lionnoisy SG Fears Singapore execution linked to shortened military exerciseThursday November 24, Original reported in ABC On Line A former RSL officialsays the forthcoming execution of an Australian drug trafficker in Singapore may have led to a military exercise being cut short in central Queensland. Former Rockhampton RSL president Keith Joyce says he has been told the Singapore Armed Forces have cut the exercise at Shoalwater Baythe by a week, and are now due to fly out by December 2, the day that Van Nguyen is due to hang. Mr Joyce says there is concern about a possible backlash towards Singapore troops in central Queensland. He says Singapore's refusal to stop the execution is damaging valuable military ties. "I see the aircraft coming over my house every day, the trucks going past with the armoured vehicles on them," he said. "We have obviously a very close link with Singapore and if the pleas of our Government, of our Prime Minister and of our Foreign Minister aren't having any effect on them, it makes me wonder why we are so closely involved with them at all."
BillyBong SG My colleagues just returned from a business trip in Australia. They find the atmosphere normal, no anti-SG sentiments, mere hyped-up media campaigns against our nanny state over the hanging debacle. Evidently, the general australian is not adversely against this execution. After all, the international community once condemned SG for allowing drug smugglers to transit with impunity in SG, so we're just doing our JOB!
ditzy SG Actually, its only Kelly Ng and friends, his mom, Lex Lasry, a handful of Labor party members, and a bigger handful of Australians who are actually against it. Generally speaking, if you're here to see it yourself, nobody really cares.
iveco SG The real job is not hanging drug traffickers, but keeping dirty money out of our shores. Who knows how much Lo Hsin Han and his cronies have laundered in Singapore all htese years?
BillyBong SG The harder part is proving it.... And it will take more than just statements from amnesty international and undisclosed sources from JP Morgan to verify.
sgboy2004 SG it's a political game lah the politicians cannot sit and do nothing, hav to make some noise, else next election they will lose and kena fired by the pple for not standing up for their own pple...
lionnoisy SG The Australian Greens want military relations with Singapore suspended, unless the Nguyen's death sentence is commuted. Greens leader Bob Brown says Singapore depends heavily on Australia as a station for more than a quarter of its overseas air force planes and up to 6,000 military personnel each year. He claims cutting military ties is one of the best ways to compel them to cancel, or at least delay, the hanging.Ok.Shall we call Beijing for ex. in Hainan Island---shorter distant??
sgdiehard SG Originally posted by lionnoisy: [b]The Australian Greens want military relations with Singapore suspended, unless the Nguyen's death sentence is commuted. Ok.Shall we call Beijing for ex. in Hainan Island---shorter distant??[/b]Deng Xiao Peng offered Yun Nan and Kwangxi, two provinces in exchange for singapore's training sites in Taiwan. similar climate, no typhoon, much larger areas, less costs, but singapore rejected as we could not abandon taiwan which helped us in the founding of the SAF. Li Peng finally said, cannot agree but acceptable, that was the final hurdle for the official diplomatic relationship between singapore and PRC. We may want to ask now for one province.
I-like-flings(m) SG election coming la.. so wayanging on both side so we will be too busy to complain about their other stupid policy lah
kurios55 SG actually a long time ago, when a certain someone was executed, Singapore troops on exercise in another country also pulled the same disappearing act. The exercise got cut short and they basically pulled out all the personnel except for a group of people. I know cos I was one of those left behind.. I tell you, the feeling on the day of execution.. it was a very sian day for all of us still there. And I can definitely identify with the media hyping up the whole event, cos when we read the local papers, it was like "Singaporeans deserve to die too!"
LazerLordz SG CSJ’s actions might jeopardise the WP and SPP vote this time round, thankfully no one has chosen to endorse his words from the opposition camp.
dragg SG Originally posted by lionnoisy: [b]Fears Singapore execution linked to shortened military exerciseThursday November 24, Original reported in ABC On Line [/b]those involved must be damn happy. go home already loh.
iveco SG Sigh, the opposition always gets trarred by the same brush. IT is because of his attitude that is one reason for the divided opposition we have. How do you expect him to lead a coalition and sweep to power?
spencer99 SG I think CSJ should just get a rope, find a tall branch and hang himself.... no pun intended.
Fatum SG SPP's lead by Chaim See Tong, bro ... who's quite a respectable chap .... (and a bloody enemy of Chee ..... ) I don't see how this would impact him ... I hope to see more chaps like him infact ... serious, respectable opposition .... neways .... back to military stuff eh ...
LazerLordz SG yes.But you know how some Singaporeans are short-sighted and they might lump WP and SPP with the SDP... I have the fullest respect for Chiam, a well-known old boy too and a humble man.
relackjack SG oh this must be quite long ago?? anyway saf currently cutting down on training in ROC what... i think sispec ocs both never go liao.. looks like we are going to pangseh them soon haha
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