984	Sgt 3370	Chin Ah Kow	43	Marine	Police boat PX-5 left its base in Jurong for routine patrol. En-route, SC Abdul Rashid Bin Mohammed Said shot Sgt 3370 in the head and threw his body overboard.[50] PC 8627 and a fourth officer, PC Shamsudin Bin Haji Ali were forced off the boat, and subsequently found near Pulau Senang, by which time PC 8627 had drowned48 and PC Shamsudin the sole survivor. Sgt 3370's body was never found.[51]
	PC 8627	Wahid Bin Ahmad	26
4 July 1985	PC 7365	Mohd Sarwar S/O Mohd Afzal	36	Paya Lebar	Died in hospital from his injuries sustained in a traffic accident when the patrol car he was driving collided into the back of a taxi in April 1985.[52]
19 December 1985	PC 3649	Goh Ah Khia	40	CID	Shot and killed by notorious gunman Ah Huat, who had earlier killed a restaurant owner.[1] PC 3649 and two other officers instructed Ah Huat to stop along Jalan Pelikat on 18 December 1985 after responding to a police nuisance call when he suddenly turned around and shot PC 3649. The officer died in hospital several hours later.[54]
16 February 1989	Cpl 2977	Mirza Abdul Halim Bin Mirza Abdul Majid	23	Bedok	PC 2977 was on patrol duty when he and PC Chua Yew Hua gave chase to two suspects who had tried to break into a minimart and a hairdressing salon. The suspects ran in different directions, and the two officers pursued after each suspect alone. PC 2977 brought down one of the suspects, and engaged in a tussle with him on the ground near Tampines Block 127, during which the officer was repeatedly stabbed.[55] The suspect managed to snatch the officer's revolver from his holster and shot him in the head.[1] He went into a coma, and was given a rare field promotion to a rank of Corporal just before he died in hospital.[57] PC Chua was also injured and hospitalised, but successfully arrested the other suspect.[58] Cpl 2977 was the last police officer to die from firearms violence. The incident prompted a redesign of the gun holster to make it snatch-proof, and officers were advised against splitting up when pursuing suspects for their personal safety.

1990s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
21 September 1990	Cpl 8951	Tan Tiang Hwa	31	Traffic	Cpl 8951 was on enforcement patrol with the ROV Enforcement Unit when he rammed into the back of a lorry which was reversing after missing a junction along Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim.[59] Cpl 8951 was knocked off his motorbike, and was rolled over by the lorry's wheels, killing him instantly.[60]
26 August 1991	LCP 7290	Ong Chin Woo	23	CID	His unmarked police car with three officers lost control and collided into an SBS bus at the junction of Upper Changi Road and Bedok South Road. LCP 7290, the back-seat passenger, was killed on the spot, while the other two officers and six passengers on the bus were injured.[61] He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Cpl .[62]
25 October 1991	VC	Kannan S/O Pinnasamy	19		He was riding his bicycle to work when he collided with a van at the junction of Boon Lay Drive and Corporation Road on 23 October 1991. He succumbed to his injuries two days later.[63]
21 May 1994	Cpl	Hoi Kim Heng	24	Central	While on a routine spot-check on a subject, Soh Loo Ban, along Nankin Street, Cpl Hoi and his partner, Cpl Tan Huang Yee gave chase when Soh stabbed Cpl Tan on his arm with a 10-cm knife after being stopped during a routine security check. When nearing the Fook Hai Building, Soh collided with a pursing Cpl Hoi, stabbing him fatally in the neck with his knife. Cpl Tan subsequently shot Soh dead in the chest at the Hong Lim Food Centre after a struggle on the floor in which Cpl Tan received more stab wounds. Cpl Tan recovered from his injuries, and was given a rare field promotion to a sergeant on 23 May 1994. Cpl Hoi was given the same promotion posthumously, and was ceremoniously cremated with full police honours and awarded the Medal of Valour.[64]
30 November 1994	SSSgt	Boo Tiang Huat	47	Tanglin	During a routine spot-check at Newton Road, SSSgt Boo requested Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik, 29, to open his car boot for Inspection, and upon doing so, the Zainal withdrew an axe and struck SSSgt Boo in the head with it.[65] Zainal was arrested after a short chase, convicted of murder, and sentenced to death after his appeal was rejected.[66] He was given a posthumous promotion to the rank of SI, and awarded the Medal of Valour.[67] This incident was the last since an officer has been feloniously killed while on official duty.
16 February 1996	Cpl 7531	Asri Bin Mohd Jalil	31	Bedok	The Fast Response Car he was in was responding to a case when it lost control, skidded, and crashed into a tree along Upper Changi Road East, resulting in his death.[68] Three other officers in the car recovered from their injuries.
14 September 1996	SSSgt 2415	Ng Beng Huat			Collapsed and died from a cardiac respiratory failure.
18 February 1997	Cpl 2176	Lim Kok Seng	24	Traffic	Cpl 2176 was travelling along Upper Changi Road when he collided with an on-coming garbage truck turning into Changi North Street 1. The impact caused Cpl 2176 to be thrown off his police motorbike, and died at the scene an hour later. The truck driver was believed to be drunk.[69] As he was due for promotion soon after his time of death, he was given a posthumous promotion to the rank of Sergeant.[52]
26 October 1998	SSgt 9858	Mohamad Asri Bin Amin	35	Central	Killed in a hit-and-run accident while on his way to work at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and Tampines Avenue 10.[71] The traffic lights was in his favour when a lorry collided into his motorcycle.[72]
9 October 1999	SC/Cpl	Kwah Choon Khiat Johaan	23	Jurong	Succumbed to his injuries in hospital after meeting with a traffic accident on 4 October 1999.[73] The fast response car he was in crashed into the central divider along Woodlands Road near junction with Jalan Bumbong while responding to a message. The impact sent SC/Cpl Kwah crashing through the windscreen and landing on the opposite side of the road, and died five days later from severe head injuries. Upon his death, his case was highlighted in the media[74] when his family agreed to donate his organs to six recipients,[75] although one patient who received his heart subsequently developed complications and passed away.[76] The driver of the police vehicle, SSgt Yeo Jin Kin Adrain, 25, escaped relatively unhurt and was subsequently charged for dangerous driving.[77]
29 November 1999	Sgt 98574	Ho Boon Chee	21	Jurong	Killed when his fast response car crashed along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1 into a tree while responding to a message in the night of 28 November 1999. The driver, a 21-year old sergeant, was trapped in the vehicle, while Sgt 98574 was removed from the car by passersby. Sgt 98574, who was 11 months in the force, died in hospital about five hours later, while the driver recovered from his injuries.[78] He was the third police officer to die in three months[79], the first case of which involved an off-duty officer, sergeant Fazil Sengwan, 23, who died instantly in a car crash along Changi Coast Road on 7 September 1999.[80] The police came forward to publicise the driving skills which officers are equipped in the media.[81]

2000s

Date	Rank/no	Name	Age	Division/unit	Circumstance
2 May 2000	SI	Yap Kin Lai	44	Tanglin	Killed in a traffic accident on his way home at the junction of Yishun Avenue 1 and Yishun Ring Road, when the motorbike he was riding on collided with a car.[82] Another off-duty police officer, Mohammad Halil Bin Hashi, 24, died in another accident on the same day along Bedok Reservoir Road.[83]
15 May 2000	SC/Cpl	Sam Yeow Piang	23	Airport	He and fellow serviceman, Ong Kian Yong, 22, were on their way home from Changi Airport after work when he lost control of the motorcycle along Tampines Expressway and crashed into the central divider. Ong survived with slight injuries.[84]
3 March 2001	SC/Cpl	Dzulkha Bin Basru	22	Airport	The police Land Rover driven by Sgt Tan lost control and flipped several times across Airport Boulevard near the SATS Inflight Catering Centre in the direction towards the Singapore Changi Airport, tossing several officers onto the road. SC/Cpl Dzulkha and NSPI Ranosasni died in hospital on the same day of the accident,[85] while Sgt 98227 died the next day.[86] Seven other officers survived the accident. The accident is the worse in terms of numbers of casualties in a single incident involving Singapore police officers since the death of three Constables on 24 July 1950 after a car plouged into them.
	NSPI	Ranosasni Bin Mohamed Salleh	23
4 March 2001	Sgt 98227	Tan Chiew Leong Benny	23
14 June 2001	Sgt 96782	Quek Yew Ming			Killed when the police scooter he was riding met with a traffic accident at Ophir Road.
27 December 2002	SI	Ong Kah Kiong Anthony	43	Bedok	Team leader SI Ong and SC/Cpl Muhammad Syakir on normal supervisory rounds from the Changi Neighbourhood Police Centre died when their patrol car was hit from the rear by a large garbage truck along Tanah Merah Ferry Road.[87] The impact of the crash sent the patrol car off the road, flipping over and landing on its roof, with the truck landing on top of the patrol car. Both officers were crushed and killed on the spot.[88]
	SC/Cpl	Muhammad Syakir Bin Ishak	22
29 June 2003	Sgt 99308	Sri Norashikin Binte Ishak	24	Jurong	Died from her injuries in hospital when the police van she was in collided with another vehicle along Kranji Way on 24 June 2003. She was the first female police officer of the Singapore Police Force to die while on duty. The other two officers, including the 25-year old driver, recovered from their injuries.[89]
9 October 2005	SSgt 4199	Noranzor Bin Abdul Latiff	32	Ang Mo Kio	Lost control of his police motorbike along Yio Chu Kang Road near the Tamarind Road junction and died from internal chest injuries sustained after being thrown off his vehicle. His partner who was riding ahead of him was not involved in the accident.[90] [91]
9 November 2005	SSSgt(V) 1104	Seah Ben Hur	42	Traffic Police	Killed after being hit by a tipper lorry which failed to stop at a routine police road block along Dairy Farm Road towards Upper Bukit Timah Road. He was the second Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) to die in the line of duty, since 12 May 1955. Two other VSC officers, including his 46 year old wife, were injured. He was given a posthumous promotion to the rank of Station Inspector.[90] The lorry driver, Lim Hock Siew, 43, pleaded gulty to causing grievous hurt on 27 September 2006, and was sentenced on 2 October 2006.
14 April 2007	SI 2459	Mohd Khalid Bin Muhamad	41	PCG	Two Interceptor Crafts of the Special Task Squadron were on ambush duty off Tuas in the vicinity of Tuas Jetty, when a speedboat with six illegal immigrants and cartons of cigarettes intruded into Singapore's territorial waters at about 9.30 PM on 13 April 2007. The speedboat sped off when approached by the police, resulting in a five-minute chase which ended with a collision between one of the crafts and the speedboat near Pulau Merambong. Both boats capsized, while the speedboat was completely wreaked. SSgt Sharul Khamis, 33, and Cpl Benji Lim, in his 20s,[93] were rescued from the scene within minutes with minor injuries, while SI Mohd Khalid and SSgt Heah were missing.[94] Their bodies were found trapped in the steering compartment of the capsized craft on 14 April 2007 at about 8.15 AM.[90] All four officers were wearing lifevests at the time of the incident.[96] Three passengers on the intruding vessels were also rescued, and a fourth man found dead. The rest of the passengers were missing.[97] The two officers were the first casualties for the STS and the PCG since the later's evolution from the Marine Division in 1993. It was also the first instance where a police boat has capsized and the first police fatalities as a result of a high speed chase.[98] Both officers were posthumously promotion to the rank of Senior Station Inspector and Senior Staff Sergeant respectively.[99]
	SSgt T01217	Heah Khim Han	29

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3. Gunman Still At Large
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5. Policemen Killed by Gunmen
6. Murdered Policeman's Funeral
7. Dropped Rifle Kills Constable
8. Murdered Detective's Funeral
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20. Detective, father of twins, slain
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27. Big hunt for killer gang
28. Hide-and-seek between police and robbers flares into a shootout: Two die in gun battle
29. 10 awards in 3 years: Shot 'tec cheated dead thrice
30. Detective shot dead at pointblank: Hunt for cool killer
31. Police give description of gunman who shot 'tec: ,000 reward offer
32. PC dies after bid to stop bus
33. PC swept away by currents: Police boat sinks in river crash
34. Traffic cop dies after road accident
35. Photonews extra-special
36. PC hurt in crash dies in hospital
37. Policeman found shot outside station dies
38. Bad Start to the New Year: Four dead in holiday road smash-ups
39. Suspect held even before police knew of murders
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41. Feared dead: Officer who fell into sea
42. Body of sgt found
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44. Police to honour fatal crash constable
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46. VC member who shot his friend jailed
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51. Boat murder suspect held in flat raid
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55. Shot policeman died
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58. Cop in coma after being shot in head
59. Mobile squad officer killed
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61. Detective dies in road accident
62. Bidding an Officer Farewell, , , , Police Life,
63. Did you see these accidents?
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65. Policeman slashed on head dies instantly
66. Singapore Trafficker Hanged For Two Kilos Of Cannabis
67. A tribute to SI Boo Tiang Huat, , , , Police Life,
68. Policeman who died on duty gets official burial
69. Traffic cop dies in crash with garbage truck
70. Orbituary, , , , Police Life,
71. Cop dies in hit-and-run accident
72. Lorry driver charged with causing cop's death
73. Saturday: NS cop dies in accident. Now, his organs will save lifes
74. Expanding pool of organ donors
75. They owe their lives to him
76. 'Heart from corporal' transplant patient dies
77. Ban for causing death of partner
78. Police sergeant on duty dies in car crash
79. Three police officers killed in traffc accidents in three months
80. Off-duty cop dies in car crash on way to chalet
81. Police: Patrol car drivers must undergo strict training stint
82. Collision between motorbike and car: Police officer dies from severe injuries
83. Japanese boy hit by van dies
84. NSman dies riding borrowed m-cycle
85. Two police officers die in ECP accident
86. Police vehicle accident: Third cop dies
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