Neither is it the fact that he is being given favourable
treatment on two counts: first, the lack of punishment for his
offence, and second, his pending disruption from the army (which he
mentioned in the article), despite not being bonded under a
government scholarship, which, as far as I know, is the only
official way of obtaining disruption.
Not a very important point, but official scholarship isn't the
only legitimate reason for disruption. I don't know how long is the
disruption for though.
Also, those entering Faculty of Medicine at NUS are allowed to
disrupt as well and come back as MOs or whatever. Provided they
want to that is.