Selfish Singaporeans
Had supper with the boys last night at the usual area, heard an event that just happened not long ago from nabil which made me deeply ashamed and extremely aghast of my people living in this country.
Here the true event goes: A lady had a handphone shop at Plaza Singapura. So one recent weekend, a Blangadeshi foreign worker walked into the shop, saw the display handset and stole it from the shop, not knowing is a dummy. The lady, and her shop assistant saw the Blanga taking away a handphone from the shop, thus giving chase not knowing that is just a display set. The thief, instead of running out of the mall, went up the escalators, while the two continue to give chase. The shoplady, while chasing, was shouting, "Handphone thief! Handphone thief!", definitely caught the attention of everyone, but everyone just continue looking, wondering(not sure what are they wondering about, maybe thinking the lady is crazy.) Due to it being a weekend, the mall was packed, it did slow down the thief by a bit, but NO ONE actually do something to apprehend the person even though with a few guys, the Blanga will be easily pinned down. Then as the Blanga continue to run away, he chose to run down the escalators. The lady and the assistant carried on chasing, but she missed her steps, tripped, and fell down the escalators. Her head had a collision with the steps, unconscious and blood was gushing out. People nearby were seen filming the incident with their cameraphones. Ambulance came, and with the life support, she managed to preserve her life, but the impact of the collision was so powerful that her brain became dead.
My issues are:
Why didn't the passersby stopped the Blanga in the first place? There were so many people, they could have done with ease. Or are Singaporeans just 'bo chap' because they are afraid of future obligations like witnessing, or even recording their statements.
The 2nd issue was that if people were so curious and can record the whole incident with their phones, why can't they use the phones to call the cops? Now the most humane thing to do for these people is to hand over the video to the authorities for investigation, rather then posting it on Youtube for heartless purposes.
Where is the camaraderie among human beings these days, shouldn't we come together and emit evil? What is shocking about those who were there is that they act as if is none of their business and i believe that the guilt of knowing what happened to the lady will be a scar in their heartless lives. And maybe then, the heartless will spill away.
Disclaimer: The narration of the event is purely by word-of-mouth, over 3rd degree friends.
Here the true event goes: A lady had a handphone shop at Plaza Singapura. So one recent weekend, a Blangadeshi foreign worker walked into the shop, saw the display handset and stole it from the shop, not knowing is a dummy. The lady, and her shop assistant saw the Blanga taking away a handphone from the shop, thus giving chase not knowing that is just a display set. The thief, instead of running out of the mall, went up the escalators, while the two continue to give chase. The shoplady, while chasing, was shouting, "Handphone thief! Handphone thief!", definitely caught the attention of everyone, but everyone just continue looking, wondering(not sure what are they wondering about, maybe thinking the lady is crazy.) Due to it being a weekend, the mall was packed, it did slow down the thief by a bit, but NO ONE actually do something to apprehend the person even though with a few guys, the Blanga will be easily pinned down. Then as the Blanga continue to run away, he chose to run down the escalators. The lady and the assistant carried on chasing, but she missed her steps, tripped, and fell down the escalators. Her head had a collision with the steps, unconscious and blood was gushing out. People nearby were seen filming the incident with their cameraphones. Ambulance came, and with the life support, she managed to preserve her life, but the impact of the collision was so powerful that her brain became dead.
My issues are:
Why didn't the passersby stopped the Blanga in the first place? There were so many people, they could have done with ease. Or are Singaporeans just 'bo chap' because they are afraid of future obligations like witnessing, or even recording their statements.
The 2nd issue was that if people were so curious and can record the whole incident with their phones, why can't they use the phones to call the cops? Now the most humane thing to do for these people is to hand over the video to the authorities for investigation, rather then posting it on Youtube for heartless purposes.
Where is the camaraderie among human beings these days, shouldn't we come together and emit evil? What is shocking about those who were there is that they act as if is none of their business and i believe that the guilt of knowing what happened to the lady will be a scar in their heartless lives. And maybe then, the heartless will spill away.
Disclaimer: The narration of the event is purely by word-of-mouth, over 3rd degree friends.
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