Taman Tun, 31 March:
Read about the pregnant Australian woman who was sentenced to 10 months jail by a Singapore court for sedition last week?
Here's the story:
Bangkok: An Australian woman who is eight weeks pregnant has been sentenced to 10 months' jail on charges of publishing seditious articles in Singapore, the stiffest sentence ever imposed for the offence in the city-state.Ai Takagi, a 23-year-old Australian of Japanese descent from Brisbane, apologised to the people of Singapore for the harm she had caused for posting comments on her popular website The Real Singapore."I know that the harmony which Singapore enjoys today requires careful and continuous efforts on the part of everyone, citizens and visitors alike, to maintain," Takagi told a court on Wednesday, according to the Straits Times.
That's the difference between Singapore and us. We have more or less the same laws but they are not hesitant about upholding them, even if the whole wide world calls them barbaric or draconian. They are not afraid to use them on anybody, politicians or bloggers, foreigners or locals., to "maintain the harmony", as Ai Takagi acknowledged belatedly.
Over here, a politician can leak official secrets to all and sundry, lie through their teeth and show the middle finger to the supposedly feared BAFIA and nobody dares to take any action. Lawmakers don't give a damn and we expect the citizens to be law-abiding?
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