Armed robbers on Tekong. No kidding

Farmer Brown SG

kilo coy is actually a very very small part of tekong... bmtc actually occupies only the most southern portion...but kilo is at it extreme eastern part of bmtc. But...it is still NOT feasible for a recruit from kilo coy to see the sampan land as next to kilo is actually a canal followed by a dense piece of vegetation

right after that is the Old school 1 and there's no way a recruit can see that... besides..school 1 is on a cliff that over looks the sea so not much of a chance of landing there...

unless the 3 stooges land right in bmtc...there's no way any recruit could have seen them.. well...unless they're out training and they get "contacted"

the "reclaimed land" is a good spot for landing though..its fairly deep in singapore waters which explains why the msian coast guard couldn't chase them... and tekong is the only huge enough land form for these robbers to seek refuge...

[email protected] SG

argh!
what a day...
my unit has been running the comms for the manhunt ops since 6am this morning.
grrr

[email protected] SG

i also believe they landed on the reclaimed land.
haha dummies r suay man... choose to land when OCS has OCTs having protection of installation ex there man...
hmm... wonder if they might be hiding in the 2 old WW2 watch towers facing the reclaimed land along the original beach?

snk86 SG

oh man, just heard the news as i was with my fren just now and there is no news stand near by….....so, the robbers or terrorist(whatever it is, they are dumb) are in tekong now ah? and is it confirm that ALL recruits got long weekend? wah…..then tml meet my fren can get dramatic report liao….....haha, hey, so can anyone reveal that this time round are the search party arm with weapons that have FULL clips? or still standard 3 rounds? and WHO is really involve? SOF? can’t be right…......and right now 700 : 3, if those nutcase get on to mainland now, it is ji tao sia suay liao…........ha, anyway, who here is presently involve in this op?

gary1910 SG

Last I heard from my nephew, all the Rec are told to stay in their bunk, no bookout.

If I am rec there now, it will the best time in their BMT other than the parents visit day. Mr. Green

As the matter of fact, all Rec will hope it will last for another one more day till Saturday.

[email protected] SG

ah... just as I had thought. There IS a general lockdown of BMTC and I bet SISPEC as well.

Farmer Brown SG

well i think the SOF would rather not have the spotlight but since the reporters from CNA has already announced it, yes…the SOF is in.. howeveer…for all you war mongers out there, i think the whole saga would end in the amicable surrender of the 3 terrified souls… can you imagine, they’d prob have NO idea who’s after them…

[email protected] SG

everyone wants a piece of the pie. this is actually a really good training opportunity.

gary1910 SG

Well, we have the Cdo, the SOF, the Gurkha, Police Task force, the STAR and I think last reinforcement the Guards, I think they are treating this as a anti-terrorist exe except with live rounds and real enemy. Twisted Evil

I think you are right, I think the three sotongs must be very hungry and thirsty right now.
And I bet they will surrender by tomolo morning!!!

foga SG

i guess the SAF should use this incident to review the security of BMTC tekong. never know if some terrorist would sneak in and plant bombs like what they did in spain.

Guile SG

What if the 3 robbers/terrorists are just decoys for other terrorists to attack other parts of Singapore?....

Imagine we sent so many of our manpower there to hunt them there leaving other places on mainland Singapore less guarded. This is an opportunity for terrorists to strike.

tripwire SG

aiyo.... we only sent 700 soldier niah... not 70,000 soldier...

if the terrorist wanna wack us... frankly i dont think we can prevent them in time...

NathanG5 SG

maybe..
but maybe the speedboat they rob is just a decoy? they can land another boat on tekong before the robbery..use the rob speedboat to tekong.. n escape with other one??

nah...come to think of it..dun think they are that smart lah.. Laughing

tripwire SG

aiyo.... we only sent 700 soldier niah... not 70,000 soldier...

if the terrorist wanna wack us... frankly i dont think we can prevent them in time...

but then... its quite true that tekong defence today kenna malu malu.... i am sure the tekong CCO and all his direct superiors must be looking forward to a very bleak future...

Guile SG

We cant really underestimate them though...if they are terrorists that is.If they had planned this to test our security level on our most 'heavily secured' island, then it is a really successful mission for them.

But if they are mere robbers, they really srew up their escape route big time.

gary1910 SG

I think our PCG and navy are doing a good job in catching illegal immigrants to the main island, but WTF , they have nelgected Tekong island.

I think they should review their security system again to prevent this from happening .

First line of defence is to make sure no terrorist or weapons or explosive ever sneak into SG otherwise like right now , playing police & thief !!!!!

Whole day talk abt homeland defence, yet this happen!!!! Sh!t Mad Mad Mad

foga SG

there's a saying,

the terrorist can make many mistakes but they only need make one successful strike. for us, we can't make any mistakes.

after spain, who's next?
keep our fingers crossed.

tripwire SG

well... i like most people like to give the "homeland security" the benefit of the doubt until a bomb blow up right in our face...

but frankly... i have little faith in their "abilities"....

this tekong thingy is just a wake up call..... hopefully they do wake up....

Enigmatic1 SG

Heck, how do we know that these lamers are the ones who robbed the shop and businessman? For all we know, these guys might be terrorists and are waiting for tons of soldiers to come aboard the island before igniting their homemade explosives, causing mass casualities! [Yes I know, I'm being a bit dramatic here.]

Secondly, we only have the Malaysian government's word that these robbers escaped to Tekong. For all we know, they might have misleaded us with the wrong information.

Keep your eyes peeled people.

tranquilice SG

This little known boardwalk leads to a hotspring in the north coast mangrove of Pulau Tekong, which is surrounded by a mainly Lumnitzera racemosa forest. Pulau Tekong has an extensive area of what is probably the best mangroves in Singapore.

A wide canal between the old southern coast (left) of Pulau Tekong and the newly reclaimed (1987) land.

Aerial view of South Pulau Tekong

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