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OPINION [Cartoon source: Portalite Studios] The Singapore government, particularly the police has received much flak for the past few weeks over its seemingly inept handling of the "escape" of Romanian diplomat Dr Silviu Ionescu, a prime suspect in the double hit and run accident at Bukit Panjang a month ago which has already... 

By Bhaskaran Kunju There has been much deliberation over the status of Dr Silviu Ionescu, the Romanian diplomat who’s still a suspect in the hit and run case on December 15, which has already claimed the life of one victim. The amount of immunity a diplomat receives is outlined in two different multilateral treaties, the 1961... 

OPINION Singapore Law Minister K Shanmugam wrote a lengthy commentary in the PAP magazine Petir lately on the need to introduce some form of "political education" in Singapore schools to enable our students to make an "informed" choice on the type of political system which best suits Singapore. Mr Shanmugam expressed his concerns...