External Review Panel on SAF Safety's Comments on the Committee of Inquiry's Preliminary Findings on the Death of CFC Liu Kai

A Committee of Inquiry (COI) was convened by the Armed Forces Council on 3 Nov 2018 to investigate the circumstances leading to the death of Corporal First Class (CFC) Liu Kai. The External Review Panel on SAF Safety (ERPSS) was invited to participate in the COI by, first, having one of its members serve on the committee and, second, examining and commenting on the COI's findings.

As requested by the Ministry of Defence, we have provided, in this statement, our comments on the COI's findings. We understand that investigations are still ongoing and will comment further if there are any substantial changes to the COI's findings. 

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