Re: There are still many unanswered questions on Benjamin Lim case
I think the government was quite even-handed in wanting legal process to take its course. but the court of public opinion prematurely tilted their hands. if there weren't such heated debate and misinformation being sowed on the net, they would have stayed their hand.
The government thought nothing of the issue until the online fifth estate started to ask questions, as the press should. Then the government started to take note. But it has yet to answer the questions posed. Instead, the minister, under parliamentary privilege, made false accusations against its critics.
Maybe their Public Relations skills weren't so good, hence the screw-up.
It has nothing to do with PR. The issue is how the SPF handled a minor misdemeanor that led to a death.
Here we are talking about 2 victims - an 11 year old gal and 14 year old boy. these are the real issues.
The accuser is still alive, the accused is dead and pronounced guilty. Where is the justice in this? And who should be held responsible for this? Five officers to arrest a student in school ...what were was the scholar-run SPF thinking?
A minister pronounced the deceased as guilty based on a CCTV recording. Don't we have a judge who is supposed to do that after deliberating the presentations made by the prosecution and defending lawyers?
Sometimes I'd wish they would show us the video that could conclusively demonstrate it was Benjamin who touched the gal in the lift; this might turn the tide of public opinion from sympathy for Benjamin to one of revulsion, but I guess the police can't do that.
This is sinkapore ...everything will be done to make the government look good, including doctoring of the video.
Would the government submit the video to a reputable third party to prove that it has not been doctored?