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Written by Our Correspondent Just when it appears that the Jack Neo sex scandal is finally drawing to a close with PBM Jack Neo's public apology on a shared blog with his good friend Foreign Minister George Yeo, another sensational revelation of his past sexual "exploits" had surfaced again. In an interview with Chinese tabloid Shin Min Daily today, Singapore's famous transsexual masseur and artiste Lai Meiqi claimed that she had provided "special service" to PBM Jack Neo during a massage session with her! [Source: Shin Min Daily, 12 March 2010] Ms Lai had a sex change operation in 1987 and worked in a massage salon along Orchard Road a year later. According to Ms Lai, PBM Jack Neo first came to her salon at the end of 1988, a year after he got married to his present wife Irene Kng. Though he wasn't as famous as now, he was already a household name among Singaporeans. She was wearing a mini-skirt while massaging a naked PBM Jack Neo. When she pressed his "sensitive" spot, she popped the question if he wanted "special service" to which he accepted. PBM Jack Neo then paid her an additional $50 to have "intimate contact" with her as well as to enjoy her "special service". "When I was servicing him, his two hands are auto-roaming all over my body," Ms Lai said. It seemed that PBM Jack Neo did not know then that Ms Lai was in fact a "he". The Jack Neo sex scandal had captured the attention for the entire nation for the last few days. One of the few successful local movie directors, PBM Jack Neo was awarded a public service award in 2004 and a Cultural Medallion in 2005. He was known to be closely associated with the PAP. PBM Jack Neo was reputed to be a close friend of Foreign Minister George Yeo who jumped to his defence immediately by calling on Singaporeans to "rally" around him after the scandal erupted last Saturday. He has yet to retract his statement of support.     Jack Neo and wife Irene Kng’s press conference on 11 March 2010: 1. Video recording of press conference 2. Irene Kng fainted at press conference 3. Photo Gallery 4. Field Report: Jack Neo and wife broke down in tears 5. Live coverage of press conference   Related articles: 1. PBM Jack Neo apologizes on shared blog with George Yeo 2. PAP MP Lim Biow Chuan claimed he was "misquoted" by media 3. George Yeo slammed by netizens for supporting Jack Neo 4. Jack Neo makes advances to 16 year old French girl 5.Jack Neo’s 10 other flings after Wendy Chong 6. Wendy Chong on how Jack Neo initiated sex with her in his car 7. George Yeo supports PBM Jack Neo 8. Foyce accuses PBM Jack Neo of sexual harrassment 9. Wendy Chong: I had sex with Jack Neo twice a week 10. Jack Neo’s wife forgives him for extra marital affair 11. Jack Neo begged Wendy Chong to let him off  Read More →

Written by Our Correspondent After being flamed mercilessly by the Singapore media and netizens alike for his press conference yesterday marked by the dramatic fainting of his wife Irene Kng, PBM Jack Neo has apologized on blogkaki, the blog he shared with his close friend of more than 10 years Foreign Minister George Yeo. Writing in Mandarin, PBM Jack Neo apologized to his family and friends and beg them to give him a second chance: "I can't reverse what I have done. I am just human and can make mistake. Although I have already admitted my fault, I beg you again to forgive me and give me a second chance," he wrote. Though he is a Christian, he said his public fall from grace was a "retribution": "There is a saying: You reap what you sow........What Man does, Heaven sees. Do no think that Heaven will not see if you hide in a dark place and do bad things." He claimed that the scandal is a "painful awakening" for him and vowed to treasure his wife and stay "faithful" to her while being "very careful with his own behavior and how he treats women from now on". Arguably the most successful Singapore movie director to date, PBM Jack Neo was awarded a public service medal in 2004 and a Cultural Medallion in 2005. The scandal erupted last Saturday when a former mistress Wendy Neo went to his place to confront him and alerting the media in the process. It was subsequently revealed that Jack was involved in or tried to pursue at least 10 other women as well including a 16 year old girl of French descent. Even before the sensational news reached the public, Jack called up George Yeo to inform him of the misfortune who immediately wrote an article on blogkaki calling on Singaporeans to "rally" around Jack. George Yeo has since maintained a dignified silence after being slammed by netizens for his "inappropriate" support for Jack. As expected, the mainstream media dared not publish the story which will put the Foreign Minister in a bad light. Another PAP MP Lim Biow Chuan was also flamed for saying that such scandals are "unavoidable" for successful men like Jack. He later claimed that he was "misquoted" by the press. After screwing many girls and screwing his own life up in the process, PBM Jack Neo has at least contributed something to fellow Singaporeans by screwing up the political careers of two PAP MPs.   Jack Neo and wife Irene Kng’s press conference on 11 March 2010: 1. Video recording of press conference 2. Irene Kng fainted at press conference 3. Photo Gallery 4. Field Report: Jack Neo and wife broke down in tears 5. Live coverage of press conference   Related articles: 1. George Yeo slammed by netizens for supporting Jack Neo 2. Jack Neo makes advances to 16 year old French girl 3.Jack Neo’s 10 other flings after Wendy Chong 4. Wendy Chong on how Jack Neo initiated sex with her in his car 5. George Yeo supports PBM Jack Neo 6. Foyce accuses PBM Jack Neo of sexual harrassment 7. Wendy Chong: I had sex with Jack Neo twice a week 8. Jack Neo’s wife forgives him for extra marital affair 9. Jack Neo begged Wendy Chong to let him off  Read More →

When voting comes.. When voting comes.." A familiar quote we hear from most Singaporeans which shows that people are not pleased with the current government. It shows that they want change and that they understand they have the right to vote the PAP out. In the last election in 2006, 33% of Singaporeans voted for the opposition in contested areas. In a way, that is a good sign because we know that with  18% more on our side we can kick the PAP out. I feel that we need to take a closer look at the situation. The GRC system on which the elections are based on is a fail-safe way to ensure victory for the ruling party. The press AKA mouthpiece of the PAP, glorifies them and says almost nothing positive of the opposition. Being the political coward that it is, the PAP has removed all its strong oppositions in any way possible. Being in control of the elections department, it can call for elections as and when it wishes. It also gains the upper hand by, in PM Lee Hsien Loong's own words, “Fixing the opposition and Buying votes”. Each vote has a serial number pegged to our IC numbers, which can only be seen as a fear tactic in a country like Singapore. This clearly shows that they can find out who you vote for very easily, and is yet another fear tactic. Citizens who hold jobs in the government, or government affiliated and/or invested companies are afraid to vote against the PAP as they have this almost sure opinon that their bonuses or jobs will be affected. I’ve spoken to someone who works in the army as a regular and he said, “We must vote for the PAP. We are government servants, and if we don’t vote for them our performance grading will be affected.” And when I asked him in return about the future of the rest of the people, he said, “Don’t have time to worry about other people, we get good pay and good life can already. Why I want to spoil my own rice bowl, thinking about the rest?” For all you know, the majority of votes the PAP gets is because of people like him. Pathetic and selfish sheep who are not only queuing up to get slaughtered, but dragging us along with them as well. Now, I’m not using this guy to stereotype everyone else, but I've personally met many more civil servants with mindsets like his. We do have the chance to make a change during the elections, but that is not the only battle. The problem is bigger than just the government. The problem is staring at us in the mirror. We need to educate our less politically-aware families and friends, not by giving daily lectures, but bit by bit, through casual talk. In my opinion, the older generation are a bit too "kiasee" and the fear tactics work really well on them. Its the younger generation that doesn’t buy the government’s bullshit that easily. In a country like ours where all the mainstream media is controlled by the government, alternative information is the key to opening minds. We should start by educating a few friends and convince them to influence their families. We should also talk to our colleagues at work and forward thought provoking articles to them. Think about it, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of critical articles on websites like Temasek Review that we read and comment on, but how many of our own friends and families have read them? We've got to do our part to get this information to them, and let's start with short and easily digestable articles.  It's always the small things we do that make a big difference in the end. Let's start this small campaign of talking about issues we read about over the dinner table, forward links of TR articles to our social circles. Over time, let's see if we can band together and do something bigger. Till then, the dreaded daily grind of work and life continues. And AL will continue writing and sharing.  Read More →