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THE POLICE EXPLAIN: THEY WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE, SO THEY HAD TO BE HANDCUFFED.
Police note the feedback received on the incident at East Coast Road.
Police received a call on 27 December 2014 at about 8.09am requesting for assistance at a building along East Coast Road. Upon Police’s arrival, it was established that a case of Theft from Person had occurred at the said location. Three male subjects were arrested in relation to the case. The subjects were handcuffed for their own safety and the safety of others as they had attempted to escape before Police arrived. Police investigations are ongoing.
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Three boys arrested for theft outside 112 Katong mall
Boys arrested outside 112 Katong were handcuffed “for safety of them and others”, say Police http://tdy.sg/1A038x3
The three boys arrested along East Coast Road. Photo: Shan Ang/ Facebook
SINGAPORE — The three boys arrested outside 112 Katong mall this morning (Dec 27) “were handcuffed for the safety of them and others”, said a police statement today.
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3 kids handcuffed after trying to escape police for theft – http://goo.gl/hXaY7y
SINGAPORE – Three juveniles aged between 9 and 12 years old have been arrested by the police for theft on Saturday morning.
A police spokesman told AsiaOne that they received a call requesting assistance along East Coast Road at 8.09am. The police later established that a case of theft had occurred.
The suspects were later handcuffed by the police for their safety and the public’s, as “they had attempted to escape before the police arrival”, the spokesman added.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/kids-seen-getting-handcuffed-police-east-coast
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HOW WILL THE POLICE EXPLAIN THIS?
What happened? Kids handcuffed and escorted away by police officers at East Coast Rd
LATEST 2.27PM SATURDAY, 27 DECEMBER 2014
A police spokesperson said:
“Police received a call on 27 Cec 2014 at about 8.09am requesting for assistance at a building along East Coast Road.
“Upon police’s arrival, it was established that a case of theft from person had occurred there.
“Three male subjects were arrested in relation to the case.
“The subjects were handcuffed for the safety of them and others as they had attempted to escape before police arrival.
“Police investigations are ongoing.”
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What happened? Kids handcuffed and escorted away by police officers at East Coast Rd http://bit.ly/145RWUZ
Stomper R was shocked to see a facebook post of a picture showing a few kids being handcuffed and led away by police officers.
The photo was posted by a facebook user Shan, who saw the incident happen at about 10am today (Dec 27) near the traffic junction next to 112 Katong Mall at East Coast Road.
It is unclear what happened before this sight, but Shan mentioned in the post that the boys were led away to a nearby police station.
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