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The Mindef style concentration camps in which Peasantpore’s cheaper foreign serfs live have, until recently, been almost hidden from view. The vast pigeonhole complexes owned by well connected PAP grassroots cronies are mostly on the outskirts of town, tucked inside industrial estates, far away from the city-state’s glittering skyscrapers and luxury hotels.
Inside, the cheap foreign serfs who carry out backbreaking work to build Peasantpore’s infrastructure, sleep on SAF style bunk beds, crammed into rooms with as many as 20 foreign serfs. The biggest pigeonhole complex houses up to 24,000 foreign serfs are virtual cash cows for their owners.
In recent weeks, as the Wuhan Plague has ripped through the facilities, their unsanitary and overcrowded conditions have quickly become the subject of international attention. Peasantpore, recently lauded for its gold-standard approach to testing and tracing, took pot shots at Hong Kong and Formosa now demonstrates both the dangers of exploiting marginalised communities, and the vulnerability of nations to a second wave of infections.
Peasantpore's cramped migrant worker dorms hide Wuhan Plague surge risk
On Wednesday, the number of cases surpassed 10,000. This compares with just 200 infections recorded on 15 March, when its outbreak appeared to be nearly under control. The regime mouthpiece tried to maintain a positive spin by claiming almost all new reports involve cheaper foreign serfs.
Last week, the Ruler Loong extended a partial shutdown edict that was introduced at the start of April, with peasants ordered to stay indoors with threats of arbitrary fines. All foreign serfs have been told not to leave their SAF-style dorms, and are instead having cheap food delivered by other nationalized food caterers.
“It feels like we’re in a cheap SAF camp. [It is] too difficult. [There is] too much heat in the room,” says A, who asked to remain anonymous, fearing that he might face repercussions for speaking to the media. Outside, the sound of ambulance sirens could be heard, he adds. None of the hundreds of foreign serfs living on his floor has tested positive.
When the Wuhan Plague outbreak in China began to escalate in January, many peasants petitioned Ruler Loong to ban PRC Pandas from entering the island. Ruler Loong's lackeys, putting tourist profits above safety, ignored the petition.
Next Jane Austen rebels say little attention was paid to foreign serfs who, despite the Wuhan, continued to live in SAF inspired close quarters, and spent hours a day travelling on the back of crowded lorries to get to and from construction sites. “The way the workers were stacked in [on the back of lorries], it was like the way goats are stacked in when they are taken to a slaughter house,” says B, a second worker, who also asked to be anonymous.
Activists say they raised concerns about the risks posed by the virus to migrant workers as early as February. In March, the campaign group Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) said the risk of an outbreak among this community was “undeniable”.
DODGY RELATIONS BETWEEN PAP AND DORM OWNERS LAID BARE
When clusters began to emerge, the PAP moved 7,000 foreign serfs, mostly exploited serfs who do essential jobs such as working on power plants, out of the buildings. About 293,000 remain housed in such facilities. Authorities say they cannot force their well connected dorms' owners to improve living conditions. However they will wayang a bit to show Ang Mohs and Nihons that they are not exploiting foreign serfs.
The Plague has brought to the surface the glaring inequality in Peasantpore, which exploits heavily on a workforce of about a million cheap foreign serfs to build its famous skyscrapers, and clean its gleaming shopping malls. Most have travelled to the country from Bangladesh, India and other south Asian countries, exploited by Fresh Traders in the hope of sending money back home. Their lifestyles are a stark contrast to the regime's incompetent but wealthy elite and their favourite Ang Moh and Nihon financial talents.
Kokila Annamalai, a local Jane Austen rebel who supports foreign serfs, fears that the spread of Wuhan Plague within the dormitories has fanned the flames of xenophobia and racism. She points to comments made online and in the media. “Many racists now blame foreign serfs, they should target the well connected dorm owners who are well protected by PAP” she said.
Peasantpore’s Gestapo Minion, 山木庚, up to no good, has threatened rebels who use the chance to take potshots at Ruler Loong.
"Identified Rebels will be hunted down and fined or be hurled to court if they say regime is inept and incompetent".
Ang Mohs Exposed PAP Foreign Serfs' Ghetto
A recent study by Mohan Dutta, a professor at Massey University in New Zealand, suggests such guidance is often just impractical. The overwhelming majority of about 100 serfs surveyed said they were unable to maintain such a distance at all times. More than half described their rooms as unhygienic like a typical SAF camp.
Just last week, foreign serfs reported that they did not have enough soap to wash their hands after some forummers leaked pictures of dorm owners' spouses showing off their opulent Sentosa Cove Mansions.
‘I had no idea I would have to live like this’
Foreign serfs are generally reluctant to voice complaints. Most take out huge debts in order to work in Peasantpore, often to find on arrival that they will be paid less than promised. A typical salary is around S$500-750 (£285-£425) a month. They are required to hold temporary work permits, but these are tied to their bosses, making them extremely vulnerable to exploitation as cash cows for the regime, their fresh traders and dorm owners.
B sold his family land and took loans so he could afford to pay an agency about 7,000 peanuts to work in Singapore, where he hoped he would earn a high salary. As the eldest son, he is responsible for supporting his extended family, as well as his own wife and children. He knew that he would be required to work hard in Peasantpore, but his body was unprepared for the long hours of heavy lifting on construction sites. He did not expect that he would live, initially, in a container with eight others. “ had no idea that I would have to live like this and be in this much pain,” he said.
Now, about a decade later, he says he is told to be grateful by Penang Cow, at least lucky to share a dorm room with just 12 serfs – fewer than many of his peers, and a contrast to his previous room, which had virtually no natural light. A also shares a room with 12 others. The heat is so suffocating, that everyone sleeps on the floor, he says. He is afraid to use the communal toilets, which are unclean.
Many in Peasantpore are sympathetic towards the foreign serfs. “PAP and the dorm operators exploit the shit out of foreign serfs. These heartless PAP and dorm owners scums go Church on Sunday but exploit humans daily.” says Willis Lai, a peasant. "No wonder Wuhan Plague took out Good Friday as divine punishment.”
After numerous Ang Mohs make noises, in a speech this week, Ruler Loong, was forced said foreign serfs would be cared for in the same way as local stupid peasants.
“Anybody found talking to BBC or other western press, we will send you back to your kampung", he hinted.
Dutta believes the Plague may not could present an opportunity to reform how foreign serfs are treated.
“Too much money and vested interests in exploiting foreign serfs, nobody want to give up this fat piece of lard.
You see the dorm owners living in Sentosa Cove and are well connected to PAP via Peasants Sex Association.” says Dutta.
The Mindef style concentration camps in which Peasantpore’s cheaper foreign serfs live have, until recently, been almost hidden from view. The vast pigeonhole complexes owned by well connected PAP grassroots cronies are mostly on the outskirts of town, tucked inside industrial estates, far away from the city-state’s glittering skyscrapers and luxury hotels.
Inside, the cheap foreign serfs who carry out backbreaking work to build Peasantpore’s infrastructure, sleep on SAF style bunk beds, crammed into rooms with as many as 20 foreign serfs. The biggest pigeonhole complex houses up to 24,000 foreign serfs are virtual cash cows for their owners.
In recent weeks, as the Wuhan Plague has ripped through the facilities, their unsanitary and overcrowded conditions have quickly become the subject of international attention. Peasantpore, recently lauded for its gold-standard approach to testing and tracing, took pot shots at Hong Kong and Formosa now demonstrates both the dangers of exploiting marginalised communities, and the vulnerability of nations to a second wave of infections.
Peasantpore's cramped migrant worker dorms hide Wuhan Plague surge risk
On Wednesday, the number of cases surpassed 10,000. This compares with just 200 infections recorded on 15 March, when its outbreak appeared to be nearly under control. The regime mouthpiece tried to maintain a positive spin by claiming almost all new reports involve cheaper foreign serfs.
Last week, the Ruler Loong extended a partial shutdown edict that was introduced at the start of April, with peasants ordered to stay indoors with threats of arbitrary fines. All foreign serfs have been told not to leave their SAF-style dorms, and are instead having cheap food delivered by other nationalized food caterers.
“It feels like we’re in a cheap SAF camp. [It is] too difficult. [There is] too much heat in the room,” says A, who asked to remain anonymous, fearing that he might face repercussions for speaking to the media. Outside, the sound of ambulance sirens could be heard, he adds. None of the hundreds of foreign serfs living on his floor has tested positive.
When the Wuhan Plague outbreak in China began to escalate in January, many peasants petitioned Ruler Loong to ban PRC Pandas from entering the island. Ruler Loong's lackeys, putting tourist profits above safety, ignored the petition.
Next Jane Austen rebels say little attention was paid to foreign serfs who, despite the Wuhan, continued to live in SAF inspired close quarters, and spent hours a day travelling on the back of crowded lorries to get to and from construction sites. “The way the workers were stacked in [on the back of lorries], it was like the way goats are stacked in when they are taken to a slaughter house,” says B, a second worker, who also asked to be anonymous.
Activists say they raised concerns about the risks posed by the virus to migrant workers as early as February. In March, the campaign group Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) said the risk of an outbreak among this community was “undeniable”.
DODGY RELATIONS BETWEEN PAP AND DORM OWNERS LAID BARE
When clusters began to emerge, the PAP moved 7,000 foreign serfs, mostly exploited serfs who do essential jobs such as working on power plants, out of the buildings. About 293,000 remain housed in such facilities. Authorities say they cannot force their well connected dorms' owners to improve living conditions. However they will wayang a bit to show Ang Mohs and Nihons that they are not exploiting foreign serfs.
The Plague has brought to the surface the glaring inequality in Peasantpore, which exploits heavily on a workforce of about a million cheap foreign serfs to build its famous skyscrapers, and clean its gleaming shopping malls. Most have travelled to the country from Bangladesh, India and other south Asian countries, exploited by Fresh Traders in the hope of sending money back home. Their lifestyles are a stark contrast to the regime's incompetent but wealthy elite and their favourite Ang Moh and Nihon financial talents.
Kokila Annamalai, a local Jane Austen rebel who supports foreign serfs, fears that the spread of Wuhan Plague within the dormitories has fanned the flames of xenophobia and racism. She points to comments made online and in the media. “Many racists now blame foreign serfs, they should target the well connected dorm owners who are well protected by PAP” she said.
Peasantpore’s Gestapo Minion, 山木庚, up to no good, has threatened rebels who use the chance to take potshots at Ruler Loong.
"Identified Rebels will be hunted down and fined or be hurled to court if they say regime is inept and incompetent".
Ang Mohs Exposed PAP Foreign Serfs' Ghetto
A recent study by Mohan Dutta, a professor at Massey University in New Zealand, suggests such guidance is often just impractical. The overwhelming majority of about 100 serfs surveyed said they were unable to maintain such a distance at all times. More than half described their rooms as unhygienic like a typical SAF camp.
Just last week, foreign serfs reported that they did not have enough soap to wash their hands after some forummers leaked pictures of dorm owners' spouses showing off their opulent Sentosa Cove Mansions.
‘I had no idea I would have to live like this’
Foreign serfs are generally reluctant to voice complaints. Most take out huge debts in order to work in Peasantpore, often to find on arrival that they will be paid less than promised. A typical salary is around S$500-750 (£285-£425) a month. They are required to hold temporary work permits, but these are tied to their bosses, making them extremely vulnerable to exploitation as cash cows for the regime, their fresh traders and dorm owners.
B sold his family land and took loans so he could afford to pay an agency about 7,000 peanuts to work in Singapore, where he hoped he would earn a high salary. As the eldest son, he is responsible for supporting his extended family, as well as his own wife and children. He knew that he would be required to work hard in Peasantpore, but his body was unprepared for the long hours of heavy lifting on construction sites. He did not expect that he would live, initially, in a container with eight others. “ had no idea that I would have to live like this and be in this much pain,” he said.
Now, about a decade later, he says he is told to be grateful by Penang Cow, at least lucky to share a dorm room with just 12 serfs – fewer than many of his peers, and a contrast to his previous room, which had virtually no natural light. A also shares a room with 12 others. The heat is so suffocating, that everyone sleeps on the floor, he says. He is afraid to use the communal toilets, which are unclean.
Many in Peasantpore are sympathetic towards the foreign serfs. “PAP and the dorm operators exploit the shit out of foreign serfs. These heartless PAP and dorm owners scums go Church on Sunday but exploit humans daily.” says Willis Lai, a peasant. "No wonder Wuhan Plague took out Good Friday as divine punishment.”
After numerous Ang Mohs make noises, in a speech this week, Ruler Loong, was forced said foreign serfs would be cared for in the same way as local stupid peasants.
“Anybody found talking to BBC or other western press, we will send you back to your kampung", he hinted.
Dutta believes the Plague may not could present an opportunity to reform how foreign serfs are treated.
“Too much money and vested interests in exploiting foreign serfs, nobody want to give up this fat piece of lard.
You see the dorm owners living in Sentosa Cove and are well connected to PAP via Peasants Sex Association.” says Dutta.
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