PUBLISHED ONDecember 20, 2025 1:00 AMUPDATEDDecember 20, 2025 7:08 AMBYSean LerA man has been charged in court on Saturday (Dec 20) with voluntarily causing hurt with a weapon over a stabbing incident in Tampines.
This comes after he was arrested within six hours of the incident which took place near the U-Taste coffeeshop in Tampines Central 1 on Dec 19 at about 5.55pm.
Mohamed Sufian Mohamed Sabri, 53, was accused in court of using a knife to stab Mohd Hyril Beins.
Sufian had allegedly used a knife to stab the victim on his upper body, causing him to suffer knife wounds to his right lower back and left forearm, according to court documents.
The police had earlier told AsiaOne that they are investigating an incident near Tampines MRT station after a man was found injured at around 5.55pm on Friday. The police also said that they received several calls for assistance in the vicinity of Tampines MRT station.
"Upon police's arrival, officers found an injured man and attended to his injuries together with Singapore Civil Defence Force paramedics," added the police.
The man was later taken conscious to a hospital.
The Straits Times had earlier reported an eyewitness saying that the injured man had blood stains on the side of his body.
According to the eyewitness, the injured man left a trail of blood as he walked from the MRT station towards a traffic light near Tampines Mall.
Other eyewitnesses from U-Taste eatery told the national broadsheet that there was an argument in the tentage area opposite the establishment — located at Block 513, Tampines Central 1. They believe the man's injuries were caused by knife wounds.
According to court documents, Sufian was serving a remission order, effective from Oct 4 to Jan 13, 2026, made by the Commissioner of Prisons.
However, he had allegedly breached this order over the Tampines incident.
Most inmates will be released after they have served two-thirds of their sentence, if they had displayed good conduct and behaviour in prisons.
When they are released, they will be issued with a Conditional Remission Order with the basic condition that they do not re-offend during this remission period, according to the Singapore Prison Service's website.
Breaching a remission order can result in inmates serving an enhanced sentence.
Under Section 324 of the Penal Code 1871, the offence of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon with common intention carries a jail term of up to seven years, a fine, caning or a combination of such punishments.
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