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On Tuesday, Law Minister K Shanmugam posted on his Facebook page about the incident involving a Caucasian on the MRT train who was verbally abusing a younger man for wearing a t-shirt the former somehow disagreed with.
The bully had also made threats against the youth, threatening to “throw you off” the train when it pulled into Ang Mo Kio station.
Later, a Malay man, now known as Elfy, stepped forth to defend the youth from the abuse.
The police were called in and both men (the Caucasian and Elfy) got off the train.
From subsequent status updates on Elfy’s Facebook page, it appears that the police had let the bully off, without taking any action against him.
The lady who recorded the incident in the train and uploaded the video online, Nabilah Nasser, also later said the police even allowed the bully to take the same train as them to continue his journey.
It is unknown who the employer of the man is, and what “action” Mr Shanmugam hopes it will take against its employee.
It is interesting to note that the Law Minister asked the employer, and not the police, to “take some action” against the man for what some see as rude behaviour, and nothing more.
Indeed, one comment on the Law Minister’s post says “being an a**hole is not against the law.”
Nonetheless, Mr Shanmugam’s remarks raise questions of another almost similar incident – this time involving 16-year old Amos Yee.
Yee was in the limelight the last two months for having posted a rude video of the late Lee Kuan Yew which the authorities found to have “wounded the religious feelings of Christians.”
A day after he posted the video in March, a man – reported to be a grassroots leader in the Telok Blangah area – posted a threat online directed at the teenager.
The grassroots man, who was later identified as Jason Tan, had posted the following, referring to Yee:
“For me, I would cut his dick and put in his mouth for blemish Jesus Christ.”
Subsequently, a police report was made and police began investigations.
Two months later, the police said it was closing the investigation and was issuing a “stern warning” to Mr Tan “in lieu of prosecution.”
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/201...bully-what-about-man-who-threatened-amos-yee/
The bully had also made threats against the youth, threatening to “throw you off” the train when it pulled into Ang Mo Kio station.
Later, a Malay man, now known as Elfy, stepped forth to defend the youth from the abuse.
The police were called in and both men (the Caucasian and Elfy) got off the train.
From subsequent status updates on Elfy’s Facebook page, it appears that the police had let the bully off, without taking any action against him.
The lady who recorded the incident in the train and uploaded the video online, Nabilah Nasser, also later said the police even allowed the bully to take the same train as them to continue his journey.
It is unknown who the employer of the man is, and what “action” Mr Shanmugam hopes it will take against its employee.
It is interesting to note that the Law Minister asked the employer, and not the police, to “take some action” against the man for what some see as rude behaviour, and nothing more.
Indeed, one comment on the Law Minister’s post says “being an a**hole is not against the law.”
Nonetheless, Mr Shanmugam’s remarks raise questions of another almost similar incident – this time involving 16-year old Amos Yee.
Yee was in the limelight the last two months for having posted a rude video of the late Lee Kuan Yew which the authorities found to have “wounded the religious feelings of Christians.”
A day after he posted the video in March, a man – reported to be a grassroots leader in the Telok Blangah area – posted a threat online directed at the teenager.
The grassroots man, who was later identified as Jason Tan, had posted the following, referring to Yee:
“For me, I would cut his dick and put in his mouth for blemish Jesus Christ.”
Subsequently, a police report was made and police began investigations.
Two months later, the police said it was closing the investigation and was issuing a “stern warning” to Mr Tan “in lieu of prosecution.”
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/201...bully-what-about-man-who-threatened-amos-yee/
