Lethal force may be used against violent IMF protestors
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Security stepped up in Singapore ahead of major IMF conference
Aug 31, 2006, 3:33 GMT
Singapore - Security has been tightened in Singapore ahead of a major international conference, with a warning issued Thursday that police will take all appropriate measures against protestors threatening the life or health of others, including the use of firearms.
More than 10,000 police officers are working with the military and other agencies to ensure the largest international gathering ever held in the city-state - hosted by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank from September 13 to 20 - goes without a hitch.
'If anybody behaves in a way that threatens the life of another or threatens serious injury to another, then the police will use all necessary means to prevent that from happening,' The Straits Times quoted Senior Assistant Commissioner Aubeck Kam as saying.
'In appropriate situations, this may extend to the use of firearms and the possibility of death,' he said.
'We will not entertain any notion of allowing groups of people to gather and form into larger and larger groups,' he added.
The public has also been advised to expect random checks at shopping centres, commercial buildings and transit points.
Sixteen-thousand delegates are due to attend the conference and run-up meetings.
Despite the World Bank's call for advocates of different causes to be allowed at outside venues, police reiterated the only venue for engagement with the delegates is a section of the lobby in Suntec City, where the meetings will be held.
'We are prepared to deal with protesters in a firm, decisive, but fair manner,' Kam said.
Additional police are coming to help from Indonesia, the Antara News Agency reported.
A warning on Australia's travel advisory Web site cited potential civil unrest and political tension in the city-state.
'Penalties include heavy fines and imprisonment,' the Australian government said in advising its citizens.
Thousands of protestors have indicated they will confine their activities to the Indonesian island of Bintan, a short ferry ride away from Singapore, where authorities warned earlier that violent protesters could be caned.
Only 400 people from groups outside Singapore will be allowed at Suntec City to assure that the scenario at last December's World Trade Organization meeting in Hong Kong is not repeated. Police had fired tear gas at violent protest groups and arrested more than 1,000 people.
Apart from plainclothes police officers, video cameras and air force helicopters will also monitor crowds. Officers armed with intelligence from foreign police forces have started looking out for known troublemakers at immigration checkpoints.
The ongoing security sweep caps more than five years of planning and rehearsals, which started in 2001 after Singapore was selected as host city for this year's IMF/World Bank session.
'We examined security street by street, floor by floor of all the venues affected,' Kam said.
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so r they gonna activate the "ex-NSmen"?
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"Lethal Force" bwahahha
Are they going to sue the pants off the protestors!? -
"Sir, White Horse!"Originally posted by monoslayer:so r they gonna activate the "ex-NSmen"? -
Well, the AFP article omitted the phrase which Aubeck Kam mentioned the likelihood of death and firearms. This has the original quote.Originally posted by choco B:"Lethal Force" bwahahha
Are they going to sue the pants off the protestors!?
Let's see what ST publishes. -
kill all who obstruct traffic or pple
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recall you for ICT lah.Originally posted by hisoka:kill all who obstruct traffic or pple -
This IMF is really gearing up to be something exciting.
I hope there are protestors, would be fun to watch. -
yeah that might bring a smile on my face..Originally posted by choco B:This IMF is really gearing up to be something exciting.
I hope there are protestors, would be fun to watch.
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I wonder if soldeir from 6 SIR will be deployed to fight protestors?
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Originally posted by will4:I wonder if soldeir from 6 SIR will be deployed to fight protestors?
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I wonder what kind of hatred these protestors had against IMF n World Bank?Originally posted by LazerLordz:Well, the AFP article omitted the phrase which Aubeck Kam mentioned the likelihood of death and firearms. This has the original quote.
Let's see what ST publishes.
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also good go back and sleep i dun mindOriginally posted by LazerLordz:recall you for ICT lah. -
You'll have to read up on the counter-globalisation movement to find out.Originally posted by will4:I wonder what kind of hatred these protestors had against IMF n World Bank?
Their ideas do hold some sense, after you read through it..but it's not light reading.. -
i hope not. the last thing i wanna c is bloodshed.Originally posted by will4:I wonder if soldeir from 6 SIR will be deployed to fight protestors? -
just wondering, do they have tasers in sg?
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haha.
I hope sg gets lambasted for violence!
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all i know is that singapore should not even have touched the IMF/World Bank parasites with a 100foot pole...
and now the idiots are here, along with the lunatic fringe which will dog the parasites everywhere they go...
stupid stupid stupid
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Yes.Originally posted by alexkusu:just wondering, do they have tasers in sg? -
Don't be surprised they join the protestors and protest against our govt...Originally posted by monoslayer:i hope not. the last thing i wanna c is bloodshed.
Then from anti-IMF it becomes anti-gahmen -
in a nutshell...
the IMF and World Bank will loan a whole crate of money to countries... and impose a bunch of things on the countries.. the money is usually used by corrupt dictators or whatever to build useless monuments or something..
the country is in a mess and saddled with HEAVY debt...
the backers of the IMF (guess who?) comes in and imposes a whole lot of conditions because of the debts... things which allow those who are connected to the backers to come into the country and stripmine the resources... causing even more misery to the country...
the IMF and World Bank has never been "helping the poor nations".. it has always been "stripmining the poor"
in even more dastardly things, according to someone who has left the service of these people, if the leader of a country refuses to cooperate with the IMF, there are convenient "plane crashes"...
if you really want to know you may start by reading this book entitled "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"Originally posted by will4:I wonder what kind of hatred these protestors had against IMF n World Bank? -
So, which unit on 2NTM, and 4NTM this coming IMF period?
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den really have to activate th "ex-NSmen" liaoz...Originally posted by BillyBong:Don't be surprised they join the protestors and protest against our govt...
Then from anti-IMF it becomes anti-gahmen -
activate ex-policemen can liao!
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What protest?
You call that a protest?
And they mobilise the army even?
bluddy joke....