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10-03-2016, 12:20 AM
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There is a good reason why BG Chan did not reveal what the punishment for those two officers were and why MINDEF has remain very secretive about it. It would shatter the family and shock the public that MINDEF allowed these two captains to get away with nothing more than a light tap on their wrists. Let me explain.
In trying to mislead and deceive the public with technicalities and duplicities, BG Chan stated this in his Facebook statement:
"The SAF has however taken administrative and disciplinary action against the two officers. While the CI and COI did not find that the two officers were directly responsible for PTE Lee’s death, the two officers were summarily tried in 2013 for negligent performance of lawful order or duty, found guilty, and punished according to military law."
Note the phrase "summarily tried". A "summary trial", contrary to media reports, is not a General Court Martial (GCM). Those two were not "court martialled". They were "summarily tried".
Those who have been charged or have charged soldiers in a "summary trial" will know that the accused will be marched into the JDO's (Junior Disciplinary Officer) or SDO's (Senior Disciplinary Officer) office by their CSM or RSM. Next the JDO or SDO will read the charges out, ask the accused whether he wants to be tried by him (JDO/SDO) or have his case heard at the next higher level. If the accused elects to be heard by the JDO/SDO, he will then be asked whether he pleads guilty to the charges. The accused can elect not to plead guilty and have the case referred all the way to a GCM. But nobody in his right mind will do so as the punishment meted out during a summary trial is a whole lot lenient and there is a limit to the type and "severity" of punishment that can be meted out. The accused is then told of his punishment and marched out of the office by the CSM/RSM.
As these two are Officers holding the ranks of Captain, their summary trial cannot be held before a JDO or SDO but can only be held before a Superior Commander (their Brigade/Division Commander), Service Chief (Chief of Army in this case they are in the Army) or Chief of Defence Force. But the rest is similar, being marched into the personal office of one of the three, having the charges read out, etc.
The type of punishment that can be meted out by either their SC, COA or CDF as spelt out in the SAF Act (Cap 295) are:
Powers of punishment of superior commander
70.—(1) A superior commander may upon conviction of an accused who is an officer below the rank of lieutenant-colonel or a warrant officer impose any one of the following punishments:
(a) forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of his service for purposes of promotion;
(b) a fine not exceeding —
(i) in the case of officers who are of the rank of captain or major, a sum of $1,000 ; and
(ii) in the case of officers below the rank of captain and of warrant officers, a sum of $500 ; or
(c)reprimand.
(2) In addition to or in lieu of any other punishment, the superior commander may order that the accused shall suffer any deduction from his ordinary pay authorised by this Act.
Powers of punishment of Service Chief
70A.—(1) A Service Chief may, upon the conviction of an accused of the rank of lieutenant-colonel, impose any one or all of the following punishments:
(a) forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of service for the purposes of promotion;
(b) a fine not exceeding a sum of $1,500 ; or
(c) reprimand.
(2) In addition to or in lieu of any other punishment, a Service Chief may order that the accused shall suffer any deduction from his ordinary pay authorised by this Act.
Powers of punishment of Chief of Defence Force
70B.—(1) The Chief of Defence Force may, upon the conviction of an accused of the rank of lieutenant-colonelor colonel, impose any one or all of the following punishments:
(a) forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of service for the purposes of promotion;
(b) a fine not exceeding a sum of $1,500 ; or
(c)reprimand.
(2) In addition to or in lieu of any other punishment, the Chief of Defence Force may order that the accused shall suffer any deduction from his ordinary pay authorised by this Act.
That's all these two officers got as punishment for their negligence which resulted in the death of a soldier. Either a fine not exceeding $1,500 and/or a salary deduction and/or a delayed promotion in future and/or a "reprimand". The "administrative action" would refer to their removal from the positions they held at that point of time to another position.
So there you have it. The "punishment" of these two for the needless death of a soldier and why MINDEF and BG Chan have been very secretive about it.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?226336-The-quot-Punishment-quot-of-the-two-Captains-and-why-MINDEF-is-so-secretive-about-it&goto=newpost).
Obscenities free version
There is a good reason why BG Chan did not reveal what the punishment for those two officers were and why MINDEF has remain very secretive about it. It would shatter the family and shock the public that MINDEF allowed these two captains to get away with nothing more than a light tap on their wrists. Let me explain.
In trying to mislead and deceive the public with technicalities and duplicities, BG Chan stated this in his Facebook statement:
"The SAF has however taken administrative and disciplinary action against the two officers. While the CI and COI did not find that the two officers were directly responsible for PTE Lee’s death, the two officers were summarily tried in 2013 for negligent performance of lawful order or duty, found guilty, and punished according to military law."
Note the phrase "summarily tried". A "summary trial", contrary to media reports, is not a General Court Martial (GCM). Those two were not "court martialled". They were "summarily tried".
Those who have been charged or have charged soldiers in a "summary trial" will know that the accused will be marched into the JDO's (Junior Disciplinary Officer) or SDO's (Senior Disciplinary Officer) office by their CSM or RSM. Next the JDO or SDO will read the charges out, ask the accused whether he wants to be tried by him (JDO/SDO) or have his case heard at the next higher level. If the accused elects to be heard by the JDO/SDO, he will then be asked whether he pleads guilty to the charges. The accused can elect not to plead guilty and have the case referred all the way to a GCM. But nobody in his right mind will do so as the punishment meted out during a summary trial is a whole lot lenient and there is a limit to the type and "severity" of punishment that can be meted out. The accused is then told of his punishment and marched out of the office by the CSM/RSM.
As these two are Officers holding the ranks of Captain, their summary trial cannot be held before a JDO or SDO but can only be held before a Superior Commander (their Brigade/Division Commander), Service Chief (Chief of Army in this case they are in the Army) or Chief of Defence Force. But the rest is similar, being marched into the personal office of one of the three, having the charges read out, etc.
The type of punishment that can be meted out by either their SC, COA or CDF as spelt out in the SAF Act (Cap 295) are:
Powers of punishment of superior commander
70.—(1) A superior commander may upon conviction of an accused who is an officer below the rank of lieutenant-colonel or a warrant officer impose any one of the following punishments:
(a) forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of his service for purposes of promotion;
(b) a fine not exceeding —
(i) in the case of officers who are of the rank of captain or major, a sum of $1,000 ; and
(ii) in the case of officers below the rank of captain and of warrant officers, a sum of $500 ; or
(c)reprimand.
(2) In addition to or in lieu of any other punishment, the superior commander may order that the accused shall suffer any deduction from his ordinary pay authorised by this Act.
Powers of punishment of Service Chief
70A.—(1) A Service Chief may, upon the conviction of an accused of the rank of lieutenant-colonel, impose any one or all of the following punishments:
(a) forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of service for the purposes of promotion;
(b) a fine not exceeding a sum of $1,500 ; or
(c) reprimand.
(2) In addition to or in lieu of any other punishment, a Service Chief may order that the accused shall suffer any deduction from his ordinary pay authorised by this Act.
Powers of punishment of Chief of Defence Force
70B.—(1) The Chief of Defence Force may, upon the conviction of an accused of the rank of lieutenant-colonelor colonel, impose any one or all of the following punishments:
(a) forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of service for the purposes of promotion;
(b) a fine not exceeding a sum of $1,500 ; or
(c)reprimand.
(2) In addition to or in lieu of any other punishment, the Chief of Defence Force may order that the accused shall suffer any deduction from his ordinary pay authorised by this Act.
That's all these two officers got as punishment for their negligence which resulted in the death of a soldier. Either a fine not exceeding $1,500 and/or a salary deduction and/or a delayed promotion in future and/or a "reprimand". The "administrative action" would refer to their removal from the positions they held at that point of time to another position.
So there you have it. The "punishment" of these two for the needless death of a soldier and why MINDEF and BG Chan have been very secretive about it.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?226336-The-quot-Punishment-quot-of-the-two-Captains-and-why-MINDEF-is-so-secretive-about-it&goto=newpost).