Lim Kwo Yin, 36, who holds the rank of deputy superintendent with the Singapore Prison Service, pleaded guilty yesterday to the charge and was sentenced to S$10,000 (RM25,000) fine. The prosecution, recounting the incident of Sept 27, 2010, said Dinesh – who was serving a jail sentence for rioting and theft – had to be restrained after he had kicked a prison warden in his abdomen at about 10.45am that day in Changi Prison. He was moved to a disciplinary housing unit and left alone on the ground in a “prone position” by officers under the supervision of Lim. But the inmate was later rushed to Changi General Hospital after he did not respond to Lim, who had gone to check on him at 11.18am. Doctors at the hospital subsequently pronounced Dinesh dead at 12.45pm. A pathologist report showed that the 21-year-old was likely to have succumbed to “positional asphyxia” while being restrained. The prone position he was left in had restricted the respiratory movements of his chest and abdomen, according to the report. Lim was also found to have failed to adequately supervise “restraint operation”. For an offence of causing death by a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, Lim, could have been jailed for up to two years, or fined, or both.— The Straits Times / Asia News Network
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:41:39 +0000
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