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Dangerous for man to carry exposed saw inside crowded MRT train
Imagine what would happen should a hapless commuter brush against the exposed teeth of this saw, seen openly carried by this man aboard a crowded train.
HX was shocked to see this happening.
In an email to STOMP on Feb 17, the contributor said:
"I was in a very crowded train around 8:10 am along at Kembangan heading towards the West on 17 Feb 2009.
"A Chinese national boarded the train at Paya Lebar (or one of the stations a few stops after Kembangan) with an exposed saw.
"When he squeezed himself into the train, he drew a number of shocked stares from the passengers.
"I was standing right behind him but was unable to take a good shot. When most of the passengers had alighted after Tanjong Pagar station, the man found himself a seat and that was when I took the shot.
"My main question is, why did SMRT allow such things to happen? I thought the security and safety of passengers are of high priority?
"Every now and then in the past year, there have been patrols at the stations and I can also recall the SMRT video that showed how a suspicious bag can create a dramatic response from the passengers, but somehow, in reality, a person with a dangerous object can walk in nonchalantly and unchecked.
"Seriously, I would like to know what exactly is SMRT really doing in maintaining the safety and security of the passengers."
HX was shocked to see this happening.
In an email to STOMP on Feb 17, the contributor said:
"I was in a very crowded train around 8:10 am along at Kembangan heading towards the West on 17 Feb 2009.
"A Chinese national boarded the train at Paya Lebar (or one of the stations a few stops after Kembangan) with an exposed saw.
"When he squeezed himself into the train, he drew a number of shocked stares from the passengers.
"I was standing right behind him but was unable to take a good shot. When most of the passengers had alighted after Tanjong Pagar station, the man found himself a seat and that was when I took the shot.
"My main question is, why did SMRT allow such things to happen? I thought the security and safety of passengers are of high priority?
"Every now and then in the past year, there have been patrols at the stations and I can also recall the SMRT video that showed how a suspicious bag can create a dramatic response from the passengers, but somehow, in reality, a person with a dangerous object can walk in nonchalantly and unchecked.
"Seriously, I would like to know what exactly is SMRT really doing in maintaining the safety and security of the passengers."
