Wanted man dragged police officer with his car 75m at CTE, officer was left injured on the road where he was nearly hit by truck
Thirty-two-year-old Heng Yong Qin, who had prior convictions, was afraid of getting arrested and going back to jail. But having breached his remission order, he was in trouble. And he knew it.
This is why at around 7:30 am on March 27, 2021, when he was stopped by a policeman while driving along Central Expressway (CTE) towards Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) without wearing his seatbelt, he panicked, because he is wanted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for failing to report for a urine test.
In his haste to get away, he tried to drive off while a Senior Staff Sergeant held on to the steering wheel of his car with one hand, and another on Heng’s arm.
Heng dragged the officer for 75 meters, after which the policeman lost his grip and was flung from Heng’s car.
Unable to get up, he was almost hit by a passing truck, video footage showed.
Fortunately, a fellow officer on a motorcycle came to his aid, but Yahoo! News reports that the policeman lay on his back unmoving for around 20 minutes, having suffered injuries to his neck, spine, right forearm and knee, and left hand.
Heng was fully aware that the officer had fallen, but drove away anyway. He later left his car in front of Hong Wen Primary School and took a cab to a cousin’s house, where he was later found by police.
On Tuesday (March 8) Heng entered guilty pleas to the following charges: voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from doing his duty, consuming methamphetamine, and failing to remain at home while on a curfew under his remission order.
He was given a jail sentence of six years and 36 days as well as three strokes of the cane and is required to serve another 44 days’ jail for the offence committed while on a remission order.
Heng had previous convictions for drug offences in 2010 and 2018. On March 22, shortly before the incident with the officer, he took methamphetamine.
He had been placed on a remission order from July 11, 2020, to May 9, 2021, which meant he was required to stay indoors for certain hours at night after his job as a delivery driver.
However, he breached the order between Sept 27 and Oct 22, 2020, and could not be contacted for 134 hours.
He said he did not go home due to his sizable gambling debts ($15,000) and wanted to spare his mother from being harassed by loan collectors, so he stayed with his girlfriend. /TISG
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