She beefed up her fitness after putting on 27kg during pregnancy and also had to raise a child with end-stage renal disease.
ASP Candy Ko also has the distinction of being the first female officer to be given the Special Operations Command red beret, a symbol of “bravery and sacrifice”.
ASP Ko is the first woman to complete the course and was the parade commander during the graduation ceremony in April. But for the past five years – which spanned her two pregnancies – she was doing administrative work related to training. Mr Benjamin Alexander Chua , 34, describes his wife, Assistant Superintendent Candy Ko, 32, as “a very resilient and down-to-earth woman”. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOOWhen asked what was it like to be the only woman training with a troop of men, she said: “Of course, I was not the fittest. At times, I was the slowest, but I kept running and I would try to overtake the man running in front of me.
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