September 02, 2006

do i look like a spy? paranoia in singapore

jasiminne*anorexic penguin said:

Apparently,the building across the road from where i was facing was the American Embassy. of course i had NO clue at all because as you can see from the photo above, it was very well-hidden behind all the trees and foliage,with no signboards whatsoever indicating : "Sensitive Top-Secret High Security Area.No taking photographs within a 100metres or you're a suspected spy."

"This building is a sensitive area, it's privately owned so you can't take photos of it." "Oh no, i was just taking photos of the sky." "The sky is a private area too."

Recommended by Agagooga: "More proof that our police are too free."

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Submitted by Agagooga on September 02//3:57am and published by Agagooga, Angelique :: 1896 reads | trackback
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"The sky's a private area too." hahahahhaha that's really funny. But I can understand their paranoia, especially with the IMF around the corner. Now, say, if you start taking photos of the mrt stations also people scared, because it has been done and plans have been unravelled before... so it's not just plain anxiety.

But "the sky's a private area too" is freaking classic.

Your article is written with humour. Ha! Ha!

I suppose it is always better to be safe than sorry.

A case of wrong time, wrong place.

to say that 'our police are too free' is not quite fair. they have to respond to whatever calls, like such. trust me, they probably much prefer to fight real crime than respond to calls made by 'sensitive people' from 'sensitive areas.'

they respond to these kind of situations, people say 'they are too free.' when they don't, people say 'they are not taking security issues seriously.'

so how's that?

I beg to differ.

Political apoplexy and police priorities

"Man gets beaten up. Police (at first) says it's a civil case, not a criminal case...

Not only did the police do little on the night itself, despite the serious injuries that the victim suffered, the police, according to Liew, "were unwilling to take up the case."

"The police advised that this was a civil case and it was for the magistrate to decide if any action was to be taken," she wrote.

Continuing, she said, "One would have thought that when anyone is assaulted by a gang of six to eight hooligans and suffered injuries to the extent that my brother did, the case would have been classified as causing grievous hurt and pursued as a criminal case.""

I pray that they'll work on deporting expatriate pedophile teachers first
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`The police will look into the matter when a report is lodged`

I believe many will be worried if they see some photographers going around taking photos near to sensitive buildings and the police nearby dont approach them. It is better to be safe than sorry.

However, I do not agree when the police gets too uptight calling to meet the photographer several times. Get the job done in the first place. Terrorists not going to sit there waiting for you to counter check.

The terrorists are also smart enough not to get caught. So what happens is innocent people get inconvenienced and you still don't prevent terrorism.

The point is not to prevent terrorism. Its to inspire confidence
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Want to investigate must also look mah. She look very terror meh?

Those Sings sure know how to suck me good, pardner.... Hee Haw !