[h=2]Another one jumps MRT track[/h]
October 29th, 2012 |
Author: Contributions
According to source, another one jumps the track (Sunday night 28 Oct).
- Deceased suspected to climb over the barrier at Redhill Station tunnel
opening
- 28 trains have shockingly passed the corpse
- Victim was found
200m from the portal, lying down position
- Victim was of Chinese ethnicity,
aged 28, wearing a flower shirt and black pants.
.
.
Someone died on the tracks a few hours ago but SMRT covered the truth and
called it a ‘customer related incident.’
1800 hrs: Estimated time of incident when first report of impact was made. A
search was carried out but corpse was not found.
2045 hrs : News on a possible SMRT fatality
2100 hrs: Police confirmed presence of corpse.
2200 hrs: TODAY reported NEA’s effort to clean up pet poop. No news about the
incident to public. No revelations from CNA and The Straits Times as
well.
.
.
.
.
2230 hrs: TODAY mentioned police investigations in their tweet. It was
obvious TODAY had the information but withholding it.
These news agencies are what we termed as mainstream media, accredited by the
government to disseminate accurate information to the public. This incident is a
classic display on how trust-able our mainstream media is.
2310 hrs: No further updates, a total blackout by the media on the
incident.
2322 hrs: CNA headlines: Train disruption due to “one-under” incident: SMRT
[link]
2350 hrs: The Straits Times finally reported the facts.
0012 hrs: So did TODAY
.
Questions from the
incident:
1) SMRT promised to keep the public informed after found severely failing to
do so during the previous COI. Yet this time, we are getting dodgy and ambiguous
statements such as “Due to a customer-related incident” and “Train disruption
due to “one-under” incident. Is this a display of their commitment to keep to
their promise?
In previous MRT incidents, commuters were not given accurate information to
decide their next course of actions. Affected commuters simply waited as other
uninformed continued to compound into the overcrowding. Did we not learn from
mistakes?
2) We cannot confirm at this stage whether the motivation of the deceased is
suicide. But do take a look at the alleged point of entry of the victim.
The boundary wall abutting the track is high enough to
prevent any possible accidental entry to the track or tunnel. The wall is
adequate to stop pranksters or children with the sudden impulse to do this for
the thrill of it. Clearly, this isn’t an accident or a prankster-gone-wrong.
This is a carefully planned suicide. A man making a statement before his death.
Instead of spending multiple millions on further barricading points of entries
which was evidently served its purpose for the last 3 decades, shouldn’t we be
looking at why a young Singaporean at age 28 is crying out for attention with
his likely planned death? Or is the government going to sweep this aside as
another ‘isolated case’?
3) Should we be continuing to throw money into barricade possible modes of
access or rethink about it. No barricade system of reasonable cost is foolproof.
I hope we don’t have to go into electric fences. We can expect to see the tunnel
of Redhill-Tiong Bahru to be heavily barricaded in weeks to come. Perhaps SMRT
can prepare their contracts for the following spots as well.
.
A Singaporean in Australia
* The author blogs at http://asingaporeanson.blogspot.com
.
According to source, another one jumps the track (Sunday night 28 Oct).
- Deceased suspected to climb over the barrier at Redhill Station tunnel
opening
- 28 trains have shockingly passed the corpse
- Victim was found
200m from the portal, lying down position
- Victim was of Chinese ethnicity,
aged 28, wearing a flower shirt and black pants.
.
.
Someone died on the tracks a few hours ago but SMRT covered the truth and
called it a ‘customer related incident.’
1800 hrs: Estimated time of incident when first report of impact was made. A
search was carried out but corpse was not found.
2045 hrs : News on a possible SMRT fatality
2100 hrs: Police confirmed presence of corpse.
2200 hrs: TODAY reported NEA’s effort to clean up pet poop. No news about the
incident to public. No revelations from CNA and The Straits Times as
well.
.
.
.
2230 hrs: TODAY mentioned police investigations in their tweet. It was
obvious TODAY had the information but withholding it.
These news agencies are what we termed as mainstream media, accredited by the
government to disseminate accurate information to the public. This incident is a
classic display on how trust-able our mainstream media is.
2310 hrs: No further updates, a total blackout by the media on the
incident.
2322 hrs: CNA headlines: Train disruption due to “one-under” incident: SMRT
[link]
2350 hrs: The Straits Times finally reported the facts.
0012 hrs: So did TODAY
.
Questions from the
incident:
1) SMRT promised to keep the public informed after found severely failing to
do so during the previous COI. Yet this time, we are getting dodgy and ambiguous
statements such as “Due to a customer-related incident” and “Train disruption
due to “one-under” incident. Is this a display of their commitment to keep to
their promise?
In previous MRT incidents, commuters were not given accurate information to
decide their next course of actions. Affected commuters simply waited as other
uninformed continued to compound into the overcrowding. Did we not learn from
mistakes?
2) We cannot confirm at this stage whether the motivation of the deceased is
suicide. But do take a look at the alleged point of entry of the victim.
The boundary wall abutting the track is high enough to
prevent any possible accidental entry to the track or tunnel. The wall is
adequate to stop pranksters or children with the sudden impulse to do this for
the thrill of it. Clearly, this isn’t an accident or a prankster-gone-wrong.
This is a carefully planned suicide. A man making a statement before his death.
Instead of spending multiple millions on further barricading points of entries
which was evidently served its purpose for the last 3 decades, shouldn’t we be
looking at why a young Singaporean at age 28 is crying out for attention with
his likely planned death? Or is the government going to sweep this aside as
another ‘isolated case’?
3) Should we be continuing to throw money into barricade possible modes of
access or rethink about it. No barricade system of reasonable cost is foolproof.
I hope we don’t have to go into electric fences. We can expect to see the tunnel
of Redhill-Tiong Bahru to be heavily barricaded in weeks to come. Perhaps SMRT
can prepare their contracts for the following spots as well.
.
A Singaporean in Australia
* The author blogs at http://asingaporeanson.blogspot.com
.
Maybe they have but it is the PAP policy not to reveal such details, as it might be embarassing.
