Police scores first win.
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Police track handphone signals to nab protesters. Two animal rights activists were detained and deported yesterday after polcie located their handphone signals and tracked them down to a coffee outlet in Bencoolen Street.
No bikini to see liao.
The pair- US citizen and director of Peta's Asia-Pacific arm Jason Baker, 34, and Canadian Ashley Fruno, 20-were ordered to leave the country after a 9 hour interrogation.
A third member, Sonia Astudillo, 26, arrived here yesterday and was also detained. She would be deported.
Peta claims that KFC outlet was choosen as, unlike Macdonald's and Burger King, the fried chicken franchise had ignored recommendations for animal welfare improvements. -
they should spend more time on the real criminals.
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Tracking handphone signals is easy to monitor people without sending real people to tail
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Naked women much easier to handle than angry IMF protestors.
Guess how many of the guys at the police station volunteered for this assignment? -
are our country the first IMF host country that ban protest?
now that score big points in terms of human rights. -
whats wrong with the KFC protestors?
I mean if they applied for permit, should be ok right? and further bring light into the bad things done in th KFC industry?
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Must have doctor's report before action can be taken on real criminals.Originally posted by dragg:they should spend more time on the real criminals. -
Bet that u didnt know tat the last time this same group go 'protest' in town area, police close one eyes. This time takes action liao. Think maybe try use this to show other protestors as a warning. Poor thing. Really pity them especially the young gal.Originally posted by nightzip:whats wrong with the KFC protestors?
I mean if they applied for permit, should be ok right? and further bring light into the bad things done in th KFC industry? -
They did not have a permit lor...this is a police trial run for the IMF meeting. Only deported...no jail or caning?Originally posted by nightzip:whats wrong with the KFC protestors?
I mean if they applied for permit, should be ok right? and further bring light into the bad things done in th KFC industry? 
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PETA farks deserve everything they get, just google "PETA kills animals" and prepare to be digusted.
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Eh, how u know police tracked the handphone signal?
Btw see if you can read the news article from AP. The article was very 'mild' with words like 'interview' used instead of 'interrogation' and also 'asked to leave' , 'received calls suspecting their behaviour' etc, very different. -
Singapore deports 3 animal rights activists planning nearly nude protest
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Singapore deported three animal rights advocates who planned to stage a semi-naked protest outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in the city-state, authorities and the activists said.
The trio from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, planned a demonstration Friday in which two women were to stand outside a local KFC restaurant, each wearing nothing but a banner reading "Naked Truth: KFC Tortures Chicks," the group said in a statement.
The two women were PETA members Ashley Fruno of Canada and Sonia Astudillo of the Philippines, while the third member was the group's Asia-Pacific director Jason Baker, an American citizen based in Hong Kong, the statement said. PETA said the protest was canceled.
The group staged a similar protest outside a KFC restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, last month.
Singapore police said in a statement they deployed officers to find and interview the activists on Thursday and Friday in response to calls reporting that the trio had been "behaving suspiciously." The statement did not give details of what the activists were doing nor identify the callers.
"Based on their profile and records, police assessed that they would be participating in an anti-KFC campaign as PETA activists and will speak without a permit," the police statement said late Friday.
Police said the three were asked to leave the city-state by Friday, and that Singapore's immigration authorities had canceled their social visit passes.
Singapore has been tightening security measures ahead of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Sept. 19-20.
Singapore says it will strictly bar outdoor demonstrations, which even under normal circumstances are rarely seen in the city-state because of tight restrictions on expression. Its leaders say such controls have helped turn the tiny resource-poor island into one of Asia's economic powerhouses.
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...Singapore police said in a statement they deployed officers to find and interview the...
Waw, so nice to 'find and interview'. Not 'detain and interrogate'.
What if they are busy, don't want to be interviewed?
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Too bad...no free show for D.O.MOriginally posted by charlize:Naked women much easier to handle than angry IMF protestors.
Guess how many of the guys at the police station volunteered for this assignment? -
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The root of the problem may not lie with IMF/WTO. Our lack of understanding of control and law and order may be the source of problems which resulted in so many problems over the years.
It all probably got started years ago when we were once affected by some Hock Lee Bus or students' boycott of class.
Arising from those incidents, our leaders have developed a legalistic control minset ever since which started from the premises that there should be law and order and everything can be solved by passing of laws to control which will solve all problems.
Today we have all kinds of laws controlling all aspects of human conduct and behaviour including chewing gum law, window-falling law and petrol-topping law etc.
Such a legalistic mindset is based on the assumption (largely unproven) that people are rebellious and need to be controlled based on some anecdotal past experience.
Sadly it is also part of human nature that the more is the control, the more people want to break from control and the more people want to break away from control, more control will have to be put in to prevent any breakaway of the control which at this point might have deviated from the original purpose and objective of control.
The outcome of such legalistic control is there is a constant need to pass more and more laws and put in extreme control including control on freedom of expression, and participating in political process which is the real source of instability.
Law and order is a mere justification or presentation as may not be real problem here with tonnes of laws at our disposal to ensure controls. Objectively we are not in danger of loss of law and order. Citizens are compliant to the extent of being docile and are now much more educated and younger people need new forms of outlets and freedoms.
The only problem is there is a lack of understanding about law and order. Contrary to conventional logic disorders may not be caused by citizens but by the legalistic control mindset which may become paranoid about control. It got started years ago by our history and once it got started, it became necessary to control and put up more control to suppress resistance to control which may go out of proportion resulting in control attaining a life of its own until self-destruction. -
Wrong, this group didn't apply for any permit and they had an idea for a nude protest which is illegal in Singapore.Originally posted by nightzip:whats wrong with the KFC protestors?
I mean if they applied for permit, should be ok right? and further bring light into the bad things done in th KFC industry? -
i just wonder did Spore pay for their airticket back since S'pore make them waste a trip here.
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these people are funny, they are more concerned about the welfare of chickens than people being held in CIA prisons around the world
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Just wondering, did they deploy like 20-30 SOC troopers with their riot gear to corner them, shower them with the water jets, lob CS gas and then move in on them? Haha...was hearing it on the radio that the police spokesperson said that every soverign country has every single right to deport unwanted visitors.So yeah...there you have it.
This actually shows how backwards our society is, where opinions are not allowed and we have to seek approval just to express them. Look at Hong Lim Park, imagine if the trio were to seek permit and protest there by giving speech, who would listen or even bother to go down? The SM once said in a National Rally that we as S'poreans are "kia see" and "kiasu" , it really shows that we really are "kia see" but unlike other countries, we are not as "kiasu" to allow our citizens to express themselves. Anyway, with the population becoming increasingly educated, I suppose that many of us youngsters will someday break away this "glass-ceiling" which ceases our progress to greater heights and take us to be the leading society in every sense -
handphone signals also can check...smlj also can trace...very good. We are really becoming a more "open" society....every single phuck thing also out in the open..
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You think the ERP gantries is just to collect money only?
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These people who came here are civil activists for their respective causes.Originally posted by #$%^&*:Singapore deports 3 animal rights activists planning nearly nude protest
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Singapore deported three animal rights advocates who planned to stage a semi-naked protest outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in the city-state, authorities and the activists said.
The trio from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, planned a demonstration Friday in which two women were to stand outside a local KFC restaurant, each wearing nothing but a banner reading "Naked Truth: KFC Tortures Chicks," the group said in a statement.
The two women were PETA members Ashley Fruno of Canada and Sonia Astudillo of the Philippines, while the third member was the group's Asia-Pacific director Jason Baker, an American citizen based in Hong Kong, the statement said. PETA said the protest was canceled.
The group staged a similar protest outside a KFC restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, last month.
Singapore police said in a statement they deployed officers to find and interview the activists on Thursday and Friday in response to calls reporting that the trio had been "behaving suspiciously." The statement did not give details of what the activists were doing nor identify the callers.
"Based on their profile and records, police assessed that they would be participating in an anti-KFC campaign as PETA activists and will speak without a permit," the police statement said late Friday.
Police said the three were asked to leave the city-state by Friday, and that Singapore's immigration authorities had canceled their social visit passes.
Singapore has been tightening security measures ahead of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Sept. 19-20.
Singapore says it will strictly bar outdoor demonstrations, which even under normal circumstances are rarely seen in the city-state because of tight restrictions on expression. Its leaders say such controls have helped turn the tiny resource-poor island into one of Asia's economic powerhouses.
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They are not people out to overthrow the government so there is no need to over-react.
Ministers should know that we are an over-controlled society and PM has declared his vision in his inaugural speech to build an open cosmopolitan inclusive society.
This vision means they can advise PM to keep his words and gradually open up government to participation including civil groups and active citizens using WTO/IMF as the appropriate venue to permit certain type of civil participation in government especially over environmental and concerned citizens' issues of private rights.
The ministers missed the opportunity by looking again at the negative side. There is a positive side they cannot see. -
I have brought forward the idea of ERP gantries as tracking devices here a long time ago, as well as EZ-link card readers...add that to the video cameras on the buses and taxis...and we're totally covered.Originally posted by charlize:You think the ERP gantries is just to collect money only?