Investigations into how 17-year-old Justin Lee was questioned and treated in the lock-up has been completed. The Central Narcotics Bureau said Justin was treated “professionally and fairly”.
CNB launched the investigation after his mother, Ms Cecilia Ow,ย alleged that he was mistreated during the process. Earlier this month, she made public a letter she had written to Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam, in which she wrote about how she had lost her son to suicide. Her son died from a fall from height three months after he was charged.
Below is the detailed statement released by CNA reproduced in full.ย
๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ
This statement summarises CNBโs findings relating to its investigations against Justin Lee (Justin), for suspected drug trafficking, up to the point of CNBโs last contact with him on 23 June 2021.
He passed away on 16 September 2021 after falling from height on the same day.
๐๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐
2. CNB issued a statement on 13 October 2021 in response to media queries, after Justinโs mother, Ms Cecilia Ow, published her letter of appeal (dated 1 October 2021) to Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam. CNB had stated that once investigations were completed, the findings would be shared with Ms Cecilia Ow.
3. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) also commenced investigations into Justinโs death following his fall from height on 16 September 2021. An autopsy was conducted and the cause of death was determined to be multiple injuries consistent with being sustained from a fall from height. Toxicology tests were conducted and the report indicated that there were traces of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), a Class A controlled drug listed under the Misuse of Drugs Act, and Nitrazepam detected in his urine and blood. These results and findings will be submitted at the Coronerโs Inquiry.
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
4. CNBโs internal investigations were initiated to establish the facts relating to Justinโs arrest and the subsequent investigations against him, up to the point of CNBโs last contact with him on 23 June 2021.
5. Justin fell from a height, some 12 weeks after his release on Court bail, on 16 September 2021. CNBโs internal investigations are separate from the investigations undertaken by the SPF in relation to his fall from height on 16 September 2021.
๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐
Aฬฒrฬฒrฬฒeฬฒsฬฒtฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒfฬฒ ฬฒJฬฒuฬฒsฬฒtฬฒiฬฒnฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒnฬฒ ฬฒ3ฬฒ ฬฒFฬฒeฬฒbฬฒrฬฒuฬฒaฬฒrฬฒyฬฒ ฬฒ2ฬฒ0ฬฒ2ฬฒ1ฬฒ
6. ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ (Footnote 1). ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง, ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐.๐๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. The arrest took place at Serangoon North Ave 4. In a follow-up operation on 4 February 2021 at about 11.42am, 131 LSD stamps were seized from another location in the vicinity of Serangoon North Ave 4. ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ.
Nฬฒoฬฒ ฬฒpฬฒhฬฒyฬฒsฬฒiฬฒcฬฒaฬฒlฬฒ ฬฒfฬฒoฬฒrฬฒcฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒnฬฒoฬฒrฬฒ ฬฒaฬฒbฬฒrฬฒaฬฒsฬฒiฬฒvฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒlฬฒaฬฒnฬฒgฬฒuฬฒaฬฒgฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒwฬฒeฬฒrฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒuฬฒsฬฒeฬฒdฬฒ
7. When he was arrested on 3 February 2021, Justin was compliant and did not put up any struggle. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฐ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ. There was no unreasonable use of force on him.
8. Following his arrest, nine CNB officers were deployed for a follow-up anti-drug operation on the same day at Justinโs place of residence located in the vicinity of Hougang Street 22. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐-๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. Six of the nine officers entered the unit โ upon being granted permission by Ms Cecilia Ow who was present. Out of the six officers, one senior officer leading the team and one female officer engaged Ms Cecilia Ow, while the remaining four escorted Justin into his bedroom. Two officers remained next to Justin, while the other two conducted a search of the room. The search took place from about 9.02 pm to about 9.20 pm. Justin was escorted to the CNB Enforcement Office at Bedok Police Divisional Headquarters following the search.
9. ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐-๐ผ๐ณ-๐ธ๐ถ๐ป (๐ก๐ข๐) ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต. Further, as he could not locate his eczema medication, Ms Cecilia Ow was also present when he was looking for his eczema medication in his room with the help of CNB officers.
10. Justin was subsequently transferred to the Central Police Divisional Headquarters and was referred to a lock-up medical doctor for examination on 4 February 2021. The subsequent medical report issued noted that Justin had a slight abrasion over his left foot and a past history of eczema. The medical report concluded that Justin was well and that โthe physical examination was unremarkableโ. When Justin was released from the lock-up, he signed to acknowledge that he had no complaints. Justin was not mistreated in any way.
Nฬฒoฬฒ ฬฒuฬฒnฬฒdฬฒuฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒdฬฒeฬฒlฬฒaฬฒyฬฒ ฬฒiฬฒnฬฒ ฬฒiฬฒnฬฒvฬฒeฬฒsฬฒtฬฒiฬฒgฬฒaฬฒtฬฒiฬฒoฬฒnฬฒsฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒrฬฒ ฬฒrฬฒeฬฒlฬฒeฬฒaฬฒsฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒfฬฒrฬฒoฬฒmฬฒ ฬฒcฬฒuฬฒsฬฒtฬฒoฬฒdฬฒyฬฒ
11. Justinโs case was investigated within a reasonable period, and he was released from custody without delay. ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ. For security reasons, arrested persons are also not permitted to retain their personal belongings (including mobile devices) when they are admitted into the lock-up. This is to prevent unauthorised communication with others that may jeopardise the investigation, escape by the arrested subject, or injury to self or others.
12. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ (๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐), ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. In this case, Justin was arrested on 3 February 2021 at about 7.25 pm, and following the initial investigation, he was escorted for a house search that took place from about 9.02 pm to about 9.20 pm. He was then escorted to the CNB Enforcement Office at Bedok Police Divisional Headquarters for a urine test, recording of further statements, and detailed searches and documentation of personal properties. He was subsequently escorted to the Central Police Divisional Headquarters where he was admitted to the lock-up at about 1.27 am on 4 February 2021. Given the time of admission, Justin was allowed to rest before the first video-recorded interview was conducted at about 11.45 am the same day. As the 131 LSD stamps were only recovered at about 11.42 am a second video-recorded interview was conducted from about 7.34 pm to 8.02 pm, during which he admitted ownership of the drugs found and that the drugs were meant for sale. After the second video-recorded interview, ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ด.๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐บ, and was released on bail to her at about 10.41 pm on 4 February 2021.
13. In the subsequent months, the CNB Investigating Officer (IO) continued with his investigations, retrieving various reports, including the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) analysis of the drug exhibits, medical reports, and POLCam footage showing Justin in possession of a bag containing the 131 LSD stamps prior to his arrest. Upon completion of investigations in May 2021, CNB consulted the Attorney-Generalโs Chambers (AGC), which directed in June 2021 that Justin be charged for drug trafficking offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act. He was asked to report to CNB Headquarters on 23 June 2021.
14. When Justin reported to CNB Headquarters on 23 June 2021 at about 12.40 pm, he was admitted into the lock-up, and served with the drug trafficking charges. This process was video-recorded. As drug-related offences, especially drug trafficking, attract heavy penalties and there is a high flight risk, subjects charged with drug-related offences will normally not be released on bail, and will instead be escorted to Court for prosecution the next day. However, in view of his age, CNB released Justin on bail after serving the charges on him and allowed him to report to Court the next day. Justin was released on the same day at about 7.52 pm to Ms Cecilia Ow. When Justin was released from the custody of the lock-up, he signed to acknowledge that he had no complaints. This was the last contact that CNB had with him. He was subsequently charged in Court on 24 June 2021 and released on Court bail.
15. Regarding the allegations that the Court had postponed the case a few times which added more stress to Justin, the Prosecution was ready to take the plea on 24 June 2021 when Justin was charged in Court. ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐, first from 24 June 2021 to 22 July 2021, and then to 19 August 2021, 9 September 2021 and finally to 23 September 2021.
Aฬฒpฬฒpฬฒrฬฒoฬฒpฬฒrฬฒiฬฒaฬฒtฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒAฬฒdฬฒuฬฒlฬฒtฬฒ ฬฒ(ฬฒAฬฒAฬฒ)ฬฒ ฬฒsฬฒcฬฒhฬฒeฬฒmฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒuฬฒsฬฒeฬฒdฬฒ ฬฒfฬฒoฬฒrฬฒ ฬฒsฬฒuฬฒsฬฒpฬฒeฬฒcฬฒtฬฒsฬฒ ฬฒbฬฒeฬฒlฬฒoฬฒwฬฒ ฬฒ1ฬฒ6ฬฒ ฬฒyฬฒeฬฒaฬฒrฬฒsฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒlฬฒdฬฒ
16. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐น๐ (๐๐) ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
17. Justin was 17 years old at the time of the arrest. During the first video-recorded interview on 4 February 2021, Justin mentioned to the CNB IO that he was having depression and had previously been diagnosed by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for the same. CNB proceeded with both the first and second video-recorded interviews on 4 February 2021, taking into consideration the following factors: ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐.
18. The CNB IO also applied for a medical report from IMH. The IMH report stated that Justin was referred in 2020 by the school-based REACH community team for low mood and suicidality. The report also stated that he was diagnosed with Dysthymia (a form of depression) and had been seeing a psychologist regularly.
19. ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป, ๐๐ก๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ก๐โ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐.
20. Justin was referred to medical doctors due to his own declaration of โeczema, mild depressionโ and โeczema, minor depressionโ in the โPerson-in-Custody Medical State Formโ on 4 February and 23 June 2021 respectively. ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ โ(๐)๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น.โ
Nฬฒoฬฒ ฬฒmฬฒiฬฒsฬฒtฬฒrฬฒeฬฒaฬฒtฬฒmฬฒeฬฒnฬฒtฬฒ ฬฒdฬฒuฬฒrฬฒiฬฒnฬฒgฬฒ ฬฒtฬฒiฬฒmฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒiฬฒnฬฒ ฬฒcฬฒuฬฒsฬฒtฬฒoฬฒdฬฒyฬฒ
21. Internal investigations showed ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐๐ฝ. ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐, ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ. ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ. ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ญ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐๐ฝ. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐-๐ถ๐ป-๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ๐. ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต-๐๐ฝ๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต-๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ.
22. Based on interviews with officers involved in the arrest and those who had contact with him during custody in February and June 2021, ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐. In fact, all drug suspects are given ample access to water in order to be able to provide their urine specimen for drug tests to be conducted. This is contrary to the allegation that he was denied water.
Bฬฒeฬฒlฬฒoฬฒnฬฒgฬฒiฬฒnฬฒgฬฒsฬฒ ฬฒtฬฒyฬฒpฬฒiฬฒcฬฒaฬฒlฬฒlฬฒyฬฒ ฬฒrฬฒeฬฒtฬฒuฬฒrฬฒnฬฒeฬฒdฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒnฬฒlฬฒyฬฒ ฬฒaฬฒtฬฒ ฬฒtฬฒhฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒeฬฒnฬฒdฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒfฬฒ ฬฒcฬฒoฬฒuฬฒrฬฒtฬฒ ฬฒpฬฒrฬฒoฬฒcฬฒeฬฒsฬฒsฬฒ
23. ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐.
๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ข๐
24. Following Ms Cecilia Owโs letter dated 1 October 2021 to Minister K Shanmugam, the Minister contacted her personally on the same day to assure her that a thorough review into Justinโs arrest and investigations would be conducted. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ถ๐ป-๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ. CNB assured her that there would be full internal investigations. On 30 September and 8 October 2021, a CNB senior official had also met Ms Cecilia Ow at her residence and at the Ang Mo Kio Police Divisional Headquarters respectively. During these meetings, Ms Cecilia Ow was advised about the investigations. Justinโs properties were returned to her. She was offered psychological support on 21 September 2021 (para 26 below). During the meeting on 8 October 2021, she was provided with a timeframe of about 2 weeks for CNB to complete internal investigations and was informed that CNB would share the findings with her once investigations are completed.
25. The findings of CNBโs internal investigations were shared with her on 22 October 2021.
Pฬฒsฬฒyฬฒcฬฒhฬฒoฬฒlฬฒoฬฒgฬฒiฬฒcฬฒaฬฒlฬฒ ฬฒsฬฒuฬฒpฬฒpฬฒoฬฒrฬฒtฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒfฬฒfฬฒeฬฒrฬฒeฬฒdฬฒ
26. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ก๐โ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ). On 30 September 2021, when the CNB senior official met Ms Cecilia Ow at her residence, the psychologist was also present to check on her. However, a family member conveyed later on the same day on her behalf that she did not wish to take up further psychological support from CNB.
๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ก๐โ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
27. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป. ๐๐ก๐โ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐.
28. CNB understands that this is a difficult time for Ms Cecilia Ow and will continue to render assistance to her.
29. CNB is committed to keeping the streets of Singapore drug-free and conducts rigorous enforcement to deal with the trafficking of drugs. CNB has to adopt a proactive approach to disrupt such activities before they take root. Drug trafficking and drug abuse are serious threats to our society. If left unchecked, more lives would be harmed and families affected.
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