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  • Victim’s Account: SMRT Train Collision At Joo Koon

    Victim’s Account: SMRT Train Collision At Joo Koon

    15 November morning, I was riding the MRT towards Joo Koon from Pioneer. I was at the front cabin of the train that almost reached Joo Koon MRT. At exactly 8.20 am, there was a loud bang, and a violent shaking threw everyone onto the floor. The lights also suddenly went out. I almost thought we were about to fall over.
    From the pilot cabin, we could hear the Driver speaking on the radio. He spoke to the control center that the train behind had collided with the train behind.
    A Bangladeshi or Indian man could not get up. He hit his head in the collision. A Caucasian man (possibly from Europe), rendered assistance.
    I tried pressing the comms button, but there was no response. The Caucasian man spoke to the driver through the opening of the door, informing that there is an injured person on board.

    An SMRT staff came from the other side to check on the casualty. He probably came from the rear of the train. We asked him if it was possible to open the train door to let the injured person out. The staff said that if the train door was opened, then all the train doors would be opened at the same time, which would endanger passengers walking on the electrified tracks. I asked him if it was possible to just open only a single door. He replied they cannot control it like that.
    After a long time, the front door from the driver side was opened. 2 passengers helped the injured man to his feet and got him out first. The rest of us then followed outside. It was 8.50, half an hour since the collision.

    At the control station of Joo Koon, people were forming a long queue. They were queuing to get the excuse sheet, as well as to cancel the overstay status, as they cannot tap out with their EZ Link cards. To my dismay, I realized that the gantry of Joo Koon was still deducting fares. The one thing that never breaks down. I approached the staff, explained the fare deduction should be cancelled. She told me that she has no power to make such a decision, and just referred me to another staff. After approaching 3 staff, the male SMRT staff opened one gate with no fare deduction. I told him the fare waiver should be for the whole station, not just one gate, but he said this was the best he could do.

    It was a bad experience, but I could say I was lucky enough to get away with just a few bumps. Others weren’t so lucky. This has already become the norm. And you can see the resilience of Singaporeans from the way we tap on our phones even as we were stuck on board.
    I would like to thank Mr Khaw for such an experience, because every time he opens his big mouth, an incident is never far behind. More to come. Maybe better not say what next or else our loved ones may be trapped inside. The families of the top ‘unaccountability’ not involved bcos they are elitistically and affluentably chaffeured !!!!!😎😎😎😎😎

     

     

     

    Source: Chen GJ

  • Silat Helps Teenager Transform From Victim Of Bullying To Victor

    Silat Helps Teenager Transform From Victim Of Bullying To Victor

    When she was 11, Nurzuhairah Yazid became the victim of bullying in her primary school for reasons that remain a mystery to her to this day.

    The timid and quiet girl did not dare to speak out against her bully, opting instead to suffer in silence as she was tormented.

    Things finally changed when her mother encouraged her to take up silat to build her mettle and fortitude.

    Throughout her training — she began in the Tanding (combat) category — Nurzuhairah said she gradually “transformed” into a more confident and outspoken person.

    The change in Nurzuhairah also ensured that the bullying stopped within the year.

    However, Nurzuhairah’s journey in silat would continue.

    Today, the 19-year-old is one of Singapore’s top prospects in the sport.

    Singapore Silat Federation (SSF) chief executive officer Sheik Alau’ddin has earmarked her for a gold medal in the women’s Tunngal (individual artistic) category at the upcoming South-East Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur.

    She won the same event at the SEA Pencak Silat Championships in the Malaysian capital in March.

    While admitting feeling “nervous” ahead of her SEA Games debut, Nurzuhairah says she will embrace the challenge.

    “I will be going up against people who are more experienced than me …those with world championships experience, so it will be tough for sure,” said Nurzuhairah, who will also be competing in the Regu (artistic team) event.

    “But if I can win gold at the SEA Championships, which features most of the SEA Games competitors, why can’t I do so for the Games as well?

    “I’m quite positive of my chances…I know that nothing is impossible and I know I have the capability to do it.”

    And while the fighter may stand at just 1.54m, Nurzuhairah’s rivals would do well not to underestimate her power and technique, Sheik Alau’ddin warned.

    “She may be small, but she packs a lot of power,” declared the former silat world champion. “She has more or less perfected her movement and technique as well, I don’t intend to overwhelm her with such a lofty target but I have full confidence in her ability.

    “She’s very dedicated to her training, but now, the key is to get her mind for the Games right, because the sport and her event requires full concentration and nerves of steel.”

    Sheik Alau’ddin added that even though he and his coaching team would “push her (Nurzuhairah) to the limit” during training, she would still always “give her 100 per cent” every day.

    Nurzuhairah however, admits to suffering days when the toll of her practising, coupled with the pressure from her studies, caused her to break down and cry.

    “I remember there was once when I was taking a bus back home from school, I was feeling so stressed with everything that I couldn’t help but just burst out crying,” said Nurzuhairah who graduated from the business services course at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College Central earlier this year.

    “It’s not been easy juggling the demands of my training with my studies. From secondary school all the way to ITE, I’ve always found myself lagging behind in class and needing to play catch-up. In fact, I expected to fail my modules at ITE and not graduate this year, so I’m quite surprised and proud that I managed to do so in the end.

    “Despite the difficulties, I keep going with silat because it brings me joy, and I want to make full use of my youth to fulfil my potential in the sport.”

    The eldest in her family, Nurzuhairah also finds meaning in being a role model and example to her younger brother and sister, who have also taken up the martial art.

    “I’m happy to be the trailblazer in the family for silat,” she said.

    “My hope is that I’ll be able inspire them and show them that it’s possible to go far in the sport.

    “They, along with my parents, have been immensely supportive of me in my silat journey. I want to show them that their belief in me is justified.

    “That is why I will put my heart and soul in this sport, and work hard so that I will one day become a world champion and make my family proud.”

     

    Source: http://www.todayonline.com/

  • Malaysian MP: Rape Victims Can Have Good Life If They Marry Their Rapists

    Malaysian MP: Rape Victims Can Have Good Life If They Marry Their Rapists

    KUALA LUMPUR: Rape victims can have an opportunity to lead a healthy and good life if they marry their rapists, Tasek Gelugor Member of Parliament Datuk Shabudin Yahya told the Dewan Rakyat today.

    According to him, girls aged between nine to 12 years old are “physically and spiritually” ready for marriage.

    “They reach puberty at the age of nine or 12 and at that time, the physical state of their body is already akin to those 18 years of age.

    “For a wife who was raped, if she can marry (the rapist) she would not go through such a bleak future.

    “At least she has someone who can become her husband. So, this will be a remedy to social problems,” he said while debating the Child Sexual Offences Bill here today.

    He said this when objecting an amendment to the bill which was proposed by DAP’s Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching who wanted the bill to be amended to also spell out the invalidity of child marriages.

    The proposed amendment was voted down and the bill was subsequently passed with no major changes.

    In explaining further the reason for his opinion, Shabudin pointed out that it is also not fair to assume that a person who committed a sexual offence will continue being a bad person.

    “Maybe he repents, or regrets. It is better to have people who regret rather than people who do not regret.

    “So in this case, let us not put an assumption that the person will remain bad. (Marriage) can be an exit clause for this problem,” he said.

    The former Syariah court judge was defending existing law which allows minors to be married off as long as their parents or guardians seek permission from the Syariah Courts.

     

    Source: www.nst.com.my

  • Woman Told Off Man For Physically Abusing Tudung-Clad Wife But Victim Played Down Incident

    Woman Told Off Man For Physically Abusing Tudung-Clad Wife But Victim Played Down Incident

    I will tell you why the Asian mentality is extremely hopeless sometimes.

    Boarding on a Malindo Airlines flight from BKI to KUL on OD1003.

    This man on the right repeatedly slapped the lady in tudung on her head a few times over – I heard about 3 smacks and turn around to see his hand moving towards her head again. It was a loud smack that we all could hear and shocked me enough to turn around. Lady was crying as they walked to board the plane.

    Many others including myself saw it and no one seems to care or was too busy staring at their phones to notice! There’s these two big burly looking men walking right behind the couple and myself and I am positively sure they saw it too.

    When I told him off and raised my voice – the two men told me to hush and not to create trouble. They then pat the man in red on the back and told him to just calm down, bincang nanti and looked over to the girl and said Sudah, Sudah. Girl looked at me and told me “no no it’s ok. Sudah biasa takpe masalah sahaja”

    They then also turned around and told me that people have troubles and don’t worry about it. They also asked if I really did see it?

    And also here we are in an airport about to board the plane – you would think that security and staffs are constantly alert and observant.

    No one else said a thing. No one.

    How have we as a society – and unfortunately I see this much more in an Asian society, turn a blind eye even when something that is obviously wrong happening right in front of you?

    All these bunch of people standing around us – I am so sad and disappointed to be living amongst you. I am so sad that we let a man hit a woman in public and let him get away with it. I am sad that when confronted this woman who was hit, think it’s ok for her partner(which I am assuming he is) to treat her like that in public. I am annoyed that Malindo staff standing right at the door of the plane said nothing and allow this man to board the flight.

    For every time that you say nothing, do nothing and not speak up when someone use aggression onto you or another person – you are silently encouraging and applauding this person’s action.

    Violence against women is never right. Violence against men is also never right. Violence against anything will never be right.

    It is an even bigger problem when you as a victim choose to brush this off and let your aggressor get away with their actions. I am extremely sad because it clearly shows our education and society has failed to create a safe environment for victims to feel safe if they are attacked. I am sad because our education system (if there is any…) has failed to raise strong independent women. We have failed to raise men to have respect.

    There is nothing right about this situation at all.

     

    Source: Bea Meow

  • Convicted New Delhi Rape Perpetrator Blames Victim

    Convicted New Delhi Rape Perpetrator Blames Victim

    NEW DELHI — In the months after the death of a young woman who was brutalized and gang-raped on a moving bus in New Delhi in 2012, thousands of politicians, activists and ordinary citizens crowded India’s airwaves and its public spaces to say their piece about the crime.

    But there was no comment from the six slight, ordinary-looking men accused of her murder. Whisked in and out of the courtroom past shouting crowds of journalists, they listened impassively to testimony and offered monosyllabic answers on the stand. Courtroom guards said they hummed Bollywood tunes under their breath. Their opinions were anyone’s guess.

    Now, one of the men on death row for the crime, Mukesh Singh, has told a British filmmaker that the young woman invited the rape because she was out too late at night and that she would have lived if she had submitted to the assault.

    “You can’t clap with one hand,” said Mr. Singh, who was convicted of rape and murder, though he denied taking part in the assault. “It takes two hands. A decent girl won’t roam around at 9 o’clock at night. A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. Boy and girl are not equal. Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes. About 20 percent of girls are good.”

     Mukesh Singh, Associated Press

    The comments, released as part of a publicity campaign for the film, called “India’s Daughter,” were met with outrage in India, in part over why the filmmaker, Leslee Udwin, had been permitted to interview the defendant in jail.

    After complaints by the home minister, an Indian court issued a restraining order, stating that Mr. Singh’s interview created “an atmosphere of fear and tension with the possibility of public outcry and law and order situation.” The order said the film violated four Indian statutes, including one against “intent to cause alarm in the public” and another banning acts “intended to outrage the modesty of a woman.”

    Ms. Udwin said the order amounted to a ban.

    “That means they have banned a film which is in the public interest without having seen it, without having requested a copy of it,” she said. The film will be distributed through social media, she added.

    “No intelligent person can watch this film and not understand that these remarks are not being promulgated,” she said.

    The woman, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, had been to see “Life of Pi” with a male friend, and they boarded the private bus without realizing that it was off duty and that the six men aboard had been driving the streets in search of a victim. After knocking her friend unconscious, they took the woman to the back of the bus and raped her, then damaged her internal organs with an iron rod. An hour later, they dumped the pair on the roadside, bleeding and naked. The woman died two weeks later of her injuries.

    In the interview, for a film that will air Sunday on the BBC, Mr. Singh said the woman had provoked the deadly assault by resisting the rape.

    “When being raped, she shouldn’t fight back,” he told the filmmaker, Ms. Udwin, according to a transcript provided by the BBC. “She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they’d have dropped her off after ‘doing her,’ and only hit the boy.”

    In footage from the film, Mr. Singh tonelessly narrates the assault, saying that he heard the woman screaming for help but that his brother instructed him to keep driving as they “dragged her to the back” and “went turn by turn.” Afterward, he said, he saw the youngest of the assailants, who was 17 at the time of the crime, withdraw something from her body.

    “It was her intestines,” Mr. Singh said. “He said: ‘She’s dead. Throw her out quickly.’ ”

    He called the killing “an accident.”

    Ms. Udwin, at a news conference in New Delhi, said the film crew had interviewed Mr. Singh for 16 hours and had seen no sign of remorse. “He is almost like a robot,” she said.

    According to police records, the men divided the pair’s possessions: Mr. Singh took one cellphone, and Vinay Sharma, 20, took the other. Pawan Gupta took the man’s watch and 1,000 rupees in cash, a little less than $20. Akshay Kumar Singh took the woman’s rings. The juvenile was given a bank card and some cash.

    Months before the trial, Mr. Singh’s brother, Ram Singh, hanged himself with his bedsheet in his prison cell. The juvenile defendant, whose identity has not been made public in accordance with Indian law, was sentenced to three years in a detention center, the heaviest sentence possible in India’s juvenile justice system. The remaining four men pleaded not guilty; they are appealing their death sentences.

    Mr. Singh told the filmmaker that he believed the harsh sentences, instead of acting as a deterrent, would drive more rapists to kill their victims. “Before, they would rape and say: ‘Leave her alone. She won’t tell anyone,’ ” he said. “Now, when they rape, especially the criminal types, they will just kill the girl. Death.”

    Source: www.nytimes.com