Another YOG mishap: PRC photographer fell down from temporary platform

[Teo Kok Eng]

OMG! What is happening at YOG? Scandals, accident, you name it

Another YOG mishap: PRC photographer fell down from temporary platform when covering weight-lifting competition

August 19th, 2010
Author: Your Correspondent

The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is becoming increasingly dangerous for athletes, officials, volunteers and journalists alike with another near miss yesterday.

According to a Lianhe Zaobao report, a photographer from China’s CCTV fell down from the temporary platform set up for photographers to place their cameras and equipment at the YOG weight-lifting competition held at Toa Payoh stadium.

The CCTV photographer Mr Zhu fell down from the platform accidentally and hit his head. He was sent by ambulance to Tan Tock Seng hospital and did not suffer any major head injuries.

The platform is only 3 meters long and it has to bear the weight of 5 videocam recorders with only two metal pipes 1 meter in length supporter it by the side.

Such an embarrassing accident should not have happened in the first place. The police officer on duty should have handcuffed and detained Mr Zhu on the spot for his own personal safety.

The Zaobao journalist Liang Jiaming believes that the unfortunate mishap could have been avoided and wondered if there are other unseen danger spots and other YOG competition venues.

The shocking accident was not reported in the English media which has been desperately trying to censor any negative news on the YOG and engineering artificial “hype and buzz” about it.

Yesterday afternoon, a roof canvas at *SCAPE collapsed under a heavy downpour, causing a YOG basketball match to be postponed. Fortunately the few officials present at the scene were only drenched and not injured.

At the rate the PAP regime is screwing up the YOG, it is only a matter of time before a major disaster happens which even the state media cannot sweep under the carpet.

 

[Equalisation]

Did the PRC bloke hit his head and also broke his cock-head ......:o

 

[Teo Kok Eng]

Such an embarrassing accident should not have happened in the first place. The police officer on duty should have handcuffed and detained Mr Zhu on the spot for his own personal safety.

Poking fun at the police.... police officer on duty should have handcuffed and detained Mr Zhu on the spot for his own personal safety

 

[Maximilian Chua-Heng]

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[twinseeker]

From fallen shelter at scape, to fallen camera man at toa payoh stadium....... next up, fallen trees at olympian village

 

[Cestbon]

Poking fun at the police.... police officer on duty should have handcuffed and detained Mr Zhu on the spot for his own personal safety

ha ha.............the author really creative or hate the police.

 

[Balls2U]

I'm waiting to read something like "YOG swimmers got eletrocuted as lightning struck swimming pool"!

 

[Ramseth]

ha ha.............the author really creative or hate the police.

Cameraman falling off stages, makeshift roofs collapsing etc. all nothing to with police. Check with organisers and tentage contractors.

 

[Cestbon]

If the police handcuffed Mr. Zhu as in the feedback by the police why they handcuff the journalist that take flood photo for his own safety.
Blame the police for stupid comment to play taichi.
This incident will not happen.

 

[Ramseth]

If the police handcuffed Mr. Zhu as in the feedback by the police why they handcuff the journalist that take flood photo for his own safety.
Blame the police for stupid comment to play taichi.
This incident will not happen.

That idiot police who handcuffed journalist, until today I still don't understand what the hell he's talking about. Police aren't supposed handcuff anyone, even convicted criminals, in an environmnet of fire or flood risks.

 

[aangsc]

VB: tolong tolong, you all pray for less trouble this seventh month YOG, enough of interviews & negative media; cannot sleep well already. Count down 7 more days to close !!!