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  • Commentary: Like Tharman, If Halimah Yacob Is Not Part If The Solution, She Is Part Of The Problem

    Commentary: Like Tharman, If Halimah Yacob Is Not Part If The Solution, She Is Part Of The Problem

    I say: “Like Tharman, if Halimah Yacob is not part of the solution, she is part of the problem.”

    My friend Teo Soh Lung wrote a measured and upbeat assessment of Halimah Yacob, and rated highly her chance of winning the Presidential Election even if it was not “reserved”.

    Soh lung said:
    “If the government did not amend the laws, Madam Halimah Yacob would have been spared the many indignities, insults and unjust criticisms now levelled against her. The high office of the president would not have been so demeaned.

    I have high regard for Madam Halimah Yacob. At the nomination centre in 2011, we shook hands and had a conversation. I was a SDP candidate for Yuhua and she was the PAP candidate for Jurong GRC. ”

    My response:

    Halimah may be the most virtuous lady politician in the PAP fold, but that is not the point. We have a political system which is calibrated and fine-tuned to serve the Dominant Party, and the entire electoral system, from the legislature, to the Presidency, is gerrymandered to ensure the PAP remains in perpetuity as a national institution.

    Isn’t the fiction of calling the current President the 5th elected President part of the grand gerrymandering to prevent challenge from potential challengers?

    And returning to the first principle, the ridiculous threshold for eligibility for Presidential Candidacy is based on Management of a company worth over $500 million is an affront to democratic principles.

    And turning legislators to managers of local authority is yet another scheme undermining the essence of democratic government.

    If Halimah has any democratic credentials, she should rise above it to make a difference.

    Like Tharman, if she is not part of the solution, she is part of the problem.

     

    Source: Tan Wah-Piow

  • Message To Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Residents; Support And Sign Petition To Call For By-Elections

    Message To Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Residents; Support And Sign Petition To Call For By-Elections

    All prepared and ready for Petition drive this coming Saturday, 12th August 2017.

    We will be doing house to house visit in the Marsiling ward of former MP, Halimah Yacob, and explain to residents on the importance to call for a By-Election.

    If you are a resident and a voter under Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, and wants to sign the petition to call for a By-Election, do pm me for further details.

    This is an initiative by residents for residents.

    Thank You!

     

    Source: Abdul Salim Harun

  • Malaysian Monster On Trial For Raping Own Daughter

    Malaysian Monster On Trial For Raping Own Daughter

    A Malaysian man is alleged to have sodomised and raped his 15-year-old daughter more than 200 times from January to March this year.

    According to The Star, it took the court several hours yesterday (Aug 9) to read out the 182 charges against the unit trust agent who pleaded not guilty to them all but “hung his head low”.

    Over 400 more charges involving sodomy are to be read out to the 36-year-old man today (Aug 10).

    He divorced his wife two years ago and has custody of his eldest daughter whom he is accused of sexually assaulting.

    His two younger daughters are staying with their mother.

    He allegedly sodomised the girl three times a day at their home in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya since she was 13.

    The Star reports that he was accused under Section 377C of the Penal Code which provides a maximum of 20 years’ of imprisonment and shall also be liable to whipping, upon conviction.

    The man also faces a charge of committing incest on July 21 at 2pm and is accused under Section 376A of the same Code and punishable under Section 376B(1) of the Code.

    The divorcee was also accused of 30 counts of physical sexual assault without intercourse from July 11 to 20 and was charged under Section 14/16 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.

    He also faces a charge of abusing, neglecting and sexually abusing the child between Jan 1 and July 21. The charge falls under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2016 and is punishable under Section 31(1)(b) of the Act.

     

    Source: http://stomp.straitstimes.com

  • Amos Yee Reportedly Robbed By Muscular Fellow Inmate

    Amos Yee Reportedly Robbed By Muscular Fellow Inmate

    Recently in prison Amos has been repeatedly robbed by a man named Emmanuel Reyes, also known as “Bubba.” Reyes is a 6’4” (1.93 m) 250 lbs (113.4 kg) muscular Black man covered in tattoos. Reyes is in prison for illegal weapons charges and for assault. Reyes was in possession of an illegal gun and he beat up his cousin after his cousin wanted to evict Reyes over constant noise complaints.

    Prisoners are allowed to purchase additional food and snacks at the prison kiosk with money sent to their commissary account by family and friends. Amos receives money on his account thanks to donations from people who care about him and is able to buy additional food.

    Reyes began targeting Amos and numerous other prisoners to intimidate and steal food from. Reyes specifically targeted Amos, Amos’s Filipino friend, Asians, and the elderly as he viewed them as easy targets. Reyes was recently placed into solitary confinement after attacking another inmate. Reyes approached a 72-year-old inmate and demanded that the man give him his chips. The 72-year-old man refused to give up his food so Reyes beat him badly.

    During Reyes’s solitary confinement, Amos requested that he be moved to a different part of the prison due to harassment. The prison honored his request. Amos’s Filipino friend, Jay, also made the same request for the same reason and was also transferred. Amos and his friend Jay are now safe after that ordeal.

     

    Source: Amos Yee

  • Dr Bibi Jan Dianugerah Bintang Bakti Masyarakat Atas Sumbangan Kemasyarakatan

    Dr Bibi Jan Dianugerah Bintang Bakti Masyarakat Atas Sumbangan Kemasyarakatan

    Sumbangan Dr Bibi Jan Mohamed Ayyub selama tiga dekad dalam menyelaras usaha keluarga titipan diiktiraf dalam Anugerah Hari Kebangsaan tahun ini.

    Dr Bibi Jan, 59 tahun, merupakan antara tujuh individu yang menerima Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (Lintang) – antara pengiktirafan tertinggi dalam anugerah sempena Hari Kebangsaan itu.

    Beliau, seorang kaunselor dan pendidik, telah terlibat sebagai sukarelawan dalam Jawatankuasa Titipan di bawah Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial dan Keluarga (MSF) sejak 1987.

    Dr Bibi Jan pernah menjadi pengerusi jawatankuasa itu pada 2003 dan dilantik semula sebagai pengerusi pada 2015 hingga sekarang.

    Jawatankuasa yang terdiri daripada karyawan pelbagai bidang itu berperanan menilai kes titipan di Singapura dan memastikan keselamatan dan kebajikan anak dalam keluarga titipan.

    Beliau juga pernah menerima Pingat Bakti Masyarakat pada 1987 dan Bintang Bakti Masyarakat pada 2006.

    Seorang aktivis masyarakat, Dr Bibi Jan merupakan pengarah lembaga Angkatan Karyawan Islam (AMP) dan pernah bergiat dalam banyak pertubuhan lain seperti Yayasan Mendaki, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis), Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura (PPIS), dan Kesatuan Guru-Guru Melayu Singapura (KGMS) seawal 1980-an.

    Beliau memiliki ijazah kedoktoran daripada Universiti Durham, United Kingdom; ijazah Sarjana Pendidikan daripada Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS); dan ijazah Sarjana kedua dalam Bimbingan dan Kaunseling daripada Universiti James Cook yang berpangkalan di Australia.

     

    Source: www.beritaharian.sg

     

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