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.”
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.
Terence Cao, 53-years-old, pleaded guilty on 25 May to one count of breaching the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act, and was fined $3,500 for his offence.
He had hosted a party with 13 people during last year’s Phase 2, where group gatherings were limited to only 5 people.
Among those present were celebrities such as Shane Pow Xun Ping (30), Sonia Nicola Chew (30), Julie Tan Shaoyin (29), Jeffrey Xu Mingjie (32), Heng Tee Kok (45), Dawn Yeoh (34) and Jeremy Chan Ming Yuew (29).
The court heard that Cao initially invited only 5 people to his home.
However, his friend, Lance Lim Chee Keong, allegedly invited 4 more people into the party.
And as the party continued, the party size eventually grew to 12 people.
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53-year-old Phoon Chiu Yoke, was handed more charges earlier today (25 May) for breaking Covid-19 regulations, including not wearing a mask in public and breaching her SHN.
Remanded at IMH
She has been remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for psychiatric observation.
Phoon was given 5 charges for not wearing a mask, as well as a 6th charge for exposing others to the risk of infection when there was reason to suspect she was a carrier of Covid-19 in June 2020.
The prosecutor asked for Phoon to be remanded for 2 weeks at IMH.
Phoon was unrepresented and appeared in court via a video conference link from her place of remand, with her nose notably not being covered by her mask.
“I was an ex-Naval officer”
Phoon said:
“I am a professional. I was an ex-Naval officer and I have a good conduct in my history. I have residence in Singapore and I see no reason why I need to be remanded.”
District Judge Adam Nakhoda then replied that the investigating officer’s report stated that Phoon failed to comply with the requirement to wear a mask in public several times, asking her what she had to say about that.
Not familiar with requirement to wear mask
Phoon replied:
“Well Your Honour, I am not familiar with this new requirement that requires me to wear a mask. I have never read any information that I have to wear a mask and so that’s why I did not do so.”
The judge then ordered her to be remanded for 2 weeks at IMH.
Footage of injured passengers bleeding and laying on the ground after a horrific crash between 2 LRT trains in Kuala Lumpur made its rounds on social media yesterday evening (24 May).
Glass panels on the trains could be seen shattered as well.
Annuar Musa, the Federal Territories Minister, tweeted that the LRT carrying passengers collided with another LRT that was empty, resulting in passengers being thrown.
The LRT with passengers was travelling from Ampang.
47 passengers suffered serious injuries while another 166 suffered light injuries.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has instructed the Transport Ministry and rail company Prasarana Malaysia to conduct a full investigation.
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