Mas Selamat escaped without his pants on
23 04 2008Reuters UK couldn’t have chosen a more innovative title for their news article: Singapore says militant escaped without trousers. It’s also amusing to see the piece of news filed under “Oddly Enough” category. 
Shucks, if only Singaporeans had known this piece of information upfront! It would have been so much easier to spot someone without trousers than someone with a limp. I mean, in Singaporeans’ vigilant efforts to spot that limping leg, we could have easily missed that person who walked past us without his trousers on right? Aiyah, so wasted.
Even my good friend Wilfrid has decided to flaunt his scriptwriting skills with a hilarious movie script here: Where In The World Is Mas Selamat?
Of course, it’s not just fun and games. Corrective actions must be taken. For starters, they should fix the two non-working CCTVs. How about considering mr brown’s suggestions on installing imitation CCTVs? Yes, I would say let’s go for the ones with wires and blinking LEDs as they look more real.
Also, from Mr. Wong Kan Seng’s ministerial statement (para 64), he has already instructed Directory ISD to take the corrective actions. I quote: “For example, the toilet window has been sealed”. It is my sincere hope that it was either a grammatical error or the Whitley Road Detention Centre has only ONE toilet window in the entire compound.
Oh man … you know, this is such a national joke. In face of such humiliation, someone really need to take responsibility. Possibly from somewhere high up.
I was just talking to TK. It is a systemic problem - complacent. Another set of officers would have been at the same place and they would have made the same mistake. Singapore government should send a strong signal. Whoever that can fix this will be our next generation PM.
We need someone who recognise the problem (me!), passionate about Singapore (me!), and thick skin enough to ask:
Could I have a job application form for the PM position please?