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• SBS2601D

  13 Jul 11, 10:54

  SMLJ

  Recruit tried to swim out of Tekong camp

  Sources said the recruit was a science student from Raffles Institution

  By Jermyn Chow & Danson Cheong

  A RECRUIT from the Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) on Pulau Tekong, said to have been having problems coping there, attempted to swim back to mainland Singapore last December.

  Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) confirmed that the recruit 'attempted to swim out of Pulau Tekong towards the main island of Singapore'. He was, however, spotted and picked up by the Police Coast Guard and handed back to the authorities in BMTC.

  

• Almond Cookies

  13 Jul 11, 11:01

  Cannot cope ask to see counsuellor or psychaitrist can liao. Need swim to escape from BMT?
• SBS2601D

  13 Jul 11, 11:03

  alamak duplicate thread.

  close...

• fireice rox

  13 Jul 11, 11:10

  

• ditzy

  13 Jul 11, 11:51

  Who ever said our boys are soft?!

• I-like-flings(m)

  13 Jul 11, 11:54

  Guardsmen or NDU potential leh....

• charlize

  13 Jul 11, 11:54

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Who ever said our boys are soft?!

  That's what I say.

   

  Takes a lot of guts to swim out in the open sea just like that.

• charlize

  13 Jul 11, 11:55

  For all you know, maybe he wanted to grab a quick bite at one of the fast food restaurants on the main island before swimming back to Tekong.

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  13 Jul 11, 12:03

  his ambition is to become our national swimmer