Category: Dirty Politics

This category contains the dirty political events we witness in Singapore. Be it extreme elitism, favoritism, pork barrel politics, name calling, non-transparency etc etc.

Police arrest Amos Yee over anti-Lee Kuan Yew video

[Updated 6Jul2015] Amos seems to be completely traumatised after being sent to the mental hospital to stay with the mentally sick people. As someone said: People who killed others with their vehicles had less prison time (than Amos’ sentence). Sick People,

Impact of liberal immigration policies begins to show – social tension on the rise (updated)

[Updated 10Aug 2015] PRC’s pei-du mother accused of having an affair with a local man. [Updated 28 May 2015] China women assaulting and spitting on Simei condo manager [Updated 31Jan2015] Yuan Ching Road deaths: Man sent e-mail to media headlined “Final

About democracy, justice and double standard, the same applies to Singapore

Reading the ST article “KL slammed for arrest of 29 after rally against new tax” and the latest development of TRS (“Govt orders shutdown of The Real Singapore“), Askmelah can not help but have to agree with the following statements

The convenience of outsourcing the blame

“So nobody is truly accountable. Neither the SMRT CEO, the Transport Minister, or the LTA (oh, the predecessor CEO has been posted to a cushy job elsewhere) or even the Prime Minister. Welcome to Singapore Inc. Heads I win, tail

Past instances of lapses and mismanagement highlighted by AGO

Very well research article with a little humour, a little humbleness and sound argument but sadly the mainstream media chose to ignore it instead reported one-sided views from the ministers and the ruling party. Thus who can we blame the

Another dirty politics in motion?

“The Law Society is an independent body and does not engage in assisting or hindering any of its members in any political aspirations they may have,” – Law Society Present Thio Shen Yi PAP seems to be here there and everywhere,

Past history of “retired” high ranking officers being parachuted into civil service or GLC companies

[Original post 15 Jul 2011, updated 15 Aug 2015] Note the list is far from exhaustic and may even contain some errors but it does give an indication of how high and frequent the turnover of talents in the uniform

Seng Kang’s NIMBY incident is not what you see in the mass media [Updated]

[Updated 29 Jan 2015] “No commercial columbarium at temple site in Sengkang”  – After denying and trying to defend the bad decision in awarding a religious site to a private company for almost three weeks, the MND Minister Khaw Boon Wan

PAP – Transparency, Trust and the Truth

Close to 4 years after the water-shed election, the ruling party tried to do good initially but as old saying goes: “old habits die hard”, it is slowly but surely slipping into complacency, intolerant of criticisms and we-know-best attitude. A

Another name calling incident by PAP leader

Yet another name calling incident by PAP leaders this time a relatively new minister who some touted could possibly (God Blessed Singapore) be the next PM of Singapore Chan Chun Seng. While the article of Chee Soon Juan’s article published

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