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  • Amos Yee Given 4 Weeks Backdated Jail Sentence

    Amos Yee Given 4 Weeks Backdated Jail Sentence

    Teen blogger Amos Yee Pang Sang was on Monday (Jul 6) sentenced to four weeks’ jail, backdated to Jun 2.

    Yee was found guilty of two charges – one for making offensive or wounding remarks against Christianity and another for circulating obscene imagery. A third charge, for the teen blogger’s statements on the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew in a YouTube video, was withdrawn.

    Yee intends to appeal against the conviction, said his lawyer Alfred Dodwell.

    “The journey here has been long and arduous, ridden with lots of obstacles and hurdles. We have somehow gotten here,” said Mr Dodwell. “We have confirmed with our client that he wants to appeal against the conviction.”

    “Let’s not run away with the idea that just because he’s remorseful and stuff, that is in relation to the social context. Whether this was a crime or not, still remains a question we want to determine in High Court,” Mr Dodwell added.

    The 16-year-old has been remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for the past two weeks to assess his suitability for a mandatory treatment order, after a doctor said that Yee may have autism-spectrum disorder.

    Mr Dodwell on Sunday night confirmed reports that the blogger was in hospital. Yee has “not been eating well, perhaps loss of appetite or no appetite, understandably so and hence his blood sugar went down,” he said.

    “I’ve not been told of a hunger strike,” added Mr Dodwell, referring to the blogger’s hospitalisation.

    Yee had previously rejected the option of probation and a term in the Reformative Training Centre as a sentence, sticking to his original plea for a jail term

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Amos Yee Back At IMH After Being Sent To CGH A&E

    Amos Yee Back At IMH After Being Sent To CGH A&E

    UPDATE [6.54am, Monday, 6 July]: The Online Citizen understands that Amos Yee is now back at the Institute of Mental Health, after being sent to the A&E department of Changi Hospital on Sunday night. 

    Even as activists gathered at Hong Lim Park to call for her son’s release, the mother of teenager Amos Yee was being informed by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) that her son would be sent to a hospital on Sunday night.

    Mdm Mary Toh, Amos’s mother, says she has been informed by IMH staff that her son is now in hospital.

    16-year old Amos Yee had been remanded at the IMH the last two weeks for psychiatric assessment.

    He is reported to be held at block 7 in the institution, believed to be the remand ward where mentally ill patients and the criminally insane are also held.

    Mdm Mary Toh tells TOC on Sunday that her son’s blood glucose level has dropped and that he has also been feeling giddy.

    Mdm Toh had earlier said her son had not been eating for several days, was also not sleeping well and was feeling depressed. She says he has lost weight too.

    “Even this morning, he was asking me why he can’t be released,” Mdm Toh says.

    “Amos pleaded [with me] to get him out soon,” Mdm Toh told TOC on Wednesday. “He can’t stand even another day in there. He said prison is better than IMH.”

    “IMH staff thought Amos could be discharged today,” Mdm Toh said then, adding that the staff have been very helpful but are also concerned about the teenager who she said has not eaten for three days.

    “They are all very concerned and worried, but say they can’t do anything,” Mdm Toh said, referring to the IMH staff.

    On Friday, the teen’s lawyers filed an urgent appeal with the court to ask for Amos Yee to be released on bail.

    However, this was unsuccessful as the court had a full day’s schedule and was not able to accommodate an urgent hearing.

    Amos Yee is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, 6 July, for his sentencing.

    He was found guilty on 12 May of “wounding the religious feelings of Christians” in a video he posted online, and for posting an obscene image on his blog.

    In the weeks since then, however, his treatment by the State has attracted international criticisms, including from the United Nations and Amnesty International which have described Amos Yee as a prisoner of conscience.

    Protests in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia have also taken place this past week calling for his release.

    On Sunday, some 500 people gathered at Singapore’s only venue for free speech to add their voices to the call.

    500 people at Hong Lim Park to call for Amos Yee's release (Photo: Terry Xu, TOC)
    500 people gathered at Hong Lim Park on Sunday to call for Amos Yee’s release (Photo: Terry Xu, TOC)

    By the time of his next appearance in court on Monday, the teenager would have served a total of 55 days in remand at Changi Prison and the IMH.

    On Monday, this could be extended further by a jail term or at least 18 months in a reformative training centre.

    “According to the Office of the UN Commissioner on Human Rights,”Amnesty International said, “reformative training is ‘akin to detention and usually applied to juvenile offenders involved in serious crimes’ and was referred to in a recent Singapore district court decision as ‘incarcerative in nature and should be imposed cautiously’.”

    The United Nations Human Rights Office for South-East Asia (OHCHR) said in a statement on 22 June.

    “OHCHR is concerned that the criminal sanctions considered in this case seem disproportionate and inappropriate in terms of the international protections for freedom of expression and opinion.”

     

    Source: www.theonlinecitizen.com

  • GPFirst Programme Cuts Waiting Time At Changi General Hospital’s A&E By 7 Minutes

    GPFirst Programme Cuts Waiting Time At Changi General Hospital’s A&E By 7 Minutes

    The average waiting time for slightly more serious conditions at Changi General Hospital’s (CGH) Accident and Emergency (A&E) department has shortened by about seven minutes, thanks to the GPFirst Programme which launched last year.

    The waiting time was calculated at 29 minutes in January 2014 and 22 minutes in December of the same year.

    The GPFirst Programme encourages patients to first visit their General Practitioner (GP) clinic by offering a S$50 discount off the emergency department fee if they do so. Since the launch of the programme, about 3,800 patients have been referred to CGH’s A&E.

    60 per cent of clinics located in the east are on the programme. Of these, 90 per cent have used the mobile application “GPFirst Aide”. The application provides convenient access to information which has helped some GPs reduce consultation time by about 20 per cent.

    Said Associate Professor Mohan Tiru, Senior Consultant at CGH: “GPs sometimes have difficulty in risk stratification, that means informing the patient whether they have low, intermediate or high risk of complication for a specific disease.

    The application helps increase awareness of clinical decision rules such that GPs can make informed decisions and patients can also make informed choices on their treatment, he said.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Muslimah Failed Job Interview Due to Hijab

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    Yesterday, i received this in my inbox. It is one of the many i received for these kind of situations.

    “Salaam Osman…
    I have something to share which angers me.

    My daughter just ‘failed immediately’ in an interview for not willing to remove her Hijab even though she has the necessary requirements.
    Allaahul musta’aan.”

    I enquired further and gotten to know that the interview was for a therapist course. He then continued;

    “Theres this course for therapist, admin staff and etc at CGH. The interviewer was very blunt. The first question was ‘are u willing to remove yr hijab’ and when she reply no, they replied, ‘If u are not, u failed immediately’ – this is the exact reply.

    She is a type not arguing which people….she just left the place. A course which guarantee a place in any hospital upon passing and completing.

    What appalled me wes that, on the 18th march she attended the seminar they held…no problem. They have her record. Then applied, they called her for interview today…but today lain pulak jadinya.”

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    Im always very much affected reading such messages. Firstly, discrimination has no place in any society. It creates an ill will between people and it has a negative effect on the victim.

    They feel isolated. Feels humiliated, angry. Develop low self esteem. Suffer humiliation. It can also contributes to depression, poor quality of life etc.

    On top of that, it denies someone their human rights to be able to participate fully in our society.

    Not only are they denying the hijab wearing women employment, but it goes to the extend of denying them the chance to learn.

    As a society, we should be working towards creating a culture that respects n values each other’s differences and recognizes that diversity is a great asset to our community.

    This PAP gov has shown time and again their outright blatant disregards for the minorities. To be denied equal opportunities in our own country shows a lack of respect by the ruling gov towards its own people.

    I urged my community to turn their backs on the PAP. It is high time that we elect other ppl who can respect and accord us with equality.

     

    Source: Osman Sulaiman