Suicide verdict for widow (Edmund)

Summary
This is one of the most saddest story happened in Singapore. The couple married on the same day but died on the different day.
Computer shop owner, Vernon Leong Jun Wei, 31 fell to his death at the Hilton hotel after his wedding banquet in November last year. Eight months later, Kerin Peh Li Ling, 28, had committed suicide at her flat.
At the coroner inquiry on Monday, the court heard that Peh could not come to terms with widowhood and had written practically daily in the two diaries found in her room of her 'undying love' for him.
She had slit her wrists and drank bleach last December but was rushed to hospital in time.
In the entry dated July 4, she wrote that she did not wish to be left alone for too long without her late husband.
'I do not want to move on like others do,' she had confided in her diary.
The next day, she took her life.

Why I Choose This Article
i choose this article because i had read the previous news saying that the bridegroom had fall to his death and now it is sad to hear that the bride had also commit sucide. I always thought such saddening incident will not happen in real life.

If i were to control the situation
I would send the bride to counselling after hearing that her husband had died. I would also spend time acompany the bride if i were to know the bride.

S'poreans hit by 'mobile phone syndrome' (edmund)

Summary
A report shows that singaporeans are constantly thinking that their mobile phones are ringing, reported Sin Chew Daily.
It said that a random survey of 50 people found that some 80 per cent of them suffered from the mobile phone syndrome.
They would check their mobile phones incessantly to see if they were ringing or if there were any missed calls or messages.
A psychiatrist blamed this syndrome on stress.
'Such people should learn to relax to avoid stress taking over their daily life,' said the psychiatrist.
The psychiatrist advised sufferers to switch off their mobile phones or avoid answering their phones for a period of time.

Why I choose this article
I choose this article because i also want to check if i have the following syndrome too. To my shock, i think i have the same syndrome as what the report has written. I have check many times for my handphone when i thought someone had call me but in face there wasn`s anybody calling me.

If I Were To Control The Situation....
If i am the government, i will give the students less school hour so that they will be more relax and also make the school system less competitive. In this way, Singaporeans will be more happy and will have a better standard of living.

Quesion i have to ask..
I want to ask the psychiatrist why they want to blame this syndrome on stress and not other factors.

23 Year Old Molester Arrested ( Cheah Hock Seng Week 7 )

Summary
A 23 year old man was arrested by the police believed to involved several case of outrage of modesty at NANYANG POLYTECHNIC located at Ang Mo Kio.
Police received two reports of outrage of modesty in November, involving female students at the polytechnic.
The suspect was arrested at his home in Bukit Batok Street 31 on Wednesday.
Police said the suspect is believed to be involved in at least four cases of outrage of modesty in the Ang Mo Kio area.
Several pieces of lingerie, believed to be stolen items, were also recovered from the suspect’s residence and seized as case exhibits.
The suspect will be charged in Court on Friday.
If convicted, he may be jailed up to two years, fined and caned.

Why I choose this article
This is because i am a student from Nanyang Polytechnic and i did not know there was cases where female students in my school have been molested. I am quite surprise when i read this article and i hope my school mates will not be so deeply affected by this incident.

Question i have to ask
I am curious why NYP didnt announce to us this incident when there are female student being molested. I feel that the school should at least give us a notice so that we can be very caution when we see suspicious man behaving inside or outside our campus.

If I Were To Control This Situation
I would announce this incident to the school but not revealing the victim name so to protect the victim identity. I will also notice the security guard in NYP to ask them to be more caution about suspicion man behaving in the campus.

Shelther by Family ( Cheah hock seng Week 6)

Summary

Fugitive terrorist Mas Selamat was harboured in a brother's Housing Board flat in Tampines two days after he broke free from the Whitley Road Detention Centre (WRDC) in 2008, and provided with food, money and a disguise.

His brother, Asmom, Asmom's wife Aisah, and their children Nur Aini and Mahadir was said to help Mas Selamat on his escaped.

Three were convicted last week and sentenced to between three months and 18 months in jail. The fourth, Mahadir, was let off with a stern warning.

Why I choose this article

I choose this article because this news was very epic and shocking on the year 2008. Everyone was really curious where did Mas Selamat hide and after reading this news, i felt that it was not fully the family fault on habouring Mas Selamt, rather partially was also the Police fault. They did not check his brother house thoroughly and allow Mas Selemat to be on the street freely.

Question I want to ask
Singapore is a very small country and why governement still cannot find Mas Selamat in a short time.

If i were to control the situation
I will take this incident as a lesson learnt and do not repeat it again. I will also give their family councelling and also not punish them severly as i think it was normal for family to help with their relative.

Woman attacked in Yishun (by cheah hock seng)

Summary
A 26 year old woman was enjoying happy hour with two male friends at Ginza Pub in Yishun along Sembawang Road on Nov 10 when the unexpected happened.
She was confronted by a group of five women and one man in their late 20s, who asked if she belonged to a gang.
When she said no, the gang started attacking her with glass bottles and knives.
She suffered multiple slashes on her face, arms and legs, and was sent to the hospital.
Her two male friends were also injured while trying to protect her.
The victim said no one came to her rescue during the attack. The pub management did nothing to mediate the situation until the police and the ambulance arrived.
This attack comes after two gang attacks that have resulted in one death, 7 injured and nearly 40 arrests.

Why I choose this article
I choose this article because this is happening in Singapore and also there is many slashing cases happening now. This show us that Singapore is not very safe as what we think. I think the that the youths are getting really brave and didnt care about the law in Singapore. They do not know what is the consequences in slashing people and involving in gang related activities.

Question I have to ask
I would like to ask the youth involving in the slashing activies why they would want to do this stupid act and also i would like to ask the police if they have caught the gang of youth.

If i were to in charge the situation
I will ask many undercover policeman to go around the city acting as gangster to lure all the youth gangster out. After that if the youth gangster approach the undercover policeman then the policeman will take action and catch them.

Scholar admits child porn ( by cheah hock seng)

Summary
A SINGAPOREAN student on a teaching scholarship at the University of York in Britain has pleaded guilty to downloading indecent videos of children.
Jonathan Wong, 23, who was once in the gifted education programme at Hwa Chong Institution, was caught after undergraduates became suspicious of files on the university's intranet and told the authorities, said The York Press newspaper.
The files were traced to him and police raided his home on the university's Heslington campus.
They took away his laptop and hard drive, where they found 50 videos of hardcore child pornography, some of which were graphic, had audio, or lasted more than an hour.
They also featured girls as young as six, Mr Martin Butterworth, from the Crown Prosecution Service, told magistrates in York on Wednesday. He described the videos as 'quite serious offences'.
Wong, said to have few friends at York, where he was studying history on a Ministry of Education (MOE) scholarship, pleaded guilty to 17 charges of downloading child pornography between July 15, 2008, and March 19 this year

Why i choose this article
I choose this article because he is also an singaporean which is the same as me and also he is one of the gifted student in Singapore. This article shocked me when i found out he was caught with child pornography

Question I have to ask
I would like to ask Johnathan why he want to do such a thing. I find it normal to watch pornography but not child-pornograhy. I would also like to ask what is his plan now after this incident had happen.

If i were to in charge of this situation

 I would send johnathan to counselling and hope he will change for a better person. Of course he must be punish  for his act but not too heavily because he did not killed anyone and harm anybody, he is just watching pornography.