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Re: Cecilia Sue is depressed Dear Scroo I would like to refer you in particular to the Prevention of Corruption Act and the particular subsection he was charged under. The broadness with which the act was written means that any conflict of interest whether direct, indirect or it leads...

Dear Scroo I believe that the " higher" the pay grade the higher the price paid for tasteless remarks. The question is whether , her "firing" reflects in any way her pay grade and public position. She was in no way senior management and held to higher accountability, She was at best...

Dear Scroo I am puzzled and perplexed at the quick response of the PAP ministers to jumping on the Amy Cheong lynch mob. Amy Cheong's views deplorable and idiotic as they are, were they really reflective of racism of an indvidual ? Does one intemperate rant a racist make ? Look if we...

Dear Scroo From what I know coaching and prepping a witness is a very Grey Area of proceduere in Singapore. They obviously failed. Hostile witnesses are not rare, Your own star witness turning hostile and collapsing on stand during trial when you have her by the Pussy is. Locke

Dear Scroobal On hearing the details which have emerged in court I have to wonder at the amount of diligence and effort both AGC and CPIB put into their case. Based on the observations of those at the trial the DPP game plan was basically for CS to show up stick to the story and for NBG...

Dear. Scroo Yes but in my view not corruption but perhaps more deserving of internal disciplinary action. Locke

Dear Scroobal The element of presumption as it stands,we'll let's just use the MDA as an example. a. U are caught with drugs in a suitcase , u are presumed a trafficker but u are allowed a chance to prove the contrary. b. U are a civil servant ...

Dear Scroo Bertha Harlan put it the best, Any civil servant who accepts a pencil, pen or penis is assumed to be corrupt under the wide wording of the act. Please note that thus far the prosecution has acknowledged in court that they cannot proof NBG influenced, directed or had apart in...

Dear Scroobal. Under Section eight and nine of the corruption act. I could offer a bribe to a road sweeper for him to award me an IT contract seperate to the ministry he worked for and I would be liable for offering the bribe and if accepted the road sweeper would be guilty to. Similarly...

Dear Rumple Professor Teh has only possible limbs for his defence but all are tied to Darrine's testimonies , statements and her demeanor on the stand under cross examination. They all are dependant on break the link between "sex" and " corruption " Absolute Denial. IE no...

Dear Scroobal I would add that you have raised a relevant point. The cost of justice and how the rich can afford better representation. Perhaps another issue I would suggest is the tendency for the PAP to criminalize everything and anything and to structure the offences in such a...

Dear GMS According to the Judge, that period in time was linked to the need to be consistent as part of our union with Malaysia which had such a provision. In isolation our practice of democracy has differed from that of Malaysia. Malaysia allows party switching, ours expressly forbids it...

Dear Atticus I believe Ravi's long legal battle in YVK vs PP reinforced the principle that all of a Minister's Power are subject to judicial review of some form. However even that is subject to considerations as for example when that review or exercise of that power for pardons and...

Dear GMS Never saw you as a strict constitutionalist. You sound just like Antion Scalia in the US when asked on the limits as to what sort of arms that the US right in the constitution to bear arms is limited to that the practically it could mean a American could have the right to own...

Dear Thick, In summary , the constitution , and it's interpretation evolves as does practise of democracy derived from it. the fact that the constitution allows a prime minister discretion with no theoretical timeframe on calling a by election does not mean that there are no political...

Dear Scroobal, Principled Politicians and Politicians about democratic principles with a bee in his bonnet best sums up the article by GMS. a. A constitution is made democratic by practise, politicians in their actions and political parties. I remember in comparative politics...

Dear Thick If we look at it from a strictly legal argument , then Justice Pillai has made a strong case. The clincher which GMS leaves out is that in 1963 there was inserted a change in the constitution to hold "elections within three months of a vacancy" so that the SG constitution was...

Dear J , His defence would be predicated on the following lines. a. That though he received gifts from Darine, it was not bribery but an affair as he GAVE in return jewellery little bags etc etc, it was an affair but it was not corruption. b. That her grades were...

Dear Thick I am flabbergasted at how TKL would even allow Leonard to be associated with him despite the protestations from GMS that he forced himself on TKL. Lets get the facts straight. a. TKL with his years of contact extensive network should have been at worst been seen...

Dear Scroo, People forget how insidious a poison drugs is to the general level of criminal activity within a country. Drug related crime and how drugs causes all sorts of crime downstream with all its attendant social issues on poverty education schools etc etc is a fact recognized by...