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SINGAPORE : Blood samples were taken from some 200 foreign workers following a reported case of sexual assault on an undergraduate at the Clementi Woods Park in June this year.
The foreign workers were working at construction sites near the park.
Confirming this, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said this was done with the consent of the workers.
Non-Constituency MP Sylvia Lim had asked for the legal basis for the police action in a parliamentary question.
In his written reply, Mr Wong said the legal basis for the procedure is found in the Registration of Criminals Act.
This provides for a person to give a body sample, including a blood sample, on a voluntary basis if the person was present at the crime scene when it was committed or is being questioned in connection with the investigation of a crime. - CNA/ms
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