Archive for April, 2005
Everything that is wrong with our scholar selection process
Update 2:
Huichieh dissects the entire incident with the most comprehensive recounting so far that I’ve read.
From a Singapore Angle - Anatomy of a blogospheric event
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Shanmugram Muguretsu
Update:
Gilbert Koh, who’s a real lawyer, gives the perspective of an experienced legal practitioner on this issue.
Singapore Legal Mumbo Jumbo Demystified: Everyone Has A Mother
Acidflask brought this to my attention:
Shanmugam, 38, was sentenced to death after being caught with more than a kilogramme of cannabis at the Tuas Checkpoint on Aug 29, 2003. He has asked the President for clemency after his appeal was dismissed.
On their lawyer’s advice, the boys made their public appeal, hoping that members of the public would join their cause.
Said Krishnan, a Secondary 3 student: “My parents are divorced and my father has been looking after us. My mother remarried, lives somewhere else and doesn’t see us anymore. If he is hanged … we will become orphans.”
The twins’ grandmother, Mdm Letchumi Murugesu, has been looking after them since Shanmugam was imprisoned. According to the twins, Mdm Letchumi is unemployed and relies on handouts from the Singapore Indian Development Association to pay the bills.
Said Gopalan, also a student: “My grandmother will not be around for much longer to care for us. What’s going to happen to us after that?
Can’t take the heat? Resort to name-calling
It seems that the rough and tumble of politics seem quite alien to Singaporeans. The opposition are obviously not ready if they cannot handle vigorous critique from the rest of us.
