Hmm.. to answer to all your questions.
COL LO YONG PO did not receive any purple heart or anything.
Instead, he got the Medal for a Distinguished act. Col Lo shot 2 of
the terrorists himself. The info that you have abt the terrorist
were dragged to the toilet to be killed is not true. The orders
were given to shoot at first sight. In short, the SOF were given
the orders to skip the ROE and got to rule 5 straight away. The
only reason being that the spore govt had decided that these
terrorists were bent on killing hostages if their demands were not
met and thus no chance could be taken.
The hunt on Pulau Tekong did not involve any SOF units. 1 Guards
unit was deployed along with 2 more other units. the only special
force unit was from the police.
To the one who thinks that the the SAF is not vigilant enough, i
have this to say. There is 16 km of sea between the nearest point
of tekong and johor. And, the singapore has to respect the
territorial boundaries between ourselves and m'sia. Its not easy to
be searching through the jungles for 3 men. Yes we did have 400
plus men. But you must realise that 3 men vs 400, may seem easy but
3 men can move faster than the 400. Also, its not easy to hunt in
pitch dark. Even though we may have NVG, still the SAF is not
willing to risk any accidents. Yes we did carry out night ops but
we had to stop at 3.
I cant reveal my unit. but trust my word. i had to stay in camp the
entire period during the chase. i'm an nsf.
