SINGAPORE - When Mr Abdul Hamid Abdul Aziz was getting some fresh air outside his Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 flat on March 16, he did not expect to see it raining shoes. But there, on the fourth floor of the Housing Board block opposite his, was a man throwing shoes from the corridor. When the 56-year-old remembered that his children's shoes had gone missing from outside his flat a few months earlier, he alerted two of his fellow Citizens on Patrol (COP) members to contact police. He then headed to the ground floor with another COP member and saw that the man was there too, picking up the shoes he had thrown earlier. Before he could cycle away, Mr Hamid snapped photos of the footwear fiend. About 30 minutes later, the shoe stealer was caught by the police, thanks to his photos. Mr Hamid was among six members of the public awarded the Public Spiritedness Award on Monday (June 17) in a ceremony held at the Jurong Police Division. Fellow COP members Ms Winnie Tan, a 56-year-old caregiver … [Read more...] about Man who stopped shoe thief praised for feat
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