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  • PRC Woman Cannot Get Over Own Stupidity On Boarding Pass And Credit Card Rules, Gets Jailed For Hurting SIA Staff

    PRC Woman Cannot Get Over Own Stupidity On Boarding Pass And Credit Card Rules, Gets Jailed For Hurting SIA Staff

    A woman from China threw a signage at a Singapore Airlines (SIA) ticketing staff member after she failed to get a boarding pass at Changi Airport for a flight bought through a family member’s credit card.

    The 25cm by 6cm signage hit the victim’s face and she suffered an open wound at the nose and left eyebrow, respectively.

    Yesterday, Chang Lihui, 33, was given 24 days’ jail for hurting Ms Sharin Chan Suet Gek, 30, by doing an act so rashly as to endanger her personal safety on June 11.

    Deputy Public Prosecutor Teo Lu Jia said Chang had gone to Changi Airport that evening to collect her SIA ticket after she had used a family member’s credit card to book it.

    Ms Chan checked and confirmed that Chang had an air ticket booked under her name.

    But she found the details on the passport did not match the credit card details.

    When asked, Chang replied that the credit card belonged to a family member in Beijing. She could not verify who the person was nor whether the owner had consented to the purchase.

    Chang asked for the boarding pass, saying that she had called the airline earlier to book the ticket.

    But Ms Chan said she was unable to issue the boarding pass as Chang could not verify who owned the credit card.

    Ms Chan advised her to inform the owner to contact the SIA office in China to confirm that the owner had consented to the purchase.

    Chang said she did not have a mobile phone with her and that she was unable to reach the credit card owner. She shouted and used abusive words against Ms Chan, said DPP Teo.

    Ms Chan then sought the help of her male colleague, who told Chang that the airline could not accede to her request.

    Chang refused to listen and scolded him. He then left the victim alone with Chang.

    Chang asked for a refund, but Ms Chan said that it would take two to three weeks to process her request.

    Chang became angrier and pointed a finger at Ms Chan, scolding her at the same time.

    Ms Chan moved backwards and told her supervisor over the phone about the situation.

    Chang then picked up a “Counter Closed” sign and forcefully threw it towards Ms Chan. It hit her face and she screamed in pain, bleeding from cuts on her left eyebrow and nose bridge.

    Chang was arrested at her hotel the next day.

    An Institute of Mental Health psychiatrist said she has schizophrenia, but was not of unsound mind at the time of the offence.

    DPP Teo had asked for a sentence of at least three weeks’ jail, given the extent and severity of the victim’s injuries, potential serious harm and targeting of a vulnerable spot.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

     

  • Tampines Pork-Throwing Neighbour Still Terrorising Widow Despite Court Action

    Tampines Pork-Throwing Neighbour Still Terrorising Widow Despite Court Action

    Marliah Jonet, a 62 year-old widow, has faced daily harassment from a neighbor, 63 year-old Lee Dji Lin, however there appears to be nothing the authorities can do about the belligerent neighbor, who was diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.

    According to Marliah, she has called the police to her flat over 6 times this month alone at Block 247, Tampines Street 21, but the situation has not improved. Even a district judge’s 2 year mandatory treatment order has not helped. Lee had been sentenced to mandatory treatment in June by a District Judge after Lee had been caught for throwing pork at another Malay neighbor in Tampines. Lee, who lives directly below Marliah’s unit, was charged for wounding the religious and racial feelings of her neighbor and harassment.

    Now that the court case is over, Lee has returned to her usual abusive ways. She shouts out insults in a mixture of English, Malay and Hokkien several times a day at Marliah. She has even hit hard at Marliah’s own personal tragedy, calling Marliah “a Satan who ate her husband and duaghter”. Marliah lost her daughter to a virus in 2006 while her husband died of a heart attack in 2012.

    Lee has also shouted insults claiming that Marliah is “bored and whoever wants to have fun (with Marliah) can do it for free”.

    Reporters who staked out at Marliah’s house have attested that Lee would suddenly start shouting the insults intermittently throughout the time they were there. When reporters approached Lee’s gate, the woman refused to come out and speak with them.

    Marliah is not Lee’s only victim. A Chinese family who used to live in the unit opposite of Lee moved out after she destroyed their altar and threw a chopper at the corridor outside their unit a few years ago.

    “She took a broomstick and hit their altar until it was destroyed. They were my friends (for a long time)…we were among the first to move into this block. But because of her, they had to move away,” one neighbor lamented.

    Another neighbour, who is a property agent, said, “She fought with the (Chinese) neighbour almost everyday. She also once took a chopper and threw it outside the neighbour’s place.” The agent spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of facing trouble from Lee.

    “She also threw urine and water from her kitchen, and no one dared to hang out their clothes. When she was away in the IMH (Institute of Mental Health), everyone dared to hang out their clothes.”

    Another neighbor, who said she enjoyed an amicable relationship with Lee’s family in the past, said that Lee turned nasty when their family was seen speaking to the police, who were interviewing neighbors over the pork throwing incident. Since then, Lee has been pouring dirty water at their doorstep and shouting at her children. Lee has even made a false report to the residents’ committee that the family were illegal tenants.

    Complaints made by all the neighbors affected by Lee to the Housing & Development Board and the police have fallen on deaf ears.

    “This is harassment and I’ve suffered for seven long years. How can anyone take this? It hurts a lot when she brings up my husband and my second daughter. It took me three years of crying to get over her,” Marliah told police officers who arrived to settle yet another disturbance from Lee in the presence of reporters. She burst into tears as she spoke.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Bagi Leftenan Alfian Aman, Biasiswa SAF Bantu Beliau Lakar Kerjaya Dalam Bidang Dasar Awam

    Bagi Leftenan Alfian Aman, Biasiswa SAF Bantu Beliau Lakar Kerjaya Dalam Bidang Dasar Awam

    Bagi Leftenan Muhammad Alfian Aman, Biasiswa Merit Angkatan Bersenjata Singapura (SAF) membantunya meringankan beban kewangan keluarganya.

    Bapanya, yang merupakan satu-satunya pencari nafkah dalam keluarganya, didiagnosis dengan barah usus beberapa tahun yang lalu, dan bil perubatannya semakin menggunung.

    “Kadang kala, bil-bil perubatannya agak mahal, namun kami berupaya mengusahakannya.” kata LTA Alfian, 20 tahun dengan tabah.

    “Dengan biasiswa ini, ia membantu membiayai pengajian saya, ia benar-benar meringankan beban kewangan ibu bapa saya.”

    Beliau akan melanjutkan pengajiannya ke sarjana muda dalam bidang pentadbiran perniagaan dan kemudian sarjana dasar awam di Universiti Nasional Singapura (NUS).

    Di Istana semalam, LTA Alfian merupakan antara 15 penerima Biasiswa Merit SAF di majlis penyampaian Anugerah Biasiswa Pertahanan yang diberikan buat julung-julung kalinya.

    Beliau percaya dengan mempelajari bidang dasar awam, ia akan menjadi sesuatu yang beliau ingin lakukan pada masa hadapan, iaitu untuk melakar dasar-dasar bagi memperbaiki kehidupan anggota perkhidmatan negara.

    “Satu contoh yang saya fikirkan sekarang ialah bagaimana untuk mempermudahkan proses Ujian Kecekapan Jasmani Individu (IPPT),” katanya.

    Pengalamannya berkhidmat dalam tentera membuatkannya berfikir tentang cara-cara untuk memperbaiki pengalaman komander platun yang dilantik unit 1BMT pada Januari tahun ini, yang merupakan salah satu tugas LTA Alfian untuk mendampingi rekrut-rekrutnya.

    “Salah satu daripada cabaran saya ialah untuk mendampingi setiap rekrut….dan untuk meyakinkan mereka supaya bekerjasama sebagai sebuah platun,” katanya.

    “Maka saya percaya bahawa peluang ini membolehkan saya untuk bertemu dengan mereka yang datang daripada pelbagai latar belakang dan ia juga membolehkan saya untuk mempelajari lebih banyak lagi tentang isu-isu dan membuat perubahan di peringkat asas.”

    Selepas menamatkan pengajiannya kelak, LTA Alfian berminat menjadi seorang pegawai pemerintah dan beliau juga merancang untuk menyertai kursus taktik bagi mempersiapkan diri. Berkhidmat kepada negara mengalir dalam darah saya. “Saya berharap dapat terus berkhidmat dalam bidang tentera sehingga saya bersara kelak,” kata beliau lagi.

     

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Osman Sulaiman: Changes To EP Entrenches PAP In Our Political System

    Osman Sulaiman: Changes To EP Entrenches PAP In Our Political System

    The civil service certainly has no dearth of talent. If it decides to gather people of talent, Im sure it can put up a few good men.

    Sadly, the civil service serves not the nation but panders to political influence.

    Recently, the 9-member Constitutional Commission formed to review Elected Presidency system had made some changes to our elected presidency.

    On the surface, it looks like a tweak but these changes to the presidential system are actually monumental. It ravages our democratic rights.

    To be the president, the requirement for private sector candidate is that the person must have been heads of companies with paid-up capitals of $500 million in shareholders’ equity on average over three years

    The rationale is that the candidate must have experience managing big amount of money to safeguard our national reserve.

    The above policy is ill fitted.

    Point 1, it disqualify a huge majority of the people from becoming the President. Nowhere in the world has such a policy existed.

    Now comes the second part:

    The President will have to consult Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) on ALL fiscal matters and key public sector appointments. Disagreement between the two, will have to be brought before parliament.

    If President acts agaisnt CPA’s advice, Parliament can then reject president’s veto power with a majority.

    With the above system, the President would no longer have any discretion to decide on important matters. Its decision can be overridden by CPA or when it disagree with the CPA, its veto power can be neutralized by parliament.

    Let’s revisit point 1. Why then set the bar so high to $500 million? What difference does it make between a hawker stall holder and a CEO of an MNC after becoming president, making important decisions but thereafter, all decision made, has to be consulted upon or can be vetoed?

    Why waste $2 million dollars of taxpayers’ monies paying the president’s salary? These are the kinds of policies that cost us as a nation.

    Where the gov is a real scrooge on welfare, it finds no problem to bleed taxpayers money unnecessarily to entrench its hold on power.

    So this whole episode of forming the 9 member commission to review the Elected Presidency system is all but a comical exercise to hoodwink the public of the need to protect the system.

    What it actually does is to dupe the populace into believing that the nation is in need of these changes. Upon closer inspection, its deception is crystal clear.

    And we have not even started to discuss the policy of reserving the presidential election for Malay candidates. That will open up more cans of worms.

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman

  • Driver Accidentally Hits Car, Receives Victims Claims Of Almost $7,500 For Legal And Medical Fees

    Driver Accidentally Hits Car, Receives Victims Claims Of Almost $7,500 For Legal And Medical Fees

    A driver who was involved in what he thought to be a minor accident was shocked when he received the other driver’s claim of almost $7,500 for medical bills and legal fees.

    The man’s story was shared by a Facebook user in the Singapore Taxi Driver group today (Jul 24).

    In the post, the man said that he had “accidentally kiss[ed]” the back of a Toyota Wish a few months ago.

    He said that after the accident, the two motorists parked by the side of the road and established that “nothing so serious” had happened.

    However, he recently received a letter informing him that the other driver was claiming close to $7,500 for injuries and legal fees, including a $2,500 claim for neck sprain and $2,000 for back sprain.

    He claimed that he wanted to settle the matter privately but since the other driver wanted to claim insurance, he has no choice but to slowly pay the amount.

    He added that fortunately, he only had to pay the excess fee at the car repair shop as the car he was driving was not seriously damaged.

    He reminded all other drivers to “be safe and stay safe”.

    From the post, it is believed that both motorists are Grab drivers.

     

    Source: http://stomp.straitstimes.com