Singapore, Jan 25 : A 49-year-old Indian-origin man in Singapore has been charged with assaulting a public servant, an offence for which he can be jailed for up to seven years and fined or caned.

In an earlier statement, police said they were alerted to a case of assault at an apartment in the same neighbourhood for assaulting his 52-year-old girlfriend. Officers from the Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU), Special Operations Command and the Singapore Civil Defence Force also responded to the incident as he might have posed a danger to himself and others. In their statement, the police said: "After... negotiation by CNU officers, the police saw an opportunity to breach the unit when they observed that the woman went to the toilet, thus buying them time to ensure her safety."