As a Singaporean, I believe I have the right to be unhappy about the lapse that allowed this man to escape using one of the oldest tricks in the book. It is my right to have questions and to wonder, and when I get no answers, to, well, speculate.
I feel insulted that the ordinary Singaporeans' efforts to hand out posters, disseminate photos and info, etc, needs to be lauded by the authorities. Do they expect so little from us? Didn't they think we would stand together on this?
In the same vein, if I were the authorities, I would also feel insulted by how some people are falling over each other in praising them for apologising, admitting the lapse, mounting a massive search, etc. Don't we expect them to at least do all these in the given situation?
Anyway, are we using the right tactics and strategies in (a) searching for him and (b) running the counselling and detention programme at the detention centre, in the first place? Are we getting enough advice and help from more experienced countries?
As a Singaporean, although it is not my usual practice to have such photos grace my blog, I am putting Mas Selamat Kastari's photo here because the more visibility his picture gets the better.
I feel insulted that the ordinary Singaporeans' efforts to hand out posters, disseminate photos and info, etc, needs to be lauded by the authorities. Do they expect so little from us? Didn't they think we would stand together on this?
In the same vein, if I were the authorities, I would also feel insulted by how some people are falling over each other in praising them for apologising, admitting the lapse, mounting a massive search, etc. Don't we expect them to at least do all these in the given situation?
Anyway, are we using the right tactics and strategies in (a) searching for him and (b) running the counselling and detention programme at the detention centre, in the first place? Are we getting enough advice and help from more experienced countries?
As a Singaporean, although it is not my usual practice to have such photos grace my blog, I am putting Mas Selamat Kastari's photo here because the more visibility his picture gets the better.
Maybe he won't be all that recognisable by now, or wearing ill-fitting clothes or limping about in broad daylight, but it is the least I or anyone can do. And we don't need any praise for it.
If you see him or know of his whereabouts, please save our country and others from potential harm by calling the police.
Picture source: AsiaOne
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