SINGAPORE, June 19 -- A 42-year-old cyclist who was shot in the back while riding through a restricted military zone in Singapore is now under police investigation for wilful trespass, authorities confirmed yesterday.

The man had been cycling on Sunday through the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR), between Upper Seletar and Upper Peirce reservoirs - an area gazetted for Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) live-firing drills.

During a military exercise at the nearby Nee Soon Range, about 2.3km away, he was struck by a bullet.

He was taken by friends to National University Hospital, where doctors found a bullet slug lodged in his lower back.

Police said the injury was not life-threatening and the man was in stable condition after surgery...