A 3-year-old girl was drowning and submerged at the bottom of a swimming pool when an off-duty police officer, discovered her predicament and leapt to her rescue, saving her life.

The officer, Sergeant Al Asyraf Bin Azman, a ground response officer from N anyang Neighbourhood Police Centre, was out with his friends at a hotel for a swim.

Noticed a “pink object”

He dipped his legs in the water and noticed a pink object under the water’s surface, visibly still for 7 to 10 seconds.

Curious, he went to take a closer look and was shocked to see a motionless toddler wearing a pink swimsuit at the bottom of the pool.

As he swam closer, he saw her arms and legs and immediately dived under to pull her out.

The girl’s father witness the scene and immediately rushed over, taking his daughter from Al Asyraf and placing her down on a poolside chair to attempt to revive her.

Al Asyraf immediately performed CPR on the girl, who regained consciousness after a while and vomited water, before crying until she fell asleep.

The girl’s mother then thanked Al Asyraf before following her daughter in the ambulance to the hospital.

Awarded SCDF Lifesaver medal

The quick thinking officer was awarded with the SCDF Community Lifesaver Award, and he said that he hopes the award (and his actions) can help to inspire other people to do the same thing when they encounter similar situations.

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Soh Hwee Qing, 26-year-old, pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an obscene act in public with a child, and a count of procuring the commission of an obscene act by a child.

He molested an 11-year-old girl in a cinema, and he got her to send him nude pictures of herself.

Soh was sentenced to 9 months jail yesterday (2 June).

Two other charges of sending pictures of his private parts to the victim, as well as a video of himself performing a sexual act were considered during sentencing.

The now-13-year-old victim cannot be named due to a gag order to protect her identity.

What happened?

Soh met the victim through a mobile game in December 2018 and he asked her to be his girlfriend a few months later, fully knowing that she was younger than 12.

The girl agreed and the two would engage in sexual conversations time and again.

From December 2018 to April 2019, Soh asked her to send him nude photos of herself after sending her pictures of his private parts.

The girl was reluctant but eventually relented after Soh persisted.

The two then met for their first and only meeting at AMK Hub to watch a movie and have lunch in March 2019.

Inside the movie hall, Soh touched the victim’s private parts over her clothes three to 4 times.

The victim felt uncomfortable and unwilling, looking at him when he touched her, but she did not know how to stop him.

Soh would stop for a while then continue.

Soh then placed the girl’s hands over his pants for about 5 minutes and the girl didn’t pull her hand away as she was scared.

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A 56-year-old man was charged in court yesterday (2 June) for having consensual sex with his adult daughter.

They engaged in sexual intercourse on 17 May 2019 inside a flat.

He was also charged with attempted incest for trying to have sex again with her on 20 October 2019.

Both parties cannot be named due to a gag order.

The man intends to plead guilty on 21 June.

It is an offence under the law for a man to take part in consensual sexual activities with close relatives.

Section 376G of the Penal Code also states that a woman can also be a perpetrator.

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An old uncle went out to get a haircut but he forgot his way home, seeking help from commuters on board the MRT.

A kind stranger by the name of Jun Jie then helped the old man to book a Grab ride home and even gave him money to pay for the Grab fare.

The old man forgot how to go home but apparently remembered his son’s name and phone number, allowing the good samaritan to give the old man’s son, Derick Khoo, a call.

Khoo had initially thought it was a scam call, so he called home and confirmed with his mother that his dad was really out of the house.

The old man and the stranger were on the MRT at the time, Jun Jie then told Khoo that he will be booking a Grab ride for the old man to go home, and then he passed $20 to the old man to pay the fare.

Khoo then asked his mom to wait at the void deck for his dad.

Derick then shared the encounter on Facebook to thank the kind hearted gentleman who helped his dad home.

Khoo wrote that he was “Really 感恩 (grateful)”.

Khoo then added:

“Thankful to this kind man for helping my dad even though we don’t know each other.”

He then revealed that he reimbursed Jun Jie for the Grab fare, topping up a little more with sincere appreciation.

Image source: Derick Khoo Yew Seng on Facebook

A 73-year-old woman who lives alone was suspected of falling down at home, she then knocked on her front door to ask for help.

Her neighbour then helped to contact her son.

However, the old woman was found dead at her home the next day.

The accident happened on 1 June at around 11am at Block 230 Serangoon Avenue 4.

Several police officers were seen at the scene and the old woman’s body was moved outside the house.

The police said that the woman was motionless inside the unit and pronounced dead by paramedics.

Investigations are currently ongoing.

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