P8P sue low IQ boy... You Decide.

[Pisces69]

no, i think it reported the truth

 

but not follow up article on what happen later or reply from MP which i believe there should have.

 

this is at most 1/2 a story nia

 

 

It seems strange that the MP did not follow-up n make sure the whole story was published at that time. I wud think she wud want pple to see what really happened?

 

Now elections, then we see a story disputing the facts of that story.

[Joseph22]

Have you been to mps b4?

I had, once. Before going, I expected the mp to be at least friendly.

But when talking to him, face black black, like robot just do what is needed.

My friends also shared similar experiences (different place, different mp).

 

i been there 3 times in a row.

3 times, Amy Kor smile at me and my wife and talk nicely to us in polite and gentle tone.

[Pisces69]

thought someone mention in another thread that they got come out to explan during that period??

 

plus making a police report might not mean that they are the one who sue.

 

i know of a poly mate who hum tump his father with chair, even though the father dont want to sue, the police sue him.

 

later he was diagnose with some mental illness.

 

The police dont sue pple hor.

 

[Joseph22]

Too bad I can't find the interview on the mother and son that was on ch8. Funny, can't find it on catchup tv on xinmsn. If you all had watch the program I think you all would think otherwise. I know cos I happen to watch it. Actually the mother & son can help support themselves but sadly they just choose not to.

 

I'm not saying this to support any MPs but just speaking from an honest & neutral point of view.

if what you say is true...

 

remind me of USA election on the fame pumper who run the taxes.

[Joseph22]

The police dont sue pple hor.

sorry they charge him

[Pisces69]

who was your MP??

 

my one saw me and wify 3 time we being there leh...

 

your MP CMI. Vote him out

 

I from Sembawang n this time he already transferred to another ward.

 

[Grindcore888]

 

 

http://www.asiaone.com/News/The+New+Paper/...507-139990.html

 

PAP's Cynthia Phua And Her Most Famous Moment as an Aljunied MP

Today I will tell you a story. It is a sad story, so sad that it could almost be a Taiwanese soap opera. Unfortunately, it is not fiction, but a true story. (And here is the SPH newspaper report to prove it).

 

Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived in Aljunied (we don't know her real name, so let's just call her Julie). She was 53 years old, and she had a 17-year-old son (again we don't know his real name - so we'll just call him Ah Teck).

 

Julie was poorly educated. She had only studied up to Primary 6. She worked as a part-time cleaner, earning $400 a month to support herself and Ah Teck. Meanwhile, Ah Teck had low IQ and was attending a special school for mentally handicapped kids. He also had thalassemia, a blood disorder.

 

Ah Teck's father had run away several years ago and could no longer be found. So there was absolutely no financial help from him.

 

One day in January 2009, Julie was at work. She was standing on a chair to clean a fan. Suddenly, she slipped and fell. She broke her wrist. Thereafter Julie lost her job, for she could no longer perform her cleaning duties.

 

The money soon ran out and they could not pay their HDB mortgage instalments. So Julie and Ah Teck were about to lose their home - the HDB was taking action to repossess it. The HDB agreed to rent her another flat. But Julie did not even have $138 to pay for the rental deposit.

 

So Julie and Ah Teck decided to go to see their MP in Aljunied. They hoped that the MP would sign an appeal letter for them, to waive the $138 rental deposit. They went to the town council and had a chance to meet Aljunied MP Cynthia Phua (yes, the same Cynthia Phua now running for Aljunied again, together with George Yeo).

 

What went on in the office, we do not know for sure. Cynthia later claimed that the conversation was cordial and went well. Her fellow PAP MP Lim Hwee Hua even claimed that Cynthia behaved in a manner that was "very helpful" and "very motherly". But we hear a different side of the story from Julie, and it goes like this:

 

".....shortly after they had entered the office, Madam Phua asked her son a series of questions: 'She asked him, 'Who are you? What are you doing? Why aren't you working?' .... The mother said she wanted to explain her son's condition, but wasn't given a chance. 'I felt like we were being scolded,' she said.

 

 

Whatever Cynthia Phua had actually said, we know that Ah Teck must have felt very humiliated and insulted. Perhaps it was not merely the words, but the tone, the demeanour, the body language. Whatever the case may be, we know how Ah Teck must have felt. That's because right after he walked out of Cynthia's office, he lost his temper in a big way. Ah Teck picked up a foldable chair, and slammed it twice on a door.

 

There was a small commotion, other people quickly restrained the boy and calmed him down. And then Julie went home, taking her mentally-handicapped son with her.

 

The story might have ended there, but it did not. Cynthia made a police report. Later that night, the police arrived and arrested Ah Teck. Criminal charges were brought against him.

 

Two days later, Julie went to see the MP again, clutching a handwritten letter of apology from her son. We are told that in this letter, Ah Teck wrote the following words: "'Please fodgive me for what I dad I am sinelely truely I'm sorry". (Note that Ah Teck has low IQ - that would be why his writing skills are so poor).

 

But there was no forgiveness. There was no kindness. PAP MP Lim Hwee Hua rejected the apology and refused to ask the police to withdraw the case.

 

Hwee Hua further claimed that Ah Teck's chair "could have killed somebody". (Personally, I think that the only thing you can kill by hitting a door with a chair is the door. Or the chair).

 

Charges were pressed and the hapless Ah Teck was required to appear in court on a certain date - 12th May 2009.

 

What happened next is not publicly known. I have surfed and googled, but the media does not seem to have followed up on the story and I cannot get any more information. This is probably because the boy was underage. In Singapore, juvenile court proceedings are generally shielded from the public eye and reporters are kept out of the courtroom.

 

So the story ends here - because we really don't know what happened next.

 

What I hope is that Ah Teck did not get some criminal conviction that would stain his record, and make his already-bleak future even more difficult.

 

I also hope that both Julie and Ah Teck had the good fortune to meet a judge who could understand their hardship and empathise with their daily struggles for money and a roof over their heads.

 

And I hope that the judge treated Ah Teck with more kindness and compassion, than the Aljunied PAP MPs had done.

 

Since the General Elections are here again, it is also my hope that you will take a few moments to reflect on the above incident.

 

Especially if you are in the Aljunied GRC, please vote wisely .... for MPs who are kind and compassionate, and who genuinely want to help their residents.

 

[Pisces69]

i been there 3 times in a row.

3 times, Amy Kor smile at me and my wife and talk nicely to us in polite and gentle tone.

 

Then I guess u r lucky to have a good n helpful MP.

 

[Joseph22]

I from Sembawang n this time he already transferred to another ward.

i can feel your agony having such MP who dont even bother to act act bit

[Pisces69]

sorry they charge him

 

U must have yr facts correct. Otherwise u say wrongly, wait kenna sue till bankrupt.

 

[Somewhat1975]

Too bad I can't find the interview on the mother and son that was on ch8. Funny, can't find it on catchup tv on xinmsn. If you all had watch the program I think you all would think otherwise. I know cos I happen to watch it. Actually the mother & son can help support themselves but sadly they just choose not to.

 

I'm not saying this to support any MPs but just speaking from an honest & neutral point of view.

 

here is the video

 

http://video.xin.msn.com/watch/video/episode-7/1dlqt83k7

 

[Mike1234]

i been there 3 times in a row.

3 times, Amy Kor smile at me and my wife and talk nicely to us in polite and gentle tone.

 

She smiled at you then say....

 

Here is not clinic ....Your fever cant be cured...

 

[Joseph22]

Then I guess u r lucky to have a good n helpful MP.

after hearing your story, i think so too

 

now you understand why i chose her over NSP??

[Joseph22]

U must have yr facts correct. Otherwise u say wrongly, wait kenna sue till bankrupt.

[Pisces69]

i can feel your agony having such MP who dont even bother to act act bit

 

So u think an MP who "act act bit" is OK then?

 

NO!!! We sud have MPs who r genuine in serving us. Otherwise better just "act act bit" to pay their $16,ooo allowance.

 

[Mike1234]

after hearing your story, i think so too

 

now you understand why i chose her over NSP??

 

U in SMC?

 

[Joseph22]

So u think an MP who "act act bit" is OK then?

 

NO!!! We sud have MPs who r genuine in serving us. Otherwise better just "act act bit" to pay their $16,ooo allowance.

 

KNS say so much only to agree with me

 

but we cannot not have best of both world.

 

if they no compassionate about serving us, at least act compassionate to justify their allowance.

[Joseph22]

U in SMC?

 

 

my name still in SMC although actual address is in CCK GRC

 

they still holding on to my old address which is SMC.