SINGAPORE – A full-time national serviceman with the Singapore Police Force (SPF) was cycling in a negligent manner on a footpath when his rented bicycle struck an elderly pedestrian.
The 83-year-old woman suffered injuries including a fractured skull when she fell. She died of a head injury two days later on April 24, 2025.
Haaris Sulaiman, who has since completed his national service with the SPF, was sentenced to a week in jail on Aug 24, 2026, after he pleaded guilty to causing the victim’s death while cycling in a negligent manner.
The 22-year-old was also ordered to pay $5,000 in compensation, and will have to spend an additional 20 days behind bars if he fails to pay the amount.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ho May Kim told the court that Haaris was attached to Kampong Java Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) at the time of the offence.
On April 22, 2025, he was at Bugis Junction shopping mall at around 5.30pm when he decided to return home to get his police uniform and report for duty at the NPC by 6.30pm.
He later rented a bicycle and cycled on a footpath along Rochor Road.
The speed limit for cycling on the footpath in the area was 10kmh, but at certain points, he was travelling at up to 14kmh.
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