What Amos has said, we hear the same sentiments in kopitiams, by taxi drivers, in discussion forums such as this, so it is nothing new. It just happened to be put on during the week of mourning, otherwise it would probably go unnoticed. But some people made police reports, and then the issue was blown into such a big thing here. If this happened in any other modern, industrialized society, nobody would pay attention, and it would soon fade into nothing. But here, the authorities went to confront it and had him arrested, it was all over the media, and now, it is not easy to drop the case (which is what they should have done in the first place). It's been escalated to such a level that its going to take some big shot to enter the scene and have it sorted out. What will the nation gain by punishing him? Will Amos change his thought after being "punished?" The way the authorities are treating this case only serves to reinforce his comments. Personally, I don't know how this case is going to end. It should have never gotten to this point, but it has.
Cheers!