This was what i found on Ti Lik's Blog at
chiatilik.wordpress.com the article is titled "Campaign for All
Singaporean SAF, Police Force"
Lik felt pitiful for the few ISD officers when he compared both
MSK saga and the latest Gurkhas riot incident.
There are 2000 armed Gurkhas in Singapore and their number grows
annually by 140.
This is a dangerous sign. Gurkhas are not Singaporeans. They are
mercenaries. AND Mercenaries work for money.
In other words, Gurkhas can be bought with money. Loyalty is a
tricky issue here, for their loyalty is dependent on their having
to be satisfied with material reward. AND NOW this has proven to be
true with their recent rioting incident in Mount Vernon Camp over
pay issues which is very worrying.
I do not know how the trouble makers will be taken to task in
this incident and whether or not there will be a coverup because of
the way in which the MHA has conducted itself with the lack of
transparency in the way it fumbled over the Mas Selamat Kastari
escape.
The latest Gurkha rioting incident raises many questions in the
minds of Singapore Citizens as to: How this mercenary unit being
brought in and being armed? How is this mercenary unit empowered to
act in Singapore? How is this mercenary unit subject to law and
discipline and control?
Will the rioters be charged and disciplined accordingly? What
sort of discipline will they receive?
As seen from the Mas Selamat Kastari escape, our administration
will bend over backwards for these foreign mercenaries. The Gurkhas
on duty ought to have been charged under the Penal Code but instead
they were let off with a slap on their wrists. I believe the
negligent Singaporean ISD officers received far heavier sanction
compared to the negligent Gurkhas. It is amazing how much better
treatment these foreigners are being treated in comparison to their
Singaporean counterparts in the Police.
[By the way when Singaporean boys have petty fight in groups,
they are often charged with rioting and they go to jail for it, I
wonder if our Singapore Police Force is held to any higher
standards of conduct]