Bahyee Engaged as Defense and People have No Questions?

[Loofydralb]

Everybody knows that bahyee is PAP heavy weight calibre lawyer of choice for their cases.
He will never dare to take on cases for the opposition or cases against PAP.
For him to take this one, there is no doubt that either it was pre arranged or was given the green light.
That alone shines light on the outcome.

 

[Rabbit7]

Everybody knows that bahyee is PAP heavy weight calibre lawyer of choice for their cases.
He will never dare to take on cases for the opposition or cases against PAP.
For him to take this one, there is no doubt that either it was pre arranged or was given the green light.
That alone shines light on the outcome.

Any idea, what Iswaran's legal fees will be ?

 

[worcer]

Its just a format they go though...

 

[syed putra]

I dunno what the fuss is about. It's only tickets. It does not affect any decision making processes or conflict of interest.
LJY on the other hand bought properties at a discount from Mr ong and LkY wasn't arrested and charged.

 

[Willamshakespear]

I dunno what the fuss is about. It's only tickets. It does not affect any decision making processes or conflict of interest.
LJY on the other hand bought properties at a discount from Mr ong and LkY wasn't arrested and charged.

Singapore is a Rule of Law Nation.

Anyone - king or pauper, has the RIGHT to purchase any product one wishes, regardless if at inflated, full or discounted price, SO LONG as money - Millions or even $1 had been passed from a Willing Buyer to a Willing Seller, with documents or receipts as LEGAL PROOF of purchase.

Our late Founding Father Mr, Lee had committed NO offense from buying properties for honest & legal investment purposes, as civil service is not for life, & when one retires & returns to civilian life as a private citizen, he would need funds to survive than to rely on social welfare funds for his own upkeep.

That he continued with civil service to serve our country till his passing is another issue, which is related to the public voting WILL & unrelated to such property purchases.


Gifts are another issue as such are not monetary transactions, thus no legal documents are given or obtained.

However, to prevent corruption, there are guidelines for Civil Servants when accepting gifts. Standard is that anything above $50 must be declared to Ministry's Perm Sec, & if one wishes to keep the gift, would have to pay to the govt the full value of the gift. Anything below $50, approval only if there is no hint of returning of favors to the gift giver.

In Mr. Iswaran's case - those tickets given are NOT CDC vouchers or Golden Village cinemas that costs a few dollars, but worth thousands of dollars & even rare - such as entry to Qatar that has stringent rules to watch the World Cup, that very few are able to obtain.

Should Mr. Iswaran had paid for those tickets from his own pockets, even at discounted prices from OBS, & have legal documents or at the least receipts to show for such, it would had been no issue, & he would not had been arrested & the drama that follows....

 

[laksaboy]

You expect anything different with a kangaroo court (judiciary system) in a totalitarian shithole?

Enjoy the media driven circus show.

 

[Willamshakespear]

Just to add to my earlier post, in the event that the less discerning would think that there is a loophole within our anti - corruption system:-

Corruption is a crime in Singapore, & BOTH the giver & receiver of bribes are committing crimes. & will face judicial punishments, so as to prevent the furtherance of such crimes.

The loophole lays within the time honored legal tradition of Transactions:- a WILLING SELLER & WILLING BUYER, so long as there are documents or receipts to prove Purchase.

Some may presume that if a ticket to F1 that costs $8,000, or a property that costs $2 Million dollars, is SOLD by a WILLING SELLER at $1 to a WILLING BUYER, then there is no corruption as there was a LEGAL TRANSACTION with documents to show for it.

First of all, anything extreme below the market value of a product sold at such low prices would RAISE suspicions to several govt authorities, whom WILL investigate if there was ANY favors that had to be return in kind to the giver of bribes, thru many layers - market share indicators, sudden quick approvals with normal red tapes removed, etc, etc.

Secondly, most big companies are public listed, with shareholders, & for one director to give such extreme discounts, he would have to answer to them with official accounting, most whom will be public shareholders, for selling products at such extreme discounts that would hurt their annual dividends if not the unethical & illegal means to propel a company..