Six Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) servicemen have been fined over the death of a full-time national serviceman who died of heatstroke in 2018.
They were fined between $1,800 and $4,500, and three were also demoted, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday.
Corporal First Class (CFC) Dave Lee Han Xuan, 19, died on April 30, 2018, nearly two weeks after he was warded for heatstroke following an 8km fast march at Bedok Camp on April 18.
The police had referred the six men – two regulars and four operationally ready national servicemen (NSmen) – to Mindef for investigation into potential breaches of military law.
They were charged in military court on Feb 20 this year after the SAF’s Special Investigation Branch completed its investigations. All six pleaded guilty.
Second Sergeant Koh Ren Zhong, a regular who was the safety officer for the fast march, was fined $1,800 over one charge of negligent performance of a lawful duty.
Corporal (NS) Tan Jin Yang, an NSman and the medic for the fast march, was convicted of two charges of negligent acts endangering life and was fined $4,500.
