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Point of Law: Singaporean Man Probed for Sticking Toothpicks in Bus Seat
New Straits Times ^ | August 9, 2017

Posted on 08/09/2017 1:05:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A 60-year-old Singaporean could be jailed for up to two years if found guilty of sticking toothpicks into a bus seat in a suspected case of "mischief", police said.

Singapore, whose crime rates are among the world's lowest, has tough laws for minor offences such as vandalism, which can be punished with caning. The import and sale of chewing gum is banned except for medical reasons.Police launched an investigation after a bus company in the city-state reported last week that one of their vehicles' passenger seats was perforated with toothpicks.

"Through extensive ground enquiries and with the assistance of CCTV footages, officers...established the identity of the suspect," they said in a statement on Tuesday. A Facebook user posted pictures at the end of last month of three toothpicks sticking out of a bus seat, with the post shared more than 2,500 times.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: iluvsingapore; ruleoflaw
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To: Oratam
The perp is always an ethnic Malay.

IIRC Singapore is made up of three main groups...ethnic Chinese,ethnic Indians and ethnic Malays.I don't know any percentages though.Funny that the law should be focused on only one group.

21 posted on 08/09/2017 1:38:03 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: robroys woman

Why a duck?


22 posted on 08/09/2017 1:39:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Gay State Conservative; Oratam

I did notice when I was there certain people making disparaging remarks about Malaysians.


23 posted on 08/09/2017 1:44:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: robroys woman

Would you like to learn how to re-size photographs?


24 posted on 08/09/2017 1:46:23 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: nickcarraway

It’s not that we need laws of the severity they have in Singapore. It’s that we need to enforce the laws we have and enforce them the same way for everyone.


25 posted on 08/09/2017 1:48:26 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: shibumi

On my screen it showed up as a nice manageable size.


26 posted on 08/09/2017 1:50:05 PM PDT by robroys woman
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To: shibumi

I can never resize a photograph well. or I forgot how to do it well.


27 posted on 08/09/2017 1:50:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: robroys woman

Strangely enough, if you post oversized pictures in Malaysian news groups, it’s no big deal . ;)


28 posted on 08/09/2017 1:56:39 PM PDT by daku
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To: daku

:)

I seem to need to check actual image size. When I brought that particular JPG’s url up on my computer before posting. It was, on my 22” monitor, about 5” by 4”.

So I just inserted that url into the HTML and figured that is how big it would appear.


29 posted on 08/09/2017 2:00:40 PM PDT by robroys woman
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To: robroys woman
Good night! Formatting is not your friend. In order for your FRiends to see this, I will reformat. In the mean time, learn how to format:

This is how to format that image (without the < and the >):

img height=500 src=https://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/14767/1-1/groucho-glasses.jpg

30 posted on 08/09/2017 2:05:48 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: robroys woman; nickcarraway

It’s really easy, and semi-automatic.

Type out your HTML like always and right after you insert the link location with “ type (no quotes)height=(and insert a number) then close quotes. Then /> like always.

You can specify both height and width, but if you just put in height, it will calculate the width to the same proportions as the original.


31 posted on 08/09/2017 2:06:57 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: robroys woman; nickcarraway

This is the actual line of code with < & > replaced by*

*img src="https://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/14767/1-1/groucho-glasses.jpg"height="500"/*

32 posted on 08/09/2017 2:10:37 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: dfwgator

Can’t do the “time” - don’t do the crime...


33 posted on 08/09/2017 2:17:36 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: GunsareOK

” it’s contrary to the 8th Amendment.”

If “the chair” is ok, I don’t see how a few swats with a cane is outside the bounds.


34 posted on 08/09/2017 2:19:16 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: jonno
"If “the chair” is ok, I don’t see how a few swats with a cane is outside the bounds."

In many cases, three strokes with the Singapore cane leaves the recipient in shock.

35 posted on 08/09/2017 2:32:40 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi

You don’t have to keep selling it - I’m already a fan.
8^)


36 posted on 08/09/2017 2:35:52 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: nickcarraway

Are they probing him with toothpicks?


37 posted on 08/09/2017 2:36:34 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: jonno

I really don’t have a problem with it either.

I just mention it because there are still some folks out
there that think it’s like getting “pointer swats” from
the Football Coach for cutting up in Social Studies class.


38 posted on 08/09/2017 2:40:33 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder if 60 is too old to cane. The bottom in pain, may be his own.


39 posted on 08/09/2017 2:44:14 PM PDT by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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To: shibumi
Right you are - a Singapore caning is no joke. Scars for life. It was described (rather lovingly, I thought) to our ship's crew just before we hit Singapore. It splits the skin and that is addressed by a paint brush dipped in some sort of antiseptic solution and wiped across the affected area. Given that you can get up to a dozen strokes that's going to sting a little. Recipients can't even squat to excrete for days afterward.

This guy won't, though. He's 60. It's traumatic enough that they don't do it to anyone over 45 for fear they'll kill him. They can go easy on you if there's a reason - they did on Michael Fay, by rumor at least, who said the bleeding was like a bloody nose from his four. Others have reported worse. I'm happy I never found out.

40 posted on 08/09/2017 2:53:16 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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