This is the second time the figures were wrong. These figures are really important as the entire effectiveness of drug eradication is predicated on good MI. There are also social bodies that rely on it.
In the late 1980s, the same figures were misreported. Both the Police and the CNB were reporting the same chaps arrested and placed in DRC when they were involved in joint operations which was most of the time. Then some in Prisons said that you sent X number to DRC and we got Y number and the lid was blown and Jayakumar's arse was on fire.
I will explain why politically these figures are important to some. When you want t paint the picture that you are going all out, you want higher figure. You imply that you are courageously fire and bringing in bodies.
In the latest case, Ng Seng Liang, the previous Director who retired this year came onto the job in 2004. Well you can't have figures going up all the time. So you spend the first half fighting and the second of your career reaping the results. He had not received his Public Admin Gold yet. So either him or one of his apple polishers began fiddling with the figures to show drop in addicts reflecting his hard work earlier. His unfortunately ended with a double whammy. His new replacement Ng Boon Gay wanted to sweep clean and they also had a new minister who also wanted to sweep clean. If WKS was still in, nothing would have surfaced like the late 1980s when the same Minister was in charge.
Now you know why Teo Chean Hean said it was "serious error" and not a typo or data error.
In the late 1980s, the same figures were misreported. Both the Police and the CNB were reporting the same chaps arrested and placed in DRC when they were involved in joint operations which was most of the time. Then some in Prisons said that you sent X number to DRC and we got Y number and the lid was blown and Jayakumar's arse was on fire.
I will explain why politically these figures are important to some. When you want t paint the picture that you are going all out, you want higher figure. You imply that you are courageously fire and bringing in bodies.
In the latest case, Ng Seng Liang, the previous Director who retired this year came onto the job in 2004. Well you can't have figures going up all the time. So you spend the first half fighting and the second of your career reaping the results. He had not received his Public Admin Gold yet. So either him or one of his apple polishers began fiddling with the figures to show drop in addicts reflecting his hard work earlier. His unfortunately ended with a double whammy. His new replacement Ng Boon Gay wanted to sweep clean and they also had a new minister who also wanted to sweep clean. If WKS was still in, nothing would have surfaced like the late 1980s when the same Minister was in charge.
Now you know why Teo Chean Hean said it was "serious error" and not a typo or data error.
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