Youth home staff to get protective gear after 2018 riot that injured 3

Purchase of shields, goggles, vests for Boys' Home and Girls' Home comes after MSF reviewed security measures

In September 2018, a riot broke out at the Singapore Boys' Home in its former location in Jurong West Street 24 when a group of residents attacked its staff with sports equipment. Three members of the staff were injured - an auxiliary police officer
In September 2018, a riot broke out at the Singapore Boys' Home in its former location in Jurong West Street 24 when a group of residents attacked its staff with sports equipment. Three members of the staff were injured - an auxiliary police officer suffered a serious eye injury and two staff members had head injuries. ST PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO
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The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) is buying protective gear, such as shields, goggles and vests, for personnel at the Singapore Boys' Home and Singapore Girls' Home after a riot broke out at the Boys' Home in 2018 that left its staff injured.

After the riot, the MSF reviewed and strengthened its security measures, its spokesman told The Straits Times.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 04, 2020, with the headline Youth home staff to get protective gear after 2018 riot that injured 3. Subscribe