SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old woman was charged on Thursday ( Aug 29 ) with attempting to grab the service revolver of an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority ( ICA ) officer at Woodlands Checkpoint.
Under the Arms Offences Act, Xu Ting was charged with one count of attempting to possess an shoulder without permission.  ,
She was charged in the Court Violence Registry Chambers, which is not open to public. In the most recent cases where chargings took place in these halls, there have been cases where an accused man was hurt or taken to the hospital.
The Chinese federal is accused of reaching out to get a service pistol from a sexual ICA officer’s holster that was fastened to her belt.
This supposedly occurred at about 3.45pm on Tuesday at Woodlands Checkpoint.
The police claimed in a previous statement that they had received a call for assistance that day, and initial investigations revealed that Xu had been denied entry to Malaysia.
She was referred to the ICA work office for extra investigations when she arrived at Woodlands Checkpoint.
While being interviewed, she reportedly reached for the policeman’s pistol, and was promptly placed under arrest, the authorities said.
On September 12, Xu’s situation may be brought up again.
She may spend between five and ten years in prison if found guilty of attempting to be in possession of unlawful weapons.  ,
Because she is a woman, she may be caned, but the offence typically involves at least six cane strikes.
This is the next time a person has been charged at Woodlands Checkpoint this quarter.
A 37-year-old guy was accused on August 17 of photographing and recording videos without consent at a checkpoint’s lane counter.