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  • Ex-SMRT Employee ‘On The Run’ After Allegedly Pilfering $20,000

    Ex-SMRT Employee ‘On The Run’ After Allegedly Pilfering $20,000

    A former SMRT station manager allegedly pilfered $20,000 in cash from Tanah Merah station, and is being investigated by the police.

    The man is said to be on the run, and no longer in the country.

    A police spokesman confirmed that the rail operator had lodged a report last Wednesday. He added that investigations are under way.

    The Straits Times understands that the missing money – largely from commuters wanting to top up their travel cards at the station office – had been siphoned over a period of several months.

    The case came to light apparently through an internal audit. Sources said the alleged culprit had worked at SMRT for only two years.

    When contacted, SMRT spokesman Patrick Nathan said the company has referred the case to the police and that he could not comment further.

    Each day, more than three million trips are made by close to one million people on Singapore’s rail network. Observers estimate that if 3 per cent of the one million commuters topped up their travel cards by just $10 through the station office instead of the automated machines, the network would collect $300,000 in cash each day. And if the cash were to be evenly distributed, each station would be handling at least $3,000 a day, or $21,000 a week.

    But according to insiders, busier stations could be handling much more than that.

    Tanah Merah station, being an interchange where commuters go to and from Changi Airport, as well as Pasir Ris, Simei and Tampines, is one such busy station.

    The Straits Times understands that by the time the missing money was discovered and the police report filed, the alleged perpetrator had already been away from Singapore for two months.

    A source familiar with the work of a station manager said the handling of money is “based on trust”.

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Walid J. Abdullah: What Exactly Are People Mourning In Muhammad Ali’s Death?

    Walid J. Abdullah: What Exactly Are People Mourning In Muhammad Ali’s Death?

    As people mourn the death of Muhammad Ali, i can’t help but feel amused. For some of these people, what exactly is being mourned? Which aspect(s) of his life truly ‘inspired’ them?

    Was it the fact that he would not take racism lying down, and would always respond in no uncertain terms? Or was it the fact that he refused to be part of his country’s army, an act that would make him a disloyal citizen to many of these people? Or was it the fact that he was a proud, proud Muslim, and spoke about God whenever he was given a platform?

    Some of these people who are ‘mourning’ are the same ones who are outright or latent racists. Some of them find a lot of comfort in making racist jokes (‘it’s just a joke guys, you should learn to lighten up’ – to which, a part of me always feels like responding ‘it’s just a slap man, doesn’t hurt that much’.) Some of them deny the existence of majority privilege. Some of them think members of other races are biologically inferior. And yet they are ‘admirers’ of Muhammad Ali?

    Some of these people abide by the mantra ‘my country, right or wrong.’ Anything with regard to the military, cannot be questioned: otherwise, you’re being disloyal. Yet they praise Muhammad Ali for refusing to participate in his country’s?

    Some of these people have absolutely zero regard for Muslims. They think Muslims are sub-humans, whose voices should not be heard too much (except when they advocating the ‘reformation of Islam’), and that Muslims ‘demand’ too much.

    And these people are mourning Muhammad Ali?

    But i understand. There is a need to portray one’s self as a ‘global citizen’, however twisted one’s beliefs actually are. When the world mourns for Muhammad Ali, you should mourn for him. When the world criticizes Donald Trump, you should tag along and express outrage.

    Expressing ‘admiration’ for Muhammad Ali, or ‘disdain’ for Trump doesn’t make you an egalitarian, or a non-racist. Ultimately, your own actions and words do.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • Walid J. Abdullah: Be Honest – Why Are We Selectively Indignant To Racism?

    Walid J. Abdullah: Be Honest – Why Are We Selectively Indignant To Racism?

    -When people who disagree with the government are harassed-

    *silence*

    -When politicians one likes spout racist comments-

    *silence*

    -When fences for foreign workers are mooted-

    *silence*

    -When Donald Trump suggests a wall to be built on the border, Muslims to be monitored, and that Mexicans are rapists-

    ‘This is absolutely outrageous. No human being who believes in the values of liberty and democracy, and basic human rights, should tolerate this. This is an attack on all of us. I really hope Americans do not vote for this demagogue. He is a threat to the entire world.’

    ——

    Selective outrage sure is not limited to Fox News.

    If we are inconsistent in our indignation toward similar events/actions, it is then perhaps timely to touch our hearts and ask ourselves what we are actually disgusted with or angry about. Our selective outrage could reveal more about ourselves than about people like Trump.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • WearWhite: Stand Up Against The LGBT Ideology

    WearWhite: Stand Up Against The LGBT Ideology

    I’m wearing white today.

    Not because I’m a bigot. This is a secular country. What one does behind closed doors is between him and his Maker.

    I’m wearing white today.

    Because I’m standing up against an ideology. An insidious ideology that wishes to radically change society at its very core. Do not be deceived. Pinkdot is not there to promote ‘free love’.

    It is there to change the structure of society itself. It has stated as its goal the repeal of 377A.

    BUt that is not its endgame.

    They will push on and on…..

    Imagine this scenario:

    At City Hall gay couples queue to get married. In attendance are ‘Liberal’ religious priests and imams. At a nearby mosque an openly gay imam is conducting a marriage ceremony of another gay couple.

    Down Orchard Road is a gay pride parade. As they moved down Bras Basah road the backdrop of the gay pride parade is the Sultan mosque. Images are beamed worldwide, with the Sultan mosque standing as a very visual symbol of our docility to stand up for our beliefs. Our toilets must now be completely gender free, with full grown men sharing it with six year old girls.

    If we do not share this vision of Singapore, then we have to make our stand. Now.

    And not stand by the wayside mired in our own docility. And I speak to the young. If you have a young family or thinking of getting married etc, ask yourself what kind of Singapore do you envision for your children when you look into their eyes?

    I’m wearing white today. And I urge my Christian friends to wear white to church this weekend.

    I too will be wearing white on Sundsy evening to welcome the blessed month of Ramadhan.

    I invite all of us to wear white this weekend.

    More importantly we should make a stand. Learn about he LGBT ideology. Speak about it to our family friends n neighbors. Start a conversation going.

    May God bless our efforts. And may He Protect our country from forces – foreign and local – who wish to fundamentally change the structure of the family itself.

    ‪#‎wearwhite‬

     

    Source: Syed Danial

  • Ustaz Noor Deros: There Is No Progress Without Control Of Basic Human Desire

    Ustaz Noor Deros: There Is No Progress Without Control Of Basic Human Desire

    Have we progressed far enough as humanity so as to again declare that fornication (what more homosexual intercourse) is illegal?

    It seems that we are still unable to let go of our primitive inclination towards self-destructive short termed pleasures and short-sighted justifications.

    Not declaring your HIV status to your current or to-be wife or husband is a crime in Islam, what more infecting them with it, this goes without saying.

    The central issue at hand here is the modern crisis of fornication that is based on the false idea that this body is our sole property and we have all the right to do whatever we want with it.

    How can we lay claim to something we did not create ourselves, something we can never buy nor given to us (as our property) by the Creator?

    In Islam, this body is a loan from Him, for us to make a good use out of it, and later to be returned back to Him.

    Sexual pleasures through heterosexual intercourse can only come with the pledge of commitment to an endless/long term physical, emotional and spiritual relationship.

    We can never claim to have progressed if we are still unable to control this basic human desire.

     

    Source: Noor Deros