I do not have any interest in NTUC except for their weekly offers which starts every Thursday. That includes the Amy Cheong saga that started a few days ago. However, as more media reports, netizens and even ministers joined in, I started to become slightly curious.
Call me a conspiracy theorist but I suspect that this entire fiasco is fictional. The main character, Amy Cheong, might exist but there are a number of points to attest that my suspicion did not come out of the blue. I am quite certain that I am not the only one who noticed them.
On that very day after Amy Cheong succeeded, courtesy of Facebook, a certain Cecilia to become the most talked about woman in Singapore, Straits Times published her picture on its front page. Previous cases which are similar to this don't appear on the first page.
The Straits Times, widely known to be a "very good" newspaper, published a Wall Street Journal titled "Why we are so rude online" on the very same day. It is indeed fascinating to know that the paper was so efficient at having a secondary article to warn people that the Amy case was a no-no.
An MP plus four ministers, including Lee Hsien Loong himself, have condemned the comments made by Amy Cheong. It is interesting to note that the MP, Janil Puthucheary, and two out of the other three ministers, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and K. Shanmugam, are all of minority race.
Lee Hsien Loong mentioned about the Wall Street Journal article again when he weighed in on the case. The article was actually brought up by him last week, before Amy turned into an overnight celebrity, in a Facebook post regarding online vitriol.
The man who was partially responsible for Amy's sacking is Lionel de Souza, an Hougang grassroots leader. He lodged a police report against her for her racist remarks. Lionel claimed that "such remarks should never be allowed as it's dangerous to play the race card in Singapore."
I am sure most of us remember Sun Xu, who earlier this year called Singaporeans "dogs" in an online post. The Sun Xu saga is certainly no smaller than Amy Cheong's so dear Lionel de Souza, where the heck were you then? Oh yeah, and where were you as well, Mr Lee?
Last but not least, why would NTUC fire a staff of high seniority in such a short span of time? Also, Amy managed to fly to Australia to take cover almost immediately after her photo appeared on the front pages.
The point here is that everything seems to be unfolding so quickly and swiftly that it makes one ponder if it was all staged. Is it a move by the government to make people obediently abide by the Internet rules? Or is it to show that the men in white are very efficient and decisive in such circumstances?
It is just my opinion so don't take my word for it, and please do not make a police report against me.
Call me a conspiracy theorist but I suspect that this entire fiasco is fictional. The main character, Amy Cheong, might exist but there are a number of points to attest that my suspicion did not come out of the blue. I am quite certain that I am not the only one who noticed them.
On that very day after Amy Cheong succeeded, courtesy of Facebook, a certain Cecilia to become the most talked about woman in Singapore, Straits Times published her picture on its front page. Previous cases which are similar to this don't appear on the first page.
The Straits Times, widely known to be a "very good" newspaper, published a Wall Street Journal titled "Why we are so rude online" on the very same day. It is indeed fascinating to know that the paper was so efficient at having a secondary article to warn people that the Amy case was a no-no.
An MP plus four ministers, including Lee Hsien Loong himself, have condemned the comments made by Amy Cheong. It is interesting to note that the MP, Janil Puthucheary, and two out of the other three ministers, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and K. Shanmugam, are all of minority race.
Lee Hsien Loong mentioned about the Wall Street Journal article again when he weighed in on the case. The article was actually brought up by him last week, before Amy turned into an overnight celebrity, in a Facebook post regarding online vitriol.
The man who was partially responsible for Amy's sacking is Lionel de Souza, an Hougang grassroots leader. He lodged a police report against her for her racist remarks. Lionel claimed that "such remarks should never be allowed as it's dangerous to play the race card in Singapore."
I am sure most of us remember Sun Xu, who earlier this year called Singaporeans "dogs" in an online post. The Sun Xu saga is certainly no smaller than Amy Cheong's so dear Lionel de Souza, where the heck were you then? Oh yeah, and where were you as well, Mr Lee?
Last but not least, why would NTUC fire a staff of high seniority in such a short span of time? Also, Amy managed to fly to Australia to take cover almost immediately after her photo appeared on the front pages.
The point here is that everything seems to be unfolding so quickly and swiftly that it makes one ponder if it was all staged. Is it a move by the government to make people obediently abide by the Internet rules? Or is it to show that the men in white are very efficient and decisive in such circumstances?
It is just my opinion so don't take my word for it, and please do not make a police report against me.
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