SMRT employee suspended after barging man off skateboard at Esplanade station

[The_King]

An employee of rail operator SMRT has been suspended after barging a man off his skateboard at Esplanade MRT station.

A report has been made over the incident, and the employee is assisting the Public Transport Security Command in investigations, said SMRT in a Facebook post on Saturday (Aug 21).

A video of the incident was posted on the Sgfollowsall account on Instagram.

In it, a man in a yellow top is seen riding on a skateboard towards a staircase at the entrance of the MRT station.

Another man in a red jacket charges towards him and barges him off the skateboard before he can reach the stairs.

SMRT said the incident occurred at about 10.25pm on Friday.

"A station staff member saw the person skateboarding within the station and told him that skateboarding is not permitted within station premises for the safety of commuters," said SMRT.

"When the staff member saw that the person was skateboarding towards the stairs which other commuters were using, the staff member ran towards the person to stop him from doing so."

SMRT said it is "sorry that our staff member overreacted".

The case has parallels with one in 2019 in which a Certis officer brought down a speeding personal mobility device rider with a gongfu-style kick.

A video of the incident, captured by a vehicle dashcam, was shared widely on the Internet.

A Certis spokesman told The Straits Times earlier this month that the police issued the enforcement officer with a 12-month conditional warning on June 18 last year for committing a rash act. The officer was let go by Certis the same month.
 

 

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/smrt-employee-suspended-after-barging-man-off-skateboard-at-esplanade-station

[The_King]

 

[Huat Zai]

 

[XianGe]

3 hours ago, The_King said:

 

 

Imo tat staff already gng home then did tis to protect the uncle climbing the stairs... If no other mrt users he win need to action. 

Then brings us to tis state or work culture like wat happened to the flying kick guy to the pmd rider... nowadays in public sector, it doesn't reward u for doing the right things... It's all blindly follow SOP or wat the boss says even if the SOP is wrong or flawed...

The staff should be commended for saving the uncle .. 

Edited August 21, 2021 by XianGe

[The_King]

if i am the staff, i will just follow SOP and will not do anything out of sop to save my job