Fostering neighbourliness, keeping the peace

TNP PHOTO: SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB

With some 1.4 million people living in its neighbourhoods, Ang Mo Kio Police Division has the biggest population of Singapore’s six police divisions.

Managing disputes between neighbours is one of its biggest challenges.

The police do not often get involved in disputes between neighbours, but the division had to intervene in one particular case, where two neighbours continued their squabble for seven years, spat at each other and even poured urine in front of each other’s homes.