TR EMERITUS

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In light of the recent fiasco surrounding the "holding up" of a SBS Bus by a family of 5, I am wondering what has happened to the Rule of Law in Singapore. Instead of arresting the family for causing a public nuisance, the family was escorted to a taxi. Under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance Act) Chapter 184,... 

Last week, I was rudely stopped by a SMRT station manager, accused of being a "terrorist", and had my IC taken down. The act of terror? A photograph of a faulty display panel taken by a cellphone camera. The SMRT staff quoted a "Prevention of Terrorism Act", which doesn't exist, and insisted on his authority and reason for demanding...