Security officer at Potong Pasir condo left bleeding after assault by resident
Union of Security Employees condemns act, adding that this is the third abuse case in this month
SINGAPORE — A 74-year-old security officer was assaulted by a male resident at a condominium in Potong Pasir in the early hours last Friday (14 April), leaving him with head injuries.
The Union of Security Employees (USE) said in a Facebook post on Friday that this is the third case of abuse of security officers it has had to attend to in this month alone.
It added that it is "appalled at the egregious nature of this latest incident".
"No one goes to work expecting to be assaulted. Our officers are merely doing their jobs, performing duties given to them," USE said in the post.
Repeated assault left officer bleeding
The security officer, who was not named in the Facebook post, had witnessed an altercation between the resident and a taxi driver outside of the condominium's guardhouse in the early hours of 14 April.
The resident - who was of Chinese race, according to USE - subsequently approached the officer, shouting at him and then assaulting him repeatedly.
The assault left the security officer bleeding, but he managed to call the police. He is now on medical leave, with his company taking care of his medical expenses.
USE said in the Facebook post that it has helped the officer file a police report on the incident. The union's general secretary and mediation services supervisor also visited the officer on Wednesday and presented him with some quick-relief vouchers.
Two other abuse cases this month
According to The Straits Times, the other two cases of security-officer abuse were related to wheel clamping of vehicles.
On 3 April, two security officers were allegedly berated by a resident at Thomson Grand Condo in Sin Ming, after his car was clamped for being parked without the required decal.
On 13 April, a security officer at WCEGA Plaza in Bukit Batok was trying to wheel clamp two vehicles blocking the fire-escape route, when a man allegedly tried to snatch the officer's mobile phone while the latter was recording him speaking aggressively to the complex manager.
Singapore had enhanced the Private Security Industry Act in May 2022 to offer security officers more protection against abuse, with stiffer penalties for those found guilty of harassing and abusing the officers.
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