{"id":96228,"date":"2026-10-29T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96228"},"modified":"2026-10-29T03:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:08:00","slug":"5-hour-bukit-panjang-flat-standoff-ends-in-arrest-of-woman-for-criminal-intimidation-insulting-police-officer-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96228","title":{"rendered":"5-hour Bukit Panjang flat standoff ends in arrest of woman for criminal intimidation, insulting police officer, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A woman locked herself in a Bukit Panjang flat on Tuesday (Oct 27) evening, prompting a response from the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).<\/p>\n<p>After a standoff lasting nearly five hours, police officers entered the unit at Block 270 Bangkit Road.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old woman was arrested for criminal intimidation, using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty, and using offensive language against a public servant, the police told AsiaOne.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they received a call for assistance at 5.30pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Officers assessed that the woman, who had locked herself in her residential unit, might pose a danger to herself.<\/p>\n<p>The Crisis Negotiation Unit and SCDF were activated.<\/p>\n<p>The SCDF said in response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries that they were alerted to the incident at 7.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Three safety life air packs were deployed at the foot of the block, and rescuers from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team were on standby as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p>Videos circulating online show multiple emergency vehicles at the open-air car park, and officers surrounding the block.<\/p>\n<p>At about 10.20pm, she opened the door and police officers managed to enter the flat, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:745774]]<\/p>\n<p>lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/woman-locks-herself-bukit-panjang-flat-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman locked herself in a Bukit Panjang flat on Tuesday (Oct 27) evening, prompting a response from the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96229,"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-96228","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\/96228","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=96228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}