PULAU SENANG INCIDENT (Names and appointments of officers killed or injured)

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 24 July 1963 · 2nd Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 24 July 1963, Vol 21, Issue 1 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ong Chang SamOng Pang Boon
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Mr Ong Chang Sam asked the Minister for Home Affairs who were the officers killed or injured in Pulau Senang on 12th July, 1963, stating their names and appointments; and what action will be taken in regard to their families.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: Mr Speaker, Sir, the officers who were killed in Pulau Senang were:-

(1) Mr Daniel Stanley Dutton, Superintendent of Prisons.

(2) Mr Arumugam Veerasingam, Settlement Attendant, Grade III.

(3) Mr Tan Kok Hien, Settlement Attendant, Grade III.

(4) Mr Chek Kok Hong, Settlement Attendant, Grade III.

The following officers were seriously injured and have been admitted to the General Hospital for treatment:-

(1) Mr J. W. Tailford, Chief Settlement Officer, Pulau Senang.

(2) Inche Abdul Ghani, Sergeant Warder.

(3) Mr Au Chin Fah, Settlement Attendant.

(4) Mr Wong Chin Nam, Cook, Pulau Senang.

As already announced, bereaved families will be adequately compensated as well as those receiving injuries and warded in hospital.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 24 July 1963. Republished on SGParliament.