A 45-year-old man is set to be charged in court on 17 February 2023 for voluntarily causing hurt after allegedly assaulting a security guard at a condominium for no reason.
The Singapore Police Force was alerted to an alleged assault case on 29 August 2022 at about 12.45am, at a condominium near Bukit Batok Street 41.
The Union of Security Employees (USE) said in a Facebook post on 30 August last year that their officer, Afinde, was patrolling the premises with another security guard and entered the lift with the man.
The man then attacked Afinde by grabbing his head and swinging at him, while unprovoked.
He then continued to attack the guards even after exiting the lift and only stopped attacking them once the guards managed to escape and flee further away from him.
USE said that they suspect the man might have been drunk at the time, resulting in him attacking the closest target at the time, which just so happened to be Afinde.
The Singapore Police Force said that they take a serious view of such acts of violence against security officers who are performing their duty.
If convicted, he faces a jail term of up to 5 years and/or a fine of up to $10,000.