Why did singaporeans take things into their own hands to shame jover chew?

[h=1]WHY DID SINGAPOREANS TAKE THINGS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS TO SHAME JOVER CHEW?[/h]
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7 Nov 2014 - 12:35pm





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For harassing Mr Jover Chew who has been harassing his customers, lawyers said that the people serving citizenry-led justice against Mr Chew can be liable for harassment.

By now, Mr Chew needs no introduction, being the owner of the shop Mobile Air at the Sim Lim Square, who has caused a Vietnamese tourist to have to go on his knees to beg for his money to be returned, and another Chinese tourist to have a bag of coins thrown at her, while she also had to go on her knees to pick the coins up.

Yes, Mr Chew has scammed his customers. And not only that, since the start of this year, his shop has received 18 complaints – no other shop at the Sim Lim Square can beat his record. Not that they want to.

But for the graver deeds that Mr Chew has done to his customers, some lawyers have been quoted by mainstream media as saying that Mr Chew can take legal action against those whom have “harassed” him.

A perversion of justice? But of course, one bad act doesn’t deserve another.

Yet before we even debate about the use of the law, would it not be wiser to understand why the incidents even happened in the first place?

What about how Mr Chew’s shop has engaged in several scams without having been penalised for it? What do the lawyers have to say about that?

What about the hundreds and thousands of dollars lost by unsuspecting tourists and consumers, who have no recourse except a warning served by the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) against Mobile Air, and even when consumers are able to get a refund, it is only a partial one?

What of the Police who were called in for the two recent incidents which have made the news but where the Police could not even arrest or charge Mr Chew for his misdeeds?

Perhaps it might be all too convenient to turn it on angered Singaporeans to silent the ongoing discourse.

But why did some individuals feel the need to take things into their own hands?

The people behind the SMRT Ltd (Feedback) Facebook page had said, “Since the Singapore Police Force and CASE is so f***ing useless, we'd like to volunteer to make sure the owner of Mobile Air, Jover Chew come beg to SMRT Ltd (Feedback) for mercy like how Heather Chua did before we released his identity to AMK Police Division.”

Thereafter, SMRT Ltd (Feedback) started to release personal information about Mr Chew on their Facebook page.

A shirt, with the words, “You C**B** (Hokkien swear word)”, was also left outside Mr Chew’s shop, by other individuals.

Mr Chew’s shop has been closed for the past few days, since his shop became infamous.




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Even before we got to the current stage, this situation could have been prevented.

A more pertinent question to ask is – if the authorities were able to take effective action at the start to prevent Mr Chew from scamming or to even penalise him for scamming the consumers, would the current backlash have followed?

Reasonably, no, they wouldn’t have.

One has to question why citizenry justice has taken root in Singapore, from the filming of ungracious acts on trains to the photos taken of people relieving themselves in public.

If this is what it takes to make known an issue or if Singaporeans have to kick up a ruckus before the authorities would even take notice of the situation, what recourse do Singaporeans have?

Should the question not be directed to the authorities instead? Why did they not act?

=> Ass Loon: KNN! I donch need resources to fix the Oppos ah? *chey*

Why could the police not take action? Why could CASE not take action but only give warnings?

Did the authorities think it serious enough to think of alternative ways of doing things in the first place, to resolve the issues before they sink deeper into the mess that we see now?

Yes, citizenry justice is a new concept in Singapore, but it is one which has evolved as a response to the perceived lack of justice.

Where your only recourse lies in taking things into your own hands because the authorities which could have but did not, the question is not to ask how we should penalise Singaporeans for doing so, but why the authorities failed in the first place.

There are many learning lessons to be learnt, but if the blame is pinned only squarely on Singaporeans, then I am afraid we have not learnt at all.

Because at somewhere along the chain of events, some body cho bo lan

Gabernment never come out and praise Sinkies for standing up for their pets?

The scumbag PAP approves the way Jover Chew does business. Maybe Jover Chew is a PAP member.

Police protected Jover Chew. Now the lawyers are protecting him and warning sinkees not to harass him. He is well connected.

When justice cannot neither be sought in law enforcement nor in the courts, expect vigilante justice in any form.

Those on their moral high horses should think of those who have been trodden by the likes of Jover Chew.

zhihau said:

Because at somewhere along the chain of events, some body cho bo lan

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This eunuch was in charge of CASE for quite some time.













I rest my case.

makapaaa said:

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eh! that fucking tonychat is there

Other than printing stupid T shirts, complaining on the internet and making harassing calls, you sinkie losers dare not do anything else. Sor hai.

Useless, quiet ministers. Not a single one has spoken up against the crooks who have been operating like this at SLS for decades. Get their IC Nos. and make sure ACRA prevents them from registering businesses or companies. What's so difficult? Go after their tax returns; jails them if there is fraud. Crooks like Jover Chew should be put away for a long time.

lee6100 said:

Useless, quiet ministers. Not a single one has spoken up against the crooks who has been operating like this at SLS for decades. Get their IC Nos. and make sure ACRA prevents them from registering businesses or companies. What's so difficult? Go after their tax returns; jails them if there is fraud. Crooks like Jover Chew should be put away for a long time.

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'Crooks' like Jover Chew are entrepreneurs, the darlings of the PAP Leegime. They won't make things overly difficult for their own kind.

Singapore Management University's law professor Eugene Tan feels that the netizens' disgust with Mr Chew does not justify their actions.

INTRUSIVE

He said: "At another level, it's over-zealous and self-righteous. Regardless of the legitimacy of the cause, the actions by netizens are disproportionate and intrusive. Two wrongs don't make a right."

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What an idiot! He is defending a conman who brought bad repute to our country! If this was China, this conman would have been executed. In PAP land, the PAP supports the conman. Birds of a feather flock together.

Case executive director Seah Seng Choon thinks that a civil law is sufficient for now.

"I think that for the time being, given that we have a civil law in place, this is really sufficient," he said.

"We can try to speed up our action by serving voluntary compliance agreements faster or hopefully get injunctions speedier to stop errant retailers."

Mr Seah added that Case is already "doing a lot behind the scenes" to help consumers resolve their cases.

As CPFTA is a civil act, it will take some time to go through the necessary process to stop the unfair practices, he pointed out.

"It is a big thing for the person affected, but we can't jump in at the first instant when there's a complaint. Sometimes, it may be just a one-off (incident) because of some bad employees," Mr Seah said.

"Errant retailers can continue their businesses, but they must understand that the law will catch up with them."

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Another idiot. Sim Lim scammers have been there for decades. What has CASE being doing? Now, it says it will take time ...CASE has been doing NOTHING for more than a decade. Because of publicity, it is doing wayang.
CASE is doing NOTHING to help consumers.

laksaboy said:

'Crooks' like Jover Chew are entrepreneurs, the darlings of the PAP Leegime. They won't make things overly difficult for their own kind.

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Well said.

zhihau said:

Because at somewhere along the chain of events, some body cho bo lan

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This chain ends at the highest hierarchy - some shortie or some pinky cho bo lan

What this incident shows is where legal avenues are but wayang to serve the very rich and supposed official bodies like CASE are but also wayang to enable the connected and rich to project themselves as having a system in place to address such issue to protect consumers.

Remember I say all the nicety here are but a FACADE?

Well, the locals here know too well about 'how their interest' are really protected but on the other hand, they are very afraid to be put in a bad light by others partculary if news spread about some unpleasant incident.

Sinkie are really daft. They are only protecting their FACADE of Good image in trying to shame Jover Chew. Jover Chew is a PRODUCT OF THE SINKIE SYSTEM. Like a part of a essential functioning organ within their body. And here another part of the Sinkie body tries to correct or finish off Jover Chew. These pathetic Sinkie might as well if they dare, to take on that body who is responsible 'FOR CREATING AND PROMOTING SUCH A SYSTEM'

soIsee said:

What this incident shows is where legal avenues are but wayang to serve the very rich and supposed official bodies like CASE are but also wayang to enable the connected and rich to project themselves as having a system in place to address such issue to protect consumers.

Remember I say all the nicety here are but a FACADE?

Well, the locals here know too well about 'how their interest' are really protected but on the other hand, they are very afraid to be put in a bad light by others partculary if news spread about some unpleasant incident.

Sinkie are really daft. They are only protecting their FACADE of Good image in trying to shame Jover Chew. Jover Chew is a PRODUCT OF THE SINKIE SYSTEM. Like a part of a essential functioning organ within their body. And here another part of the Sinkie body tries to correct or finish off Jover Chew. These pathetic Sinkie might as well if they dare, to take on that body who is responsible 'FOR CREATING AND PROMOTING SUCH A SYSTEM'

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Ball-less sinkies.

winnipegjets said:

What an idiot! He is defending a conman who brought bad repute to our country! If this was China, this conman would have been executed. In PAP land, the PAP supports the conman. Birds of a feather flock together.

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This guy always play it safe. Politically-correct but just another impotent eunuch giving his 2 cents worth of sound bites.

Sinkies will Continue to harass that low life.. Fuck the police and Fuck the shit law.. Go for it Sinkies..

We as Sporeans know how it feels to be cheated especially those in their 50's.


Recently went down to collect my $5,000, it is all that these crooks would allow me to collect of MY savings of over $100K. The real big time crooks are the ones you see smiling here
We will see in the next GE how Sporeans deal with these people.

laksaboy said:

This eunuch was in charge of CASE for quite some time.

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