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  • MHA: Foreign Companies Need Permit To Sponsor, Promote Or Participate In Speakers’ Corner Events

    MHA: Foreign Companies Need Permit To Sponsor, Promote Or Participate In Speakers’ Corner Events

    Foreign companies will need a permit to sponsor, publicly promote or get its employees to participate in events at the Speakers’ Corner, stated the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday afternoon (Oct 21).

    For the first time, the ministry made clear what a Singapore entity was: those incorporated or registered in Singapore and controlled by a majority of Singapore citizens.

    The entity’s directors must be mostly Singaporean, and the majority of its ownership must be held by Singaporeans or one or more Singapore companies.

    Meanwhile, the ministry is loosening rules for local entities organising events at the Speakers’ Corner. From next month, Singapore companies or non-government organisations no longer need permits to hold events at the Speakers’ Corner. Now, only Singapore citizens are exempted.

    In its news release on the amendments to the rules, the ministry reiterated that the Speakers’ Corner was set up in 2000 for Singaporeans to express their views on issues that concern them.

    “The Government’s position has always been that foreign entities should not interfere in our domestic issues, especially those of a political or controversial nature,” said the MHA. “The amendments reinforce the key principle that the Speakers’ Corner was set up primarily for Singaporeans.”

    MHA is also extending the rules to those who participate at Speakers’ Corner events through remote means. So foreign entities will also need a permit if they speak through teleconferecing or pre-recorded messages at the Speakers’ Corner.

    These changes come on the back of reviews to Speakers’ Corner rules which the MHA started in June. The ministry had wanted to “make it clear that foreign entities should not fund, support or influence” events held at Speakers’ Corner, such as June 4’s Pink Dot – the annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rally.

    This year’s Pink Dot – the eighth such – attracted 18 sponsors including multinational companies such as Google, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Visa and General Electric.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Championing LGBT Equality Does Not Necessarily Mean Being Pro-LGBT

    Championing LGBT Equality Does Not Necessarily Mean Being Pro-LGBT

    I refer to the report “Chan Chun Sing urges youth to go beyond relying on good grades for jobs” (Sept 24).

    Offering his personal views on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing said: ““I’m not going to discriminate … I’m not a sex policeman.”

    When we have a law like Section 377A, however, which criminalises male gay sex but not female gay sex, then it is effectively a “sex policeman” and discriminates against gay males. Mr Chan’s comments seem incongruous with the current situation.

    Also, people supportive of LGBT equality are not “pro-LGBT” per se, not in the way that it would be seen as elevating LGBT people above others nor be seen as morally equivalent to those who are “anti-LGBT”.

    For example, if some people are racist against blacks, and there are laws or social programmes that promote general racial equality, then it would be inaccurate to claim that equality legislation is pro-black.

    Likewise, it is incorrect to portray equality for all, including LGBT people, as being pro-LGBT.

    LGBT activists tend to speak out against bullying of LGBT people and also bullying in general because they tend to see or experience the harm of bullying first-hand and are inclined to try to stop it.

    Let us not confuse this with being pro-LGBT per se. People who speak out against bullying of blacks or racist bullying in general are not generally seen as being pro-such-and-such a race.

    I also see support for things like proper relationship and marriage equality not so much as pro-LGBT but as pro-marriage.

    Decades ago in the United States, some areas outlawed mixed-race marriage, but when that was overturned, it helped to improve the relationships of those couples. And this has a positive knock-on effect on society.

    As a married heterosexual Singaporean, my marriage would not be affected if same-sex marriage were ever allowed. It is not as if mine would suddenly crumble because some other same-sex couple could marry.

    There is no rational basis for claiming harm to marriage where same-sex marriage is allowed.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • 52 Year Old Family Friend Sexually Abuses 3 Young Teenaged Brothers

    52 Year Old Family Friend Sexually Abuses 3 Young Teenaged Brothers

    They fully trusted him with their three sons as he was then working in the boys’ school.

    Instead of paying back their trust, the family friend abused the boys, destroying their lives by robbing them of their innocence and dignity.

    The man, now 52, was working as a school operations support assistant in a primary school in the western part of Singapore when he sexually abused all three youngsters between 2009 and February 2013.

    On one occasion, he even performed obscene acts on the two younger boys while they were in the same room.

    Yesterday, the man, who started out in the primary school as a security guard, pleaded guilty in court to three counts of committing indecent acts on the boys and two counts of sexual penetration.

    Twenty-nine other charges for similar offences and two offences under the Films Act involving an uncertified film and five obscene ones will be taken into consideration during sentencing.

    He cannot be named to protect his victims’ identities.

    We will instead refer to the oldest boy as Ben, the middle one as Carl and the youngest brother as Dennis.

    Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Winston Man said Ben was just 11 when the man befriended him in 2009. The boy trusted him as he was a staff member at his school.

    At first, the man would accompany him home from school.

    After that, he started to take him to the zoo and to various shopping centres.

    The man later got close to the boy’s family and befriended his younger brothers.

    DPP Man said he even bought his victims gifts such as shoes and clothes.

    The man focused most of his attention on Carl as he thought the boy’s parents neglected him. He also felt that Carl was more compliant than his brothers.

    GRATEFUL

    DPP Man said: “The victims’ parents entrusted their children to the accused on the many occasions he took them for outings and meals as they thought that he was genuinely concerned for their welfare.”

    He added that before the offences came to light, the boys’ parents were grateful for the man’s help in caring for their children as they worked very long hours.

    The man, who is represented by lawyer S. K. Kumar, showed his true colours in late 2009 when he took Ben to a staircase landing at Block 406, Bukit Batok West Avenue 4, and performed an indecent act on him.

    Later that year, he took Ben to a second-storey staircase landing in the same block of flats.

    By then, the boy knew he was about to be sexually abused, but he followed him out of fear.

    While there, the man performed oral sex on him.

    The court heard that he took Carl on an outing to Hong Kah North Community Club on December 2012.

    He asked Carl to accompany him to a male toilet and forced the boy to perform oral sex on him.

    About two months later, the man took Carl, who was 13, and Dennis, then 12, to his flat in the western part of Singapore.

    He lured the boys into a bedroom before performing indecent acts on them on a bed.

    The man’s perversions only came to light after he sent the children’s mother a text message on March 16, 2013, asking if Carl could join him at Boon Lay Community Centre.

    He told her he wanted to take the boy out shopping for school shoes.

    Carl kept quiet when she showed him the message.

    Dennis, who was nearby, urged his brother to tell their mother about his ordeal.

    The two boys told their shocked mother about what the man had done to them.

    Ben told her about his own experiences when he came home later that day.

    The boys’ parents made a police report four days later and officers arrested the man on March 22, 2013.

    The case has been adjourned to Oct 4.

    For each count of committing an indecent act on a boy, the man could be jailed up to five years and fined up to $10,000.

    For forcing a boy to perform oral sex on him, he could be jailed up to 20 years and fined. The man cannot be caned as he is above 50 years old.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • ‘Tipah Tertipu’, Suamiku Rupa-Rupanya Wanita!

    ‘Tipah Tertipu’, Suamiku Rupa-Rupanya Wanita!

    Siapa yang akan menyangka suami yang sah dinikahi rupa-rupanya seorang wanita.

    Namun itulah hakikat pahit yang terpaksa ditelan seorang wanita dari Boyolali, Jawa Tengah, lapor laman Jakarta Post.

    Wanita yang dikenali sebagai Heniyati, 25 tahun, hanya mengetahui identiti sebenar suaminya, Efendi Saputra, 40 tahun, setelah tiga bulan meniti kehidupan sebagai pasangan suami isteri.

    “Dia (Efendi) memalsukan semua dokumen untuk perkahwinan itu. Dia merubah nama dan jantina daripada wanita kepada lelaki. Keluarga saya dan saya sudah ditipu. Kami berasa malu,” kata ahli keluarga terdekat Heniyati seperti dilaporkan Jakarta Post.

    Pasangan itu bertemu pada hujung tahun 2015 dan sepanjang pertemuan itu Efendi, atau nama sebenarnya Suwarti, mendakwa bahawa dirinya merupakan seorang anggota polis.

    Heniyati mempercayainya kerana paras rupa Efendi persis perwatakan seorang anggota polis.

    Setelah bercinta selama enam bulan kedua-duanya memutuskan untuk melangsungkan pernikahan.

    Namun, setelah berkahwin, Heniyati mula mencurigai suaminya memandangkan dia enggan melaksanakan tanggungjawab sebagai suami dan menjalinkan hubungan intim.

    Lantas, Heniyati cuba mencari maklumat mengenai suaminya, sehingga beliau membongkar dompet Efendi dan mendapati kad pengenalannya tertera nama seorang wanita bernama Suwarti.

    Heniyati bersama keluarganya kemudian membuat aduan polis, menurut.

    Menurut Jakarta Post lagi, Ketua Polis Boyolali, Agung Suyono mengesahkan aduan yang dibuat dan Efendi sudahpun ditahan untuk siasatan lanjut.

    “Siasatan awal mendapati Suwarti memalsukan semua dokumen peribadinya untuk urusan lesen perkahwinannya,” kata Encik Agung.

    “Kami masih menyoal beliau untuk mengetahui tujuan perbuatannya itu,” tambah beliau sambil menambah bahawa Suwarti akan didakwa atas kesalahan penipuan dan pemalsuan dokumen.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Gay Muslim: Blessed, Parents Accept Me And Partner, Celebrating Aidilfitri Together

    Gay Muslim: Blessed, Parents Accept Me And Partner, Celebrating Aidilfitri Together

    This year Raya is gonna special to me and my partner. It’s our third Raya together as a couple. I come from a Super duper sporting and open minded BIG Malay family while my partner come from a traditional Taiwanese Chinese family.

    Me and my partner has been together for close to 4 years and our age gap is 12 years apart thus he and my parents age gap with him isn’t that far. 3 years ago when I introduced him to my whole family of 8,my mum likes him a lot and even ask him to call her “Mak Cik” instead of Sister (Mum younger bro is younger than my partner) Since then on every Hari Raya eve my mum will specially cooks Chicken Rendang (Partner don’t eat beef) for him and ask me to bring it over to his place on Raya eve and spend time together.(I wrote a post about my mum during Hari Raya 2 years ago)

    Dad on the other hand shows love in a different kind. Well, me and my partner travels a lot during our free time. Dad works as a driver, there was a time where my dad makes an effort to find out about our trip and our flight arrival time where he will wait for us at the airport to welcome and send us home!!

    Mum always reminds me that “if you love someone love doesn’t see any age,gender or race. I’m always happy for you no matter who you are or who you love.”

    Well this year Raya will definetely be a memorable one coz my parents insistently requested me to invite my partner home to break fast together on the eve of Raya! My partner was initially shy about the whole idea but well since it’s his “in laws” request, he can’t turn them down mah.

    Despite my parents not being educated and rich ,I feel blessed to have them and I’m thankful that they accepted me and my partner! I love you Mak & Bapak!

    To end it off,here’s wishing all my Muslim LGBT mates a SELAMAT HARI RAYA!!

     

    Source: GLBT Voices Singapore