SAF Officer sentenced to jail in JB for not choping passport

Gordonator SG

Reported in Zao Bao today. for those who understand chinese, the article is below.

for those who don't, here's a brief summary. a 28 years old officer and his girlfriend was caught by malayisan police for not having their passports chopped at the JB check point. he was sentenced to 3 months of jail while his grilfriend is fined S$1315.

something fishy going on here. bias... Neutral

sbst275 SG

The joker did not stamp the passport and got away...

No wonder they said 8m Singaporeans did not leave Malaysia...

Malaysia boleh!

Ito_^ SG

how come the staff never do their job oso no problem one? Rolling Eyes

tankee1981 SG

Thats why must always check the passport before leaving booth! Last time there is this incident where the Malaysian immigration officier tore off some of the pages from one Singaporean's passport! Mad

toll123 SG

some malaysians seems us singaporeans good to bully mah! Mad

Gordonator SG

even if this is an offence, i wonder why the guy get 3 months of jail while his girlfriend get a fine? Rolling Eyes

toll123 SG

since when malaysia have a fair law? their police operate by taking brides.
furthermore where got singaporeans entering malaysia illegally? only the vice versa.

CoolMyth SG

Wah, sibei suay.

This is one event we want to see our government step in. Cool

toll123 SG

on the vice versa, are there any malaysian military personnels kenna jailed in s'pore for committing crimes as well? Rolling Eyes since malaysians like to comitt crimes here as well

Darkness_hacker99 SG

You missed out the "Not"

norm SG

First, Thailand. Then, Indonesia. Now Malaysia. Why they always target Spore?

toll123 SG

because those developing countries seems us as 'good to bully'

kwlee SG

lol , we beat them in soccer Mad

anyway, their customs sometimes dunno do what...

Ponders SG

Under the Geneva Convention, he should be given PoW status and tried in a military court.

hmm. but on the serious note....

i think they are trying to provoke matters here.

28 years old officer... either a LTA or CPT (with luck maybe MAJ).

they want to collect some intelligence?

but if you are the officer.. how would you explain back to your CO or camp that you cannot book in?

But keep our fingers crossed, newspaper frequently regard every army personnel as officer like how we say a Constable is a police officer.

Won't be surprised if this guy is a 1SG or SSG.

sir sickolot II SG

this is really unfair and biased of the m'sian if you ask me.
Although I do not know the full context of the story... I really think it was not an intentional action by the couple to not get their passports stamped. On another note, they should have checked to see if the immigration was doing their job, after all you never know if they forgot to stamp your passport.

I also find it funny that the girl had gotten a lighter sentence than the guy... weren't they commiting, supposedly, the same offence?

And it's not just SAF Officers.. alot of S'porean are having their passports not stamped. While it might just be an oversight by the M'sian immigration.. I'm thinking we should be extra vigilant... never be caught in such potentially drastic situations.

Ponders SG

From my poor understanding of chinese.

THe officer said there was no one at the immigration booth when he drove thru. So he showed his passport to the Highway Toll collector and paid $2.60.

hmm.. whose fault?

mr_sotong SG

my passport wasnt chop when i wen to malaysia with my mum few years ago.. upon we reached the malaysian custom when we r returning, the malaysian officer refuse to return the passport to us.. so my mum gave him RM10 to bride him.. lucky the officer jus smile smile n return the passport after tat.. Laughing

kengkia SG

ni men mu zi must been dressed like rich people thats y tio aim....nx time go m'sia dress poor lor...blend in with locals.... Rolling Eyes

scabstermooch SG

Is it less of a tragedy is he turns out to be an NCO? Rolling Eyes

Whats the big deal? He did not get his p/p chopped... how can he prove that he is in the country legally then? He should have known better.

scabstermooch SG

His fault. Why did he not ask? Why did he not wait?