Ng Eng Hen to deliver Ministerial Statement in Parliament following Aloysius Pang's death

Following Corporal First Class (National Service) Aloysius Pang’s passing last week, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen will deliver a ministerial statement at the next parliamentary sitting to address recent national service training deaths, said the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) on Wednesday (30 January). CFC (NS) Pang, 28, an armament technician – together with another technician, and a gun detachment commander – were called in to perform diagnosis on a suspected fault in the gun of a Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer (SSPH) on 19 January. Pang later succumbed to his injuries in Waikato Hospital, New Zealand, making him the fourth Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)-training related fatality reported in 16 months.