Strange woman with cane strikes women in shorts at Ang Mo Kio market
by Beh Yuan Hui
NO short pants on the streets!
A sexagenarian has been heading to the streets and caning women who wear short pants.
The woman has been seen loitering at the market and hawker centre near some flats in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore.
Holding a rotan in her hands, the woman would cane any female in short pants that she came across.
The republic's Lianhe Wanbao reported that the sexagenarian would also scold the women as she caned them.
"Why are you wearing shorts? You must be caned for wearing this," she said in Hokkien.
On Thursday, the woman has raised her rotan on a hawker.
The hawker, who was annoyed by the old woman's act, had attempted to stop her but was still whipped.
Her mother saw this and went to her aid. The mother and daughter managed to stop the old woman and forced her onto the ground.
They called the police later.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20091017-174159.html
Whoa that's some dangerous old lady on a mission of vigilante justice. Remember, no shorts in Ang Mo Kio! You might kenna rotan.
From The Temasek Review
Straits Times named Ris Low's photo as "sg-stupid.jpg"
The digital edition of the Straits Times has labelled one of the photos of ex-Miss Singapore World 2009 Miss Ris Low as “sg-stupid.jpg”!
The Straits Times has been conducting a media witch-hunt on Ris Low and the organizer of the pageant ERM World since SPH journalists dug out her past conviction last Friday.
To ensure that Straits Times does not try to wriggle its way out by changing the name of the photo later, we have taken a snapshot here:
What exactly does Straits Times mean by “sg-stupid”? Is it casting aspersions on the intelligence of Miss Ris Low by labelling her photo as such?
It is utterly despicable, disgusting and disgraceful for a supposedly professional national English Daily like the Straits Times to give such a derogatory name to the photo of a person.
Though Miss Low may not be blessed with impeccable command of the English language and she had a history of a psychiatric disorder, it doesn’t mean that she is less intelligent than the average Singaporean.
Even if it is really so, the media has no right to shame her in front of the public. The journalist responsible for naming and uploading the photo should issue a public apology to Miss Low and the public.
Miss Low should consult her lawyers to see if there are any legal grounds for suing the Straits Times for libel. She is still young and has a long way to go in her life.
The Singapore media should let her off and stop harrassing her like some public enemy when there are more pressing issues like hand to deal with.
Unlike some public officials, Ris Low did not cause the deaths of any person nor did she lose billions of taxpayers’ monies. When asked about her past conviction, she was perfectly open and candid about it. She also expressed her remorse over her mistakes and seek forgiveness from Singaporeans.
Did any of our millionaire ministers apologize for their mistakes? Instead of chasing after the people of real importance, the Singapore media found fit to bully a defenceless young girl whose only mistake is to sign up for Miss Singapore World without revealing her past convictions to the organizers.
http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/09/30/straits-times-named-ris-lows-photo-as-sg-stupid-jpg/
Obviously this "news" article is bullshit but I just found it hilarious ST forgot to caption the photo properly and put it on their website. Ris Low actually has grounds to sue for libel and win.