Singapore's hidden history

Rock^Star SG

Hidden History : 1962- Singaporeans were not allowed to vote NOT to join Malaysia.

In 1962, a Referendum was conducted to see what Singaporeans think about the prospects of merger with Malaya. The people were given 3 options :

Option 1 : Merger with autonomy in Labour and Education matters
Option 2 : Unconditional merger making Singapore on par with any Malayan state.
Option 3 : Merger under terms not worse than the Borneo states.

There was no Option available if you do not wish for merger with Malaya.

In other words, you are fucked if you do not want merger!!!

Rock^Star SG

Hidden history : Tiger shot in Raffles Hotel. This is true. Not a legend. -1902

The shooting was reported in the Straits Times of 13 Aug 1902

Rock^Star SG

Hidden History - Lee Kuan Yew's pact with Mahathir - Call off the dogs of "S" Committee and we will do the same- 1988

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Hidden History - The rape and murder of CJC schoolgirl Winnifred Teo Suan Lie 1985

In 1985, this schoolgirl from CJC went jogging ... she never returned alive. Her naked body was found bound and stabbed, ans was sexually assualted. Her killers were never caught. UP to this day, there are people who feel the case is not closed, and justice will be done!

Rock^Star SG

ON OCT 15 in 1994, at 7.30'pm, on her way to her hairdresser's at the Katong People's Complex (now known as Katong Mall), Singapore's top nightclub mamasan Mona Koh was shot twice by an unknown gunman at the ground floor lift lobby. One bullet hit her face, another her back. A police detective was NEAR the scene of the shooting, but even then the gunman was never caught.....

Mona was to spent six months in hospitals, first in the Singapore General Hospital, then Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

The bullet in her face was removed, but not the one lodged in her spine. She was reduced to be wheelchair-bound.

The gunman could have been a hired hitman, and till today, she maintains that she does not know who wanted her out of the way so badly.

""People say I know who it was, but I really don't know. Sometimes, I wish the answer would come to me in a dream. But I certainly would like to know who did it before I die.''

In spite of the fact that top police officers, businessmen and even politicians were her close friends, no one could help her find the answer.....

Rock^Star SG

Hidden History : Sunny Ang

Ang, Sunny (1939– 1967) One of Singapore’s most famous criminals, convicted on 18 May 1965 for the murder of bar waitress Jenny Cheok Cheng Kid, whose body was never found. The prosecution alleged that on 27 August 1963, Sunny Ang had hired a sampan (small boat) to bring him and Cheok to Sisters Islands south of Singapore, ostensibly to collect corals; but the real motive was murder— she was heavily insured. Ang was bankrupt whereas Cheok had been insured for a total of $450,000 with several insurance companies. Some of Cheok’s policies were renewed on the morning of her death, although Ang’s were not. The beneficiaries were Ang’s mother and Cheok’s estate.

Ang had helped Cheok to don the diving gear and let the novice diver descend alone. When she failed to surface, he did not go down to search for her. Moreover, he filed the insurance claims less than 24 hours after her disappearance. One of Cheok’s flippers was later found with the heel strap cut in two places by a sharp instrument. The prosecution relied entirely on circumstantial evidence. The jury found Ang guilty of murder and he was sentenced to death. He was unsuccessful in applying for leave to appeal to the Privy Council and was hanged on 6 February 1967.

This case was closely followed by most Singaporeans. There were rumours that he would be rescued by helicopters from Changi Jail, and steps were taken to prevent this possible escape.

Rock^Star SG

Hidden History : Girl shot thru heart in Queenstown 1972

Queenstown, 18 September, 1972 - A 22-year old seamstress by the name of Cheng Li Zhen (曾丽珍) was walking with her 19-year old sister Li Bao (丽宝) near Tanglin Halt when she suddenly screamed and collapsed. Blood oozed from her chest. It was only after she was sent to the Outram Road General Hospital that they discovered she had been shot. She died from her wound without regaining consciousness.

X-rays showed that the bullet entered from her upper left chest and hit her heart. Police suspected that the shooter was a sniper hiding in one of the high-rise buildings. There were no witnesses and her sister did not see any anyone with a gun.

The case remains unsolved.....

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Who would want to waste a bullet on this poor girl ?

Rock^Star SG

Hidden History : Largest tomb in Singapore... size of 10 HBD flats

Notice the life sized (2 metres tall) Sikh guard...... our own terra cotta warrior

Ong Sam Leong (b. 1857, Singapore - d. 7 February 1918, Singapore) was a successful and respected Chinese businessman. He was the key contractor supplying labourers to the mines in the phosphate-rich Christmas Island. He also owned other businesses such as brickworks and plantations in the Straits Settlements. His remains are housed in the largest tomb at Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore. His two sons, popularly referred to as the Ong Brothers, built and owned the New World Theme Park.

Ong was very active in the patriotic movement of the Straits Chinese community during World War One. He contributed liberally to the fund raising efforts during the war. In appreciation of the Straits Volunteer Corps (SVC), which defended the Settlements, he built a garage at the SVC Drill Hall at his own expense for use by the Corps' motor unit.

Before his death, he built a fine house in Bukit Timah Road called Bukit Rose. This was where Ong entertained friends on a lavish scale.

Ong died of heart failure in 1918 at 60 years of age.

Sam Leong Road is named after him.

http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_...009-02-19.htm

Clivebenss SG

Gemini Chit Fund - Singapore Ponzi.

Gemini Chit Fund Landmark fraud case. The Gemini Chit Fund Corporation Ltd was incorporated by Abdul Gaffar Mohamed Ibrahim in 1964 as a private limited company. The chit fund scheme originated in India. Usually practiced in rural societies, it is both a lending and saving scheme in which investors are also borrowers. Members make contributions to a common pool at periodic intervals. At the end of each period, the pooled funds are auctioned and the person with the lowest bid wins. Rural chit fund schemes usually involve ten people.

The Gemini Chit Fund attracted between 40,000 and 50,000 members, and promised high returns on investment. In 1973, Abdul Gaffar was charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust amounting to $3.2 million. The loss resulting from his crimes was estimated at $50 million. In sentencing Gaffar to life imprisonment, trial judge Choor Singh dubbed the case ‘the swindle of the century’.

Rock^Star SG

Chit Fund? Did they spell wrongly somewhere lol.

BanguIzai SG

Very good post. Thank you.