c'mon lah! The kid is poor and from a lousy school. You really think he is innocent? The kid jumped to avoid bringing further shame to his family. Don't malign our good police officers please!
It takes a lot a lot of courage to jump. What went through the boy's mind? We can only imagine something harsh must have happened during the interrogation. The Commissioner should conduct a thorough internal investigation, including reviewing the interrogation footage. Why the boy forced or threatened to confess? If there was injustice, the procedures must be corrected. Such arrogance and poor handling can happen to any one of us. Look at the case - why are 5 policemen required to bring a 14 years old boy to the police station? That's poor utilisation of resources. Why was the mom refused to meet her son. That's a 14 years old and not a dangerous mafia head. If the interrogation procedure was incorrect, imagine the psychological trauma on the boy even if he was innocent. We talked about insufficient singaporeans to serve the country. We just lost one precious one. Was the police that gung-ho when dealing with foreigners?
The school too is at fault. The school has the duty to protect all students. Why was no staff assigned to follow the boy to the police station to ensure that his rights were observed? Surely the principal can tell if the police was arrogant or out to get a scapegoat to close the case. Poor handling by the school. The principal's ability needs to be reviewed too.
The police used maximum pressure to extract confession on a 14 years old boy who was alleged to have committed a molest offence on a 11 years old girl in a lift.
I think the truth needs to come out from the police now to appease the public and the parents of Benjamin Lim . Did he do it or did he not do it? Did he jump because of the shame he caused to his family for committing the offence or did he jump because of the duress and shame that he was subject to ? After all , he is only a 14 years old ... how much pressure can a 14 years old take .... and how old are the police who interrogated him ?
The sinkies has lowered to such a poor social state of affair..it is better to stay away not just from sinkies but also the whole freaking god damn country..
Benjamin 's eyes refused to close ....
I hope the police officers can sleep tonight ....
The kid jumped to salvage his family's honour. The father should not use his son's sacrifice to make baseless accusations about the professionalism of our police force. Poverty is not an excuse for one to go around making defamatory statements, especially against our beloved police.
Poor doesn't mean he is a molester!
Police must have forced a confession!
If is forced confession the IO will tio bua by DPP gao gao wan. Doubt the IO so fucking stupid.
OM cases are compoundable if under s354. If 354A, more serious. Offence inside lift will be classified as 354A. Given his age, probation was the likely outcome. Sad case. Victim's statement and CCTV recording 'nailed' him. But still no need to jump.
The kid jumped to salvage his family's honour. The father should not use his son's sacrifice to make baseless accusations about the professionalism of our police force. Poverty is not an excuse for one to go around making defamatory statements, especially against our beloved police.
he figured his life in sg was over with probation, criminal record, scrutiny for life, and possibly no more free neh nehs to squeeze. what's life without free neh neh to squeeze?
Who is the retard? The metaphor is used to highlight the injustices suffered by the young victim. The same thing may very well happen to your son or daughter.
There's no video of the interrogation. The molester is dead. You have to take the IO's word for it that he didn't extract a forced confession from the molester. Case closed. Let's move on.