Dear Scroo
With the legal grounds clearing, I would feel that his sentence is about right under the old act and by the fact that according to circumstances he managed to mitigate and argue to a lower charge. I am of the view that his act is common enough that every one of us would know a family member who did something similar, and that the offenses compound when the abetment is for more serious offenses like drink driving etc etc .
I know the poor and helpless cannot afford the competent legal talent, to help them mitigate or to for that matter threaten a legal battle which the PP might lose thus incentivizing the, to deal.
The issue is with the law, and how fairness for the common man rich or poor has been thrown out the window, because of a search for an easy way out by sure force of criminilization.
I would add to the list of laws for administrative ease but badly thought out and framed including the law for harboring an over stayer , whereby the act itself was enough, the fact that an agent might have lied or fake I'd was provided was besides the point ,the act was itself criminal deserving jail.
That situation rounded up an initial batch of aunties uncles who were jailed or convicted for renting out their HDB rooms. The law still stays but the presumption that was written into the law made more sense once it was made easier to check the work permits etc ect data on line.
Locke liberal
I am not suggesting that shortcuts or favours were done in view of who he is as I understand that this immediately came under the top radar because the Police out of self fear buried previous complaints. If you ask AGC, the English standard of the present generation of investigating officers is shocking. There is also neglect of duty by senior police officer will no longer want to record Police statement for high profile cases or intimidating witnesses.
I recall JBJ statements were recorded by Supt Jamal Singh Head of Commercial Crime ( rank inflation would be put his rank now as AC) He was not asked to but he chose to. He was also an extremely competent investigator having investigated Robinson Rd Fire and led Homicide investigation and he had an MBA to boot, a rarity to boot in those days.
The Police Force is now at the same standard of Health Inspectors of the 1970: and speak and write like them.[/QUOTE]
With the legal grounds clearing, I would feel that his sentence is about right under the old act and by the fact that according to circumstances he managed to mitigate and argue to a lower charge. I am of the view that his act is common enough that every one of us would know a family member who did something similar, and that the offenses compound when the abetment is for more serious offenses like drink driving etc etc .
I know the poor and helpless cannot afford the competent legal talent, to help them mitigate or to for that matter threaten a legal battle which the PP might lose thus incentivizing the, to deal.
The issue is with the law, and how fairness for the common man rich or poor has been thrown out the window, because of a search for an easy way out by sure force of criminilization.
I would add to the list of laws for administrative ease but badly thought out and framed including the law for harboring an over stayer , whereby the act itself was enough, the fact that an agent might have lied or fake I'd was provided was besides the point ,the act was itself criminal deserving jail.
That situation rounded up an initial batch of aunties uncles who were jailed or convicted for renting out their HDB rooms. The law still stays but the presumption that was written into the law made more sense once it was made easier to check the work permits etc ect data on line.
Locke liberal
I am not suggesting that shortcuts or favours were done in view of who he is as I understand that this immediately came under the top radar because the Police out of self fear buried previous complaints. If you ask AGC, the English standard of the present generation of investigating officers is shocking. There is also neglect of duty by senior police officer will no longer want to record Police statement for high profile cases or intimidating witnesses.
I recall JBJ statements were recorded by Supt Jamal Singh Head of Commercial Crime ( rank inflation would be put his rank now as AC) He was not asked to but he chose to. He was also an extremely competent investigator having investigated Robinson Rd Fire and led Homicide investigation and he had an MBA to boot, a rarity to boot in those days.
The Police Force is now at the same standard of Health Inspectors of the 1970: and speak and write like them.[/QUOTE]
