Answers to both questions is generally yes. The main reason is that assault involving violence varies widely from a push, shove, slap to all out assault with bodily injuries, bleeding but not broken bones or extended period of hospitalisation.
administering social justice.
That is justice for you Singapore style.
Scroobal, thanks for your reply and the thread.
I highlighted certain parts of your reply above for a reason.
It is not just the police force that may give the perception of being lacking where it comes to administering justice.
It starts from the top tier, downwards to the seocnd and third tiers, to the press and even to the ordinary people.
Somehow, even many people these days have come to accept certain things and practices as second nature.
There will be the minority who complain of course, but in vain.
Just to highight certain examples, WW, Ma Chi's deadly ferrari killing cab driver and his passenger, 32 year old Sri Lankan architect killing woman going for dinner with grandchildren, woman getting assaulted by man at Sophia Road, man telling reporters that it's no big deal that his son drove drunk, an election candidate being labelled dishonest and lacking integrity and people accepting it, etc etc.
Justice is lacking in our society and even if we don't expect equality, we should be trying to work towards an equitable society. But it is not happening.
Very angry.