who did not want van tuong to land in australia?

it was reported that nguyen van tuong was a transit passenger on his way to australia. passengers in the singapore transit lounge are normally left on their own. no checkings required. no custom officers are around parading the transit lounge except manning the entry/exit point. now how would the singapore customs know that a certain passenger bound for australia is strapped with heroin? obviously someone must have tipped off the singapore customs. van tuong is an unknown entity to the singapore customs. who would have known of him and his mission? who would have interest to want to prevent him from entering australia with his poison? our customs are not supermen who have laser beam eyes that can see through van tuong's jacket. neither were custom dogs running around the transit lounge. his arrest is no coincidence. would the australian media and public want an explanation? want to know who did it? now who tell? who told on nguyen van tuong?

two days to go before kingdom comes

in another two days nguyen van tuong will be history. the australian govt has done its best and knew that nothing else can be done. their conscience is clear. time to move on. they have pleaded for the mother to have a last hug of her son before the final moment comes. let us all share a moment of grief with the poor mother for a son that she will see no more. and let us pray that no one will come to our shore with another bag of drugs. please for your own good and everyone's good, do not come here. singapore and singaporeans shall beg all the drug traffickers and drug abusers for mercy, to spare us the agony and let us live in peace. do not put us in a position to be condemned as barbarians again. have mercy on us.

escape from paradise

just read this infamous book about all the infamous people mentioned. one startling revelation is the amount of ongoings in the legal profession that is quite embarrassing. wondering why nobody try to sue the author to redeem their image and reputation. big names and big companies were dragged into the spotlight for less than honourable dealings which nobody thinks will ever take place. do they, or is it all fictions and imaginations?

another round of pocket burning

everyone is eagerly awaiting for some singapore shares to come their way before christmas. but for many their pockets are already burnt, a very big hole. another round of steep hikes in secondary school fees is gonna hurt bad. cannot believe that secondary schools shall charge almost as much as a university education. or they are planning to pay their teachers as much as world class professors? but must say that all these increases are probably well thought out, and definitely affordable.

bush is changing immigration policies

i think he is doing the right thing. immigration policies must be changed and the screws tightened. anyone who wants to move into america must be ready to be an american, live like an american and accepts the values and lifestyle of an american. anyone coming to singapore must accept what we are, including our political system, culture, national service, no spitting, no chewing gum and death penalty for drug traffickers. otherwise get lost. why would a country accept people who are not willing to be one of them and determine to change the system to suit them or their way of life? why would a muslim country want to accept christians or buddhists or whatever who refuse to accept the muslim way of life and wanted to proselytise and build their own community and an alien way of life that is in conflict with the host country. this applies to a non muslim country accepting people of other religion and other queer way of lifestyles. the laxity and generosity of the host countries are always abused by the immigrants and eventually lead to more trouble than the host asked for. europe and america are facing the consequences. australia will be facing soon. singapore will too if it is too careless about the immigrants it is taking in. the american statue of liberty and open arm policies are going to bring along all its problems. all policies are double edged sword and the govt must consciously choose what it wants and bear the consequences.