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Michael Palmer - Damage Control or Personal Crisis?

Dear Scroo

The context through which this whole sordid affair is to be viewed is the " Secret Squirrel " SMSes. from a disgruntled lover. My bet would be on the estranged husband, of Laura. TNP was sitting on the news but in this day and age if TNP does not break it, then the same details delivered to a Malaysian Tabloid would suffice . The exercise by the PAP was damage control.
Locke
hahaha....who spilled the bean is up for speculation....
but agree with u that the whole exercise is damage control.....
palmer/tch/pinky are not as kuku as kukubird to think that they can cover this up.
not everything has to be song and dance.
 
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There has been a whole string of scandals involving top civil servants this year... with lots of unnecessary details.

I can only deduce the events are deliberately managed in the manner it unfolded with the purpose to:

1) Distract daft Sinkies from more important issues confronting them, eg escalating costs of living, flooding of FTs
2) To demonstrate PAP is clean and just (it would appear that way to the ignorant international MSM at least)

In layman terms: How do you deal with disgruntled Sinkies? Feed them with scandals and gossips, distract them

You're talking about shock doctrine a la Naomi Klein? As in - these are manufactured shocks, like post-9/11 War on Terrorism? Like Falklands War? I think you have a good point.

There is another big advantage to this approach, from the cabinet's point of view. This will scare the senior civil servants into being more compliant. All those people who want to join in the fun and "change things for the better" will think twice. On the upside, we have too many superscale people anyway.

You really think so? Is this targeted at those who want to "change things for the better"? Looks more like incidental generic warnings. I think the "distraction" argument seems stronger.
 
They had been separated way before this.
The husband could still be fuming mad if he has been trying to save the marriage.

Another possibility is the sis who worked for Palmer. Case of jilted lover.

Whatever it is, whoever is threatening Palmer knows how to play the game to extract maximum damage. Sounds like out for revenge and not blackmail.

Now the question is if any other PAP personnel involved? Is this scandal going to widen?
 
Some interesting observations on the whatsapp screenshot

1) Monday is the day Palmer conducts MPS.
2) The screenshot mentions yesterday. This suggest the exchange took place on Tuesday at around 5 pm.
3) The last seen at the top suggests the screen capture was made on that day. The last seen time of 20:25 suggest that it was probably in the evening after 20:25.
4) The screenshot gets noticeably out of focus from left to right. This suggests that the person took this as a picture of the handphone and then cropped the image. This as opposed to doing a screenshot using an app.

Putting all this together, we are therefore looking at someone who has access to LO's handphone on a Tuesday evening after her regular get together with MP. The person probably took the picture with another handphone without her knowledge.



I am beginning to get it.

I think I have been fooled by PAP again. Actually thought they were hellavu transparent and bold. Damn.
 
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Putting all this together, we are therefore looking at someone who has access to LO's handphone on a Tuesday evening after her regular get together with MP. The person probably took the picture with another handphone without her knowledge.

Some have speculated that this person is the sister Cindy Ong.
 
Wah, Scroobal, now look at what you are saying!

LTK knew about YSL nonsense well before he named him to contest Hougang? You got proof or not? LTK has declared publicly that he didn't know YSL's nonsense and you are saying otherwise? You better have proof or witness to make such assertion PUBLICLY! :)

For the record, I didn't kick in so early to "ran shotgun" of YSL... least "mercilessly". I have even given him and WP good advice, remember? If you haven't notice, what LTK said during the press conference about the reasons of sacking YSL, most of the points come from my advice on my first blog post about the saga, which was written more than a week after the news broke off. I saw it coming... YSL was going to drag WP down with his nonsense of "no comment" and that smirk attitude.

Good heart never gets appreciated. I did my last bit of trying to save the situation by asking YSL to come clean, just before he kena sacked; as I saw it coming but people just "fired" me for that! What a shame!

Well, for those who think that WP has "set the standard" for PAP, nah, I think otherwise. WP has become the negative example for PAP to learn from their faults and demonstrated that what could happen to them if they mismanaged like WP did. Thus, PAP did a quick and professional clean cut right from the start. Nothing to do with "standards set by WP", rather like a living bad example set by WP's bad crisis management skill. If it is truly about the standards set by WP, then PAP would have sacked Palmer right away, instead of letting him to resign so gracefully. They chose to do this because they see the unprofessional way WP has done it, sacking him like that, hush hush...


Goh Meng Seng


WP did no such thing. YSL habit was well known. LTK knew of his nonsense well before he named him to contest Hougang. Until the law kicked in, our culture tolerated 2nd and 3rd wives. After the law kicked in, it became quite common especially for businessmen to have mistresses. Personal affairs even for the opposition is off limit to the press.

In YSL's case, there was a slow build over weeks by those within the party. The knives came out. Richard Wan finally ran the story when MSM refused. GMS then ran shortgun mercilessly until he got fried. It got worse when the translator suggested that she was coerced to give him. It then became untenable for WP and they did the right thing.

YSL was also silly. He should have just resigned and did a Palmer.
 
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Sorry, I find this comment stupid. During Yaw-gate we were asked to trust that the WP did the right thing, without knowing the full extent of the what they are asking our confidence for. Even if you are not pro-PAP, you should believe that the same standards apply to both sides. Palmer's gone. Get over it!

The PAP portrayed itself as the only party with high morals and ethics. Since it put itself on a pedestal, it should be subjected to more scrutiny when its supposedly 'talented' MPs mess up.
So, is the PAP the high and mighty party or is it just a political party like those in other countries?
 
A couple of mature and supposedly elite adults doing lovey, dovey chat like some starry eyed teenagers experiencing first love????!!!!!

It's really pathetic! :rolleyes:
 
A couple of mature and supposedly elite adults doing lovey, dovey chat like some starry eyed teenagers experiencing first love????!!!!!

It's really pathetic! :rolleyes:


Leong : Where are you?
GF : At home.
Leong : Want to fuck?
GF : Ok, where?

:D
 
Good post.

There is something not right about this explanation. Michael Palmer could have resigned, without causing a great scandal. He could have cited family commitments. Or even if there was adultery, he could have hushed it up and bided his time until 2016. His seat is risky because he only has 55% of the votes. PAP losing 1 seat is a distinct possibility, and an MP resigning in disgrace makes it worse.

People are selectively ethical about different matters. There is no general standard of ethics for a person. A mass murderer might be scrupulously loyal to his wife. A criminal could have an extremely good work ethic. A serial philanderer could be extremely loyal to his friends. This is a well known aspect of human psychology.
 
Leong : Where are you?
GF : At home.
Leong : Want to fuck?
GF : Ok, where?

:D

I would use code words

Leong : Spark plugs need cleaning.
GF : The workshop will do that for free.
Leong : Will bring the car in at 9 o'clock.
 
As I thought, it was no ordinary extramarital affair after all. And nothing to do with "new morality" either. Press blackout in place. PA under curfew. Yam Ah Mee working extra hard to clear the nonsense.
 
The affair itself appears hum drum. It is what he allegedly "did for her" that is somewhat shocking.
Hopefully the secret squirril leaking the pictures will have more than just pics of her flirting with TSL.

As I thought, it was no ordinary extramarital affair after all. And nothing to do with "new morality" either. Press blackout in place. PA under curfew. Yam Ah Mee working extra hard to clear the nonsense.
 
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As I thought, it was no ordinary extramarital affair after all. And nothing to do with "new morality" either. Press blackout in place. PA under curfew.

good grief!!! it's all like a sham! fook me hard!!! :eek::eek::eek:
 
The affair itself appears hum drum. It is what he allegedly "did for her" that is somewhat shocking.
Hopefully the secret squirril leaking the pictures will have more than just pics of her flirting with TSL.
Newspaper also mentioned emails. The evidence must have been very solid, otherwise PAP wouldn't have to react so fast.
 
This is the million dollar question that needs to be answered:

Recently, two senior civil servants were charged with receiving sexual gratification to further commercial interests. A NUS Law lecturer has also been charged with receiving sexual gratification for better grades. Ms Laura Ong was previously a People's Association Constituency Director who worked with Mr Micheal Palmer. Mr Palmer was therefore in a position to advance the career of Ms Laura Ong. Did Mr Palmer receive sexual gratification and advance the career of Ms Laura Ong?
 
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