The Singapore Army has put in place a series of safety measures, including for vehicular training, after the incident that led to Corporal First Class Liu Kai’s death last November, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told Parliament yesterday..
The Singapore Army has put in place a series of safety measures, including for vehicular training, after the incident that led to Corporal First Class Liu Kai’s death last November, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told Parliament yesterday.
These include installing additional emergency horn buttons and rear-view cameras in the Bionix armoured vehicles.
A Bionix Infantry Fighting Vehicle had mounted the Land Rover that CFC Liu was driving during a field training exercise in the Jalan Murai training area, trapping him and leading to his death.
This reversing took place despite repeated commands by the Bionix rear guide for it to stop, Dr Ng revealed yesterday.
The measures were announced as part of Dr Ng’s ministerial statement on recent deaths in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), including more details about the circumstances surrounding the death of CFC (NS) Aloysius Pang last month.
Dr Ng said that now, for all Bionix reversing manoeuvres, the driver can move the vehicle backwards only with the explicit clearance by the rear guide, and trainers will now be in the combat vehicles during « high-risk » training instead of being in Land Rovers.
