September 02, 2006

do i look like a spy? paranoia in singapore

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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 :: 1899 reads | trackback
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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?

Posted by tecnine on 3 September, 2006 - 10:00pm

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.""

Posted by Agagooga on 4 September, 2006 - 1:50am