Written on November 17th, 2009
Racist And Useless Security Checks At Singapore’s MRT Stations
The APEC meeting had several impacts on the Singaporeans, besides the apparent increase in public littering (due to missing bins everywhere) another "issue" are the tightened security checks at MRT stations which however turned out to be useless and even more.. annoying. I question who trains these people and who sets up the instructions they follow. Keep on reading to find out why there need to be changes done to the procedures and staff, immediately!
1. The Simple Principles Of Terrorism - Fail!
These tightened security (luggage) checks have clearly one aim, prevention of any act of terrorsim (most prominently bombing) in Singapore. Good.. As a result of numerous Hollywood movies and daily news reports, even the kopi shop uncle next door should know that the old picture of that grimly terrorist with turban, long beard and TNT belt is outdated and antique. Hence, random checks is it, right? Practically everyone can be a "sleeper" and to ensure the highest quality of safety there for, the security checks should be completely independent of any race, age, social group etc. But.. Very Clearly They Are Not!2. Random Checks - Fail!
I did some field tests. Yes. In fact, not really field test but simply "monitoring" the MRT security staff in several situations with different kinds of people and bags, including myself. Caucasian people, be it tourists or not, get "priority treating" (Surprisingly... there are rumored white terrorists as well, hear hear). I encountered several situations where backpackers with huge bags, followed by me with my stuffed gym bag and other Ang Mohs could simply walk past the security staff without hesitation while the local person, no matter what race or age, was stopped just carrying a normal handbag. Read: The West And Asia - Racism And SauerkrautFatal error: Call to undefined function get_post_cloud() in /var/www/bbn013/angryangmo.com/www/wp-content/plugins/exec-php/includes/runtime.php(42) : eval()'d code on line 26