SINGAPORE - The Singapore Armed Forces army officer who was charged over his role in the death of full-time national serviceman Dave Lee in 2018 has been given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal, said the Attorney-General's Chambers .
"On the application of the prosecution, the Court has granted Capt Tan a discharge not amounting to an acquittal of the charge against him under Section 304A of the Penal Code," she said.Tan, 31, was the supervising officer of an 8km fast march on April 18, 2018, in which Corporal First Class Lee, 19, participated.
In August 2018, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen gave a detailed account in Parliament of the events preceding CFC Lee's death.
I feel sad for this officer. I think life is terribly unfair in a sense where not only he has to carry the guilt of causing th death of his fellow men, but now weighted down by his own illness. This is a very sad life to live.
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