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A NS officer pointed his empty revolver at a fellow team member at Bugis MRT station.
Justin Degoulange-Chua was convicted on 1 count of causing alarm to his team member, Muhammad Shukri Rahiman and another count of giving false information when investigated. He was part of TransCom for SPF.
The event unfolded when they were taking a break at the police room at Bugis MRT station. Chua was talking about team culture, asking his rookies to perform push-ups, jumping jacks etc.
Chua ordered teammate Shukri to fall into push-up position, took out his baton from Shukri’s holster and placed it on his back while telling to continue doing push-ups. He was then asked to recover from the push-up position. All this was filmed discreetly by another teammate.
Shukri went to take a seat at the table with his team members with Chua just in front of him. Chua then unbuckled his right holster and unloaded 5 live rounds. He put 4 on the table and 1 in his hand. Chua, with his revolver on his right hand, asked Shukri to guess how many bullets were on the table, which Shukri replied.
He pointed his revolver at Shukri and started squeezing the trigger. Shukri panicked and shouted at Chua out of fear. All this was filmed by another friend on Snapchat. He was reported on the same day.
Chua lied to his officer stating that the screws for his revolver was loose and denied pointing his gun at anyone. He only came confessed 3 months later.