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5 May - United States Media sensationalise the caning incident of American teenager Michael P. Fay who was convicted for Vandalism .

21 May - A Singapore Police Force officer, Corporal Hoi Kim Heng , 24, dies after being stabbed in the neck during the attempted arrest of drug abuser Soh Loo Ban. His companion, Corporal Tan Huang Yee, recovers from his injuries.

23 May - Corporal Tan Huang Yee is given a rare field promotion to the rank of sergeant, while Corporal Hoi Kim Heng is confered the same award posthomously.

6 June - A Japan ese tourist, Madam Fujii Isae , 49, is found murdered in her hotel room at the Oriental Hotel .

9 June - The biggest single robbery to strike a private home occurs at a property in Bukit Timah , in which S$6 million worth of valuables were stolen. All five men involved in the armed robbery were subsequently arrested.

16 September - A sergeant with the Republic Of Singapore Navy , Chong Peh Choong, 26, kills his three children aged between 3 and 10 before failing in his attempts to kill his wife and himself. He was jailed for life.

23 September - Dutchman Johannes Van Damme is executed for drugs trafficking.

15 October - Madam Mona Koh , 46, a Mamasan , survives two gun shot wounds at Katong People's Complex .

30 November - Police officer Senior Staff Sergeant Boo Tiang Huat , 47, dies after sustaining an axe wound to the head while conducting routine vehicular inspection at Newton Road . He was given a field promotion to the rank of Station Inspector posthumously.

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