The Singapore Police said in a news release earlier today (26 May) that enforcement action will be taken against 25 massage parlours for not adhering to safe management measures.
23 people were also found not wearing masks during their massage sessions.
The parlous could be fined between $1,000 to $2,000 for their breaches.
Customers on the other hand may be fined $300 to $1,000 depending on the seriousness.
The police revealed that they conducted enforcement checks on some 850 massage parlours over the last 2 weeks.
A netizen wrote in to TODAY asking for the ban of smoking while walking, in light of the community outbreak of Covid-19.
The netizen asked why must smokers be accorded special privileges to do so, before addressing those who hold food/drinks with their masks down – she says that some of them could simply be pretending to eat or drink so that they can pull down their masks.
She also shared that smokers who light up on the move not only pollute the air with cigarette smoke but put others nearby at risk.
The Online Citizen’s video alleging inaccuracies in a police statement, was labelled by Minister of Law and Home Affairs, K Shanmugam, as “despicable” on 25 May.
His comments come in the wake of the police taking the unusual step of releasing body-worn camera footage of the incident to verify their account of alleged bullying of an old woman was was not wearing a mask.
Shanmugam said:
“So TOC, you go and interview her, this old lady, try and get her to say things.”
“I would say this is despicable, and how low people will stoop. Unethical, cynical. This whole exercise by TOC is quite malicious to attack the police.”
He also said that the authorities were considering if any action would be taken against TOC.
The police then posted a clarification about the incident, saying that the auntie appeared to be lost and they helped her to find her way home, even buying food for her as well because they were concerned that she might be hungry.
TOC then posted a YouTube video interviewing the old woman, who claimed that the police didn’t buy her food and chased her back.
TOC then challenged the police to released body-worn camera footage of the incident.
Shanmugam obliged
In response, Shanmugam said:
“I’ve asked police to release the clips from their body-worn camera, and you can see it, it’s clear. And once you see it, there can be no argument.”
“The body-worn camera shows that the police officer was helping the lady. He bought food for the lady, passed it on to her, and the clip also shows exactly what was said by the police officer.”
Old woman suffers from dementia
Shanmugam said that TOC’s actions were “quite malicious to attack the police, he added:
“The elderly woman’s daughter told the police she’s upset that the old lady has been taken advantage of by TOC to spin a story, because TOC had put a video of the lady saying, various things.”
“People who have dealt with people who have dementia will know that you can sometimes get them to say many things they will not remember what they had half an hour earlier.”
“TOC has done this to try and cast doubt on the police, to damage the trust that people have in the police, and is really a disservice to the thousands of police officers who have been fighting in the frontlines.”
“But I would say, keep your malice and venom to politics. They can deal with it. Don’t bring that toxicity to attack police officers, spare them. They are just doing their job.”
“As to whether any further action is to be taken, that’s a matter to be considered. It’s premature for me to comment.”
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Images and video source: K Shanmugam Sc Facebook, CNA YouTube, Singapore POlice Force Facebook and @Nichology on IG
A video was recently uploaded on the Facebook page SGRV which shows a man threatening a fellow driver.
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mercedes S300L road rage cutting off camcar unhappy with camcar horned & highbeam. decided to block & play braking game . came down to hit camcar window at the traffic junction quoted What can we do about such experienced Road Rager? This driver cut into my lane aggressively without signaling.
He then did many sudden braking causing near collision. When stop upon a traffic light, he alight and challenge me a step out of the car which I refused. He then went ahead smashing my side window, pointing middle finger and swear vulgar language at me. Too bad I didn’t turn on the audio recording on the car cam nor didn’t in time record his aggressive behaviour with my phone.
he took off his watch (as shown in video) before smashing my car window, probably to prevent his “Rolex” being damaged. smashing my window , pointing middle finger and swearing vulgar at me.
A video was recently uploaded on the Instagram page sgfollowsall which shows a man making dirt balls from his foot before sniffing it and placing it in his mouth.
His actions were filmed on the train and he was seen taking his mask off before munching on the dirtball.
