Police Powers, Governance and Accountability: Has the Law Minister Got It Right?
The issue of police powers, governance and accountability has reared its ugly head in Singaporean local discourse on several occasions. This happened for example, during the Benjamin Lim case and during the police action in response to alleged breaches of the Cooling Off Day regulations during the last election season. The issue,...
Life of NSF/NSman is worth … not much
How much insurance coverage do NSFs/NSmen receive? According to Mindeaf, not much really (image below). How could the life of a Singaporean son be worth so little? Since safety is not an issue in the army and accidents/fatalities are rare, group insurance premiums shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. At a fraction of the...
Fake news law: Malays not stupid
The Malays ruling M’sia show that authorities in SE Asia (S’pore included) got a point on need of a “fake news” law. M’sia’s first use of its newly passed “fake news” law will have ang moh tua kees here wondering what hit them. They’ll have to admit that the actions of one Sulaiman (who pleaded guilty) shows...
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