Everything was loaded onto this 'boy' - who obviously is from
one of those 'deficient' family that should have got him into
The Boys' Town Rehab School as a permanent resident. How did
he ended up with the SAF ?
What about the Indonesian sailors who initiated the entire
criminal acts ?
Nothing was mentioned about the actions taken against them and
the Naval Ship that brought the contraband into Singapore.
Obviously, diplomacy and military relations takes precedence and
it seems that the Singapore 'boy' will be made a scapegoat for all
other NSF to learn the consequence.
In any case, with good behaviour - this 'boy' will be out in
half the time served.
However, Singapore society will be paying a long term
social price for incarcerating a 'boy' into prison that expose
his impressionable mind to the hard tricks of life from
more hardened offenders.
Brilliant reformative sentence.
Ok, I also want to know what happened to those Indo scumbags. I
want to know whether they would be charged as well, or would they
be simply declared PNG.
On the other hand, bear in mind that this fella knew what was in
it for him. This wasn't just a few packs of ciggies - we are
talking about a consignment of ciggies whose duty and taxes is
worth over $3 million. The utterly correct thing for him to do
would be to simply say no, report the incident to his MTO or MT
Spec, and flash the finger at the Indo smugglers for good
measure.
But did he do that? No. Don't blame justice if he's too stupid
to understand that.
You talk about him being impressionable - well, he's 23 years
old! He would have been 22 last year at the time of the incident.
In short, he's already a full-fledged adult expected to take
responsibility for his own actions! How much longer does he need to
mature?!?!
In the end, the only price that we pay as a society for his
incarceration is..... the cost of room and board and medical
benefits at Changi Prison. In the end, he's a crook who's a full
adult who can take full responsibility for his actions. There's no
denying that.
