Police report filed against Tin Pei Ling

last SG · 2011-05-25T23:17:47+00:00

You see recently the old ones are removed, they making more chance for young ones to join.

shanfan SG

Tin Pei Ling in hot soup after Cooling-off Day controversy? (Yahoo! photo/ Ewen Boey)

A police report has been filed against Marine Parade MP-elect Tin Pei Ling for posting a comment on her Facebook page on Cooling-off Day.

According to election regulations, candidates are not supposed to campaign during that period.

But a police spokesman confirmed on Monday night that a report has been made and they will be investigating. Details of the report or the person were not revealed but it's believed the report was filed by a member of the public.

This incident in question is not new. A similar complaint was issued by the National Solidarity Party (NSP)'s Nicole Seah to the Elections Department on May 6th -- designated to be Cooling-off Day -- regarding a comment posted Ms Tin's Facebook page at 1:33pm.

The comment read, "OooOoooOooh! so that's what REALLY happened? Wow. I think tears in Parliament is worse than ANYTHING ELSE!"

The comment was in reference to an incident involving Nicole Seah, who was part of the NSP team contesting Marine Parade GRC. A day earlier, it was reported she had cried upon listening to a story about how a resident in MacPherson could not afford tuition fees for her young son.

The comment was removed 20 minutes after it was posted.

Tin, who was part of SM Goh Chok Tong's Marine Parade PAP team that beat the challenge by the NSP, had earlier explained that the comment was posted by one of her Facebook administrators, Ms Denise He.

When contacted by The New Paper, Ms He clarified that she had mixed up her Facebook accounts and had mistakenly uploaded the post. Tin said the post was removed after she notified He.

According to local socio-political blog Temasek Review, the NSP now also intends to follow up on its initial complaint.

NSP chief Goh Meng Seng said, "Now that someone has filed a police report, we can pursue it once we have the police statement … This is good for Singapore too. Cooling-off Day is a new rule and we don't know how the authorities will react to the filing of reports. This will set a precedent for future elections."

The news has also created a buzz on micro-blogging platform Twitter.

shanfan SG

She is an adult and most importantly a MP , amazing she is contemplating to shirk her responsibility of her action. Whether it is her own or her administrator's posting on FB on Cooling Off Day she has to be accountable for it. Shirking responsibility is demonstrating ill example to the people

What is she good at, really? Stomp her feet and said she did not know what to say? Flaunting her Kate Spade carrier? Acting a "bimbo"?

Rooney9 SG

I am truly amazed that Tin Pei Ling can pass the PAP's supposedly stringent selection panel. so much for its stringent selection process indeed.

goodheart SG

I don't think anything will happen to her as she is already a MP. The police also must give face to her

likeyou SG

I think all mps should be address what they should not do during the cooling days.

Also they should know the consequences of violating the rights of the cooling days.

We will see what the police action will be.

the Bear SG

it is a bit too late?

will they strip her of her "victory"?

or will they fine her? the party?

Redwhite spore SG

I think all mps should be address what they should not do during the cooling days.

Also they should know the consequences of violating the rights of the cooling days.

We will see what the police action will be.

I am not trying to be biased here but really I think it's really a honest mistake, oversight on Ting's part. She has no ill intentions at all.

Let's close file and move on. After all Marine Parade residents have giben her team to mandate for the next 5 years

the Bear SG

I am not trying to be biased here but really I think it's really a honest mistake, oversight on Ting's part. She has no ill intentions at all.

Let's close file and move on. After all Marine Parade residents have giben her team to mandate for the next 5 years

i'm not being biased here.. but seems like whenever the MIW people make mistakes, they say "it's an honest mistake, let's move on"

whenever the other people make mistakes, "we take a serious view about these offences, a deterrent sentence is requested so that this does not happen again"

so which now? so that there should be no bias?

fudgester SG

I am not trying to be biased here but really I think it's really a honest mistake, oversight on Ting's part. She has no ill intentions at all.

Let's close file and move on. After all Marine Parade residents have giben her team to mandate for the next 5 years

While it may be true that her administrative staff screwed up, she could have said something like 'My administrative staff made a mistake, but I take responsibility for the actions of my subordinates. I pledge full cooperation with the relevant authorities with regards to this matter and will accept any consequences that result from the investigation.'

At least that sounds a whole lot better than just trying to pin the blame on her staff. Also, even if it was really an honest mistake, the fact is that she still has to take responsibility for that mistake and face the consequences.

Otherwise, we'll just have everyone breaking the rules in the next election run-up and having all of them just brush it off as 'an honest mistake'.

Almond Cookies SG

I am truly amazed that Tin Pei Ling can pass the PAP's supposedly stringent selection panel. so much for its stringent selection process indeed.

The criteria is be a yes man in PAP and u will definitely be fine.

alize SG

I am not trying to be biased here but really I think it's really a honest mistake, oversight on Ting's part. She has no ill intentions at all.

Let's close file and move on. After all Marine Parade residents have giben her team to mandate for the next 5 years

Mandate is neither hers nor MP Goh Chok Tong's. It is Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's.

Anyway you defend her also no need. They are not going to remove her.

Redwhite spore SG

have everyone breaking the rules in the next election run-up and having all of them just brush it off as 'an honest mistake'.

U have a very valid point here.

Maybe the PP can issue her a stern warning to serve as a deterrent to others in the next election.

It will be unfair for the Marine Parade residents to lose their MP so soon after she was elected, right?

As Emeritus SM Goh has said, Ting will be more mature in the next election. Everone deserves a chance incldg MPs

fudgester SG

U have a very valid point here.

Maybe the PP can issue her a stern warning to serve as a deterrent to others in the next election.

It will be unfair for the Marine Parade residents to lose their MP so soon after she was elected, right?

As Emeritus SM Goh has said, Ting will be more mature in the next election. Everone deserves a chance incldg MPs

Marine Parade deserves a mature MP. RIGHT NOW. Why should the taxes of Marine Parade residents pay for the upkeep for one immature MP if it will take five years for her to be more mature?

For goodness' sake, she's already 27, so what's her excuse for not being mature?

If there's one thing I've learnt, it is that stern warnings do not work on immature people. She has already been briefed on proper protocol with regards to Cooling-Off Day, and it would behoove her to brief her subordinates of that protocol.

You breach the rules, you face the consequences. Period.

alize SG

U have a very valid point here.

Maybe the PP can issue her a stern warning to serve as a deterrent to others in the next election.

It will be unfair for the Marine Parade residents to lose their MP so soon after she was elected, right?

As Emeritus SM Goh has said, Ting will be more mature in the next election. Everone deserves a chance incldg MPs

You don't come and valid point here valid point there.

If you make the law, the Party can get away with murder. Luckily you are nobody.

Redwhite spore SG

Marine Parade deserves a mature MP. RIGHT NOW. Why should the taxes of Marine Parade residents pay for the upkeep for one immature MP if it will take five years for her to be more mature?

For goodness' sake, she's already 27, so what's her excuse for not being mature?

You breach the rules, you face the consequences. Period.

Can u default the whole PAP team and call for by-election just because of 1 small mistake by a newbie MP?

Did her mistake kill or hury anyone? No right!

Just like in the previous elction, although Minisetr Tong Tan was alleged to be in the voting centre, the court dismissed the oppositions' cries as Tong Tan did not commit any crime. It was a mistake, an oversight.

It's up to the Marine Parade residents to decide if they want to keep Ting but it's obvious they want her. If not why did they give the PAP team the mandate, right?

alize SG

Can u default the whole PAP team and call for by-election just because of 1 small mistake by a newbie MP?

Did her mistake kill or hury anyone? No right!

It's up to the Marine Parade residents to decide if they want to keep Ting but it's obvious they want her. If not why did they give the PAP team the mandate, right?

Goondu, her mistake hurt every single PAP and opposition politican in Singapore. Everybody played fair and she gained unfair advantage. If oppo politicians did it it would be different story.

Anyway are you drunk or high now? Who is Tong Tan? It's Goh Chok Tong. Tin become Ting.

alize SG

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Redwhite spore SG

Goondu, her mistake hurt every single PAP and opposition politican in Singapore. Everybody played fair and she gained unfair advantage. If oppo politicians did it it would be different story.

Hey goondu cockaneden Alize, if Marine Parade residents think so negatively of her, they would have voted her out, not give her team the mandate!

Hope u have recovered from your trauma of being replaced by a Bangladeshi worker who can think better, work faster and is more courteous than u.

Alize - u coming out to stand for next election? U will get 0% votes as even the senile uncle aunty can think and talk better than u.

Redwhite spore SG

You breach the rules, you face the consequences. Period.

U score on this point. Frankly, what do u think is the best punishment/remedy for her case then?

Strike her off & call for by-election for the GRC?

Just strike her off and call for one-to-one replacement election?

Fine her?

Jail her?

Maybe u can email your thoughts to the PM who is ready to engage the people even more now.

shanfan SG

Put it this way , she is not cut to be a MP. All she needs is to go do some soul searching and take up personal self development course. Such a failure even in the basics, stupid!