Can you tell what is wrong, after reading the following article
from New Papers?
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MUM AND DAUGHTER OUTRAGED:
Rounded up in vice raid but we're tourists
By Faith Teo
IT'S a Valentine's Day experience that won't remind Mrs Marilou C
Kikuchi of love.
The 33-year-old Filipina said she and her mother, Mrs Carmelita D
Vasquez, 52, were arrested while having dinner at a hawker centre
near People's Park Complex.
The two, who were here on an eight-day holiday, were asked for
their passports by uniformed police officers at 8.30pm on
Saturday.
Acting on complaints that Filipinas were involved in vice, the
police conducted a raid at the hawker centre.
Mrs Kikuchi, a Japanese permanent resident, claimed she showed the
police her passport and explained that her mother's passport was at
their hotel.
They were staying at the Furama hotel, a five minute walk away.
This was confirmed by the hotel.
Mrs Kikuchi said the police then restrained them with plastic cuffs
and took them to a police station. They were released three hours
later.
Mrs Kikuchi was so angry after the incident, she made a police
report at the Bukit Merah East Neighbourhood Police Centre.
Police confirmed a number of women were arrested that night but
declined to say if Mrs Kikuchi was one of them.
They said it wasn't their procedure to reveal the names of those
arrested.
The New Paper also asked if police were investigating Mrs Kikuchi's
complaint.
They said they were looking into a complaint made by one of the
arrested women.
Mrs Kikuchi said that after being restrained, they were taken to a
police van. An eye-witness said she and several other women were
restrained with cuffs.
Mrs Kikuchi said: "We were squashed in there, almost 20 of
us.
"When we were at the police station I kept asking the officers why
didn't they just check my passport and see that I am a
tourist."
FIRST TIME HERE
Mrs Kikuchi said it was their first visit to Singapore. They left
for the Philippines on Tuesday. Mrs Kikuchi said she is married to
a Japanese who owns a software company.
She said: "We wandered into the hawker centre for some cheap local
food when we first arrived, and met a Filipina who's working at a
stall there.
"We became friends, and she told us which places to visit and
what's good to eat.
"So we went back to that hawker centre often to chat with our
friend, and that night was one of those times.
"Suddenly a woman officer came up to me and showed us a badge. She
asked for our passports and I gave her mine, but she never checked
it."
The women claimed they were taken to the Cantonment Complex and had
their fingerprints and pictures taken. They were also interviewed
by police officers.
As her photo and fingerprints were being taken, Mrs Kikuchi became
concerned for her mother. But when she asked if Mrs Vasquez, a
grandmother of six, was okay, she claimed she didn't get a civil
reply.
Mrs Kikuchi said the police asked her about the 150,000 yen
($2,380) in her wallet.
She said: "If they checked my passport, they would have seen that I
live in Japan, and have been living there for 12 years because my
husband is Japanese."
She also felt insulted by the questions put to her following the
vice raid.
It was only after their Filipina friend from the hawker centre,
Madam Nurlina M Abdullah, retrieved Mrs Vasquez's passport from the
hotel that the two women were allowed to leave.
Madam Nurlina, who runs a stall at the hawker centre, had witnessed
the incident.
She said she has seen a number of police raids at the hawker centre
since she started working there in 1994.
She is married to a Singaporean, and is a permanent resident
here.
She said the police asked for her documents too, but left her alone
after checking them.
'NO APOLOGY'
Mrs Kikuchi said: "There was no apology, no explanation. When I
asked for one, the officer just said don't go to that hawker centre
again."
On Sunday, Mrs Kikuchi made a police report.
Throughout the interview Mrs Vasquez uttered only a few
words.
She only shook her head and said she would think twice about
returning here.
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WHAT POLICE SAY
When asked if the women had indeed been arrested, police spokesman
ASP Siow Cheng Cheng said it was not their procedure to reveal the
names of people arrested.
She said they were investigating a complaint but declined to
confirm if it was Mrs Kikuchi's police report they were looking
into.
ASP Siow said: 'Acting on complaints received that some Filipino
women were involved in vice activities in Singapore, the Criminal
Investigation Department and Central Police Division took
enforcement action on Feb 14 at about 8pm at People's Park Complex
Hawker Centre.
'A total of 25 Filipino women were detained under the provisions of
Women's Charter, Cap 353. Among the 25 women detained, five were
released unconditionally after investigations.'
She did not say if those released included Mrs Vasquez and Mrs
Kikuchi.
ASP Siow added: 'One of them lodged a report the next day of
wrongful arrest and rude behaviour by police officers.
'We are looking into the complaint. We would like to assure the
public that we take such complaints very seriously.'
