{"id":63705,"date":"2026-06-25T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63705"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:08:08","slug":"sbs-transit-employees-vigilance-leads-to-arrest-of-shop-theft-suspect-i-wanted-to-avoid-commuters-getting-hurt-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63705","title":{"rendered":"SBS Transit employee&#8217;s vigilance leads to arrest of shop theft suspect: &#8216;I wanted to avoid commuters getting hurt&#8217; , Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An SBS Transit employee has been recognised for his vigilance on the job which led to the arrest of a shop theft suspect at Ang Mo Kio bus interchange in February.<\/p>\n<p>Interchange supervisor Chua Jin Kee was presented with a Letter of Appreciation from the Singapore Police Force for his act of public spiritedness earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Thursday (June 25), SBS Transit Ltd praised Chua for the achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The post recounted how Chua was carrying out his routine work one afternoon in February, when he noticed a man behaving suspiciously at the concourse of Ang Mo Kio bus interchange.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"729\" width=\"500\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsbstransitltd%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02HF58JZqtV1UCHKTUKJQnQn4bHpR7vndPAz1CYmVGGHQmYePXhzJEbMyQ6ybAdDyAl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The man was walking unsteadily, acting erratically and drawing looks of concern from nearby commuters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to avoid [escalating] the situation and potentially causing commuters to get hurt,&#8221; he shared.<\/p>\n<p>He trusted his instincts and decided to discreetly keep an eye on the man as he headed towards a convenience store.<\/p>\n<p>Together with a security officer, Chua monitored the man&#8217;s movements and spotted him leaving the convenience store with snacks without making payment.<\/p>\n<p>After confirming the shop theft with the store staff, he swiftly alerted the police.The alleged shoplifter was then detained and arrested by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The SBS Transit Ltd post praised Chua for his vigilance on the job: &#8220;Thank you, Jin Kee, for your vigilance, courage and dedication to keeping our commuters and community safe. Well done!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel happy and surprised, but at the same time, [I recognise that] this is part of my duty to ensure safety and security,&#8221; Chua added.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:735072]]<\/p>\n<p>laili.abdeen@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/sbs-transit-employee-vigilance-leads-arrest-shop-theft-suspect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An SBS Transit employee has been recognised for his vigilance on the job which led to the arrest of a shop theft suspect at Ang&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}