Romanian diplomat's car in hit-and-run: cover up?
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Previously Romania provides hit squads for the KGB.
Now they are independent.
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Romanian envoy is hit-and-run driver: He must be brought back and jailed
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Singapore's Foreign Ministry summons Romanian Ambassador to Singapore
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Romanian Ambassador to Singapore, Aurelian Neagu, to a meeting next week in the city-state to discuss the charges preferred by the Attorney-General's Chambers against Dr Silviu Ionescu.
The state coroner had ruled that Dr Ionescu, Romania's former Charge d'Affaires, was the driver of the car that hit three pedestrians on December 15 last year.
Responding to media queries, the Ministry provided a summary of the charges.
They include:
- Causing the death of Mr Tong Kok Wai by reckless driving, or alternatively, by a rash act not amounting to culpable homicide
- Causing grievous hurt to Mr Bong Hwee Hwa by a rash act
- Reckless driving, resulting in a collision into Mr Muhammad Haris Abu Talib
- Failing to stop after an accident
- Failing to lodge a report after an accident
- Failing to render assistance after an accident
- Removing vehicle without police authority
- Giving false information to a police officer
The ministry added that Dr Silviu Ionescu's comments carried in the media are outrageous and cast aspersions on the integrity of Singapore's judicial system, which are entirely without basis.
The Singapore legal system is widely known for its transparency, integrity and high standards, and has consistently scored highly in international rankings on the administration of justice and judicial independence.
In the Institute for Management Development World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009, Singapore placed 13th in the area of the fair administration of justice, while Romania ranked 37th.
In the Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, Singapore was 19th for judicial independence, compared to Romania's 84th placing.
The ministry said that as Dr Ionescu continues to maintain his innocence, the best way to resolve this is for him to return to Singapore to give his side of the story.
It added that Dr Ionescu remains an employee of the Romanian Foreign Ministry. While he has been suspended from his duties, he has not been dismissed.
It also said that at the meeting next week, it trusts that the ambassador will unambiguously and categorically disassociate the Romanian government from Dr Ionescu's views.
Furthermore, MFA said it is puzzled by the comments reportedly made by Ambassador Neagu in Thursday's Straits Times that Romania had yet to receive evidence related to the case from the Singapore authorities.
The ministry said this is untrue, pointing out that copies of the documents that were tendered at the Coroner's Inquiry were extended to Mr Alex Coseru of the Romanian Embassy during the course of the Inquiry from 3 March 2010 to 10 March 2010.
These consisted of two document folders and eight volumes of photographs.
On the last day of the Inquiry on 10 March 2010, Mr Alex Coseru requested from the State Counsel a copy of the Investigation Report. This was extended to him and he left thereafter, leaving behind the two document folders and the eight volumes of photographs which were earlier given to him.
The Singapore authorities have seen to the due process of the law in Singapore.
Singapore will cooperate to the fullest extent possible under its law with the Romanian authorities to ensure that justice is served.
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Jail of course, if he was let off, it will cause public outrage.
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Any english forum frequent by many romanian???
Maybe we can let them know this piece of news abt the behaviour of one of their country man...
If most of the romanian forumer act like that diplomat and defend this idiot. Then I got nothing to say of romanian.
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Ionescu charges prepared
SINGAPORE has taken the first steps towards criminal proceedings against former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu, a day after the State Coroner found him responsible for two hit-and-run accidents in Bukit Panjang last December.
The Attorney-General's Chambers has prepared a set of 13 charges it wants to bring against Dr Ionescu, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Thursday night said.
The charges include causing death by reckless driving, causing grievous hurt through a rash act, and failing to stop, help or lodge a police report after the accidents. In its statement, MFA said it had summoned Mr Aurelian Neagu, the Romanian Ambassador to Singapore, who is based in Tokyo, to a meeting next week to discuss the charges.
What comes next, however, is unclear, said lawyers contacted.
They said that Dr Ionescu has to be in Singapore to answer the charges. He also enjoys diplomatic immunity, and Romania has given no indication that it will waive this.
In the unlikely event that Bucharest does so, Dr Ionescu cannot be compelled to return as Singapore and Romania do not have an extradition treaty.
-- ST
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don't think he will come here for trial.
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send a ninja go and finish him off
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for one, it's like a black sheep in the diplomatic corps.
Giving another thought, many a times diplomats kill ppl or watever grave crimes are oftenly let off because of the immunity.
I think he's thinking he could continue to do so and at e same time throwing 101 conspiracy theory as well as questioning our juidicary system.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
for one, it's like a black sheep in the diplomatic corps.
Giving another thought, many a times diplomats kill ppl or watever grave crimes are oftenly let off because of the immunity.
I think he's thinking he could continue to do so and at e same time throwing 101 conspiracy theory as well as questioning our juidicary system.
Vlad Dracula, Nicolae CeauÅŸescu, Silviu Ionescu...
What do they have in common?Romania. That condemn country~...
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Originally posted by Fryderyk HPH:
Vlad Dracula, Nicolae CeauÅŸescu, Silviu Ionescu...
What do they have in common?Romania. That condemn country~...
Nicolae CeauÅŸescu is an exception. At least he did something good, even though one can condemn his dictatorship style of ruling, which happens almost everywhere at some time of past.
And sometimes, think again and I would feel that even these 3 are ********, they do not represent the whole country's population.
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Originally posted by Samuel Lee:
Nicolae CeauÅŸescu is an exception. At least he did something good, even though one can condemn his dictatorship style of ruling, which happens almost everywhere at some time of past.
And sometimes, think again and I would feel that even these 3 are ********, they do not represent the whole country's population.
sadly to say, he ruled Romania like Stalin's fist from 1965 to 1990. -
and romania still treats their significant roma population like secondclass citizens
official discrimination exists.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
sadly to say, he ruled Romania like Stalin's fist from 1965 to 1990.No, he was executed (Shoted) by 1989 and it is a norm for him to do so because his communist political system is influenced by Stalin, regardless of how he want Romania to be independent of Big powers, just like present North Korea.
And anyway, yes, they are corrupt, and whether in democracies (Including Singapore, US etc....) or totalitarian (Include North Korea, Soviet Union and Nazi Germany etc....) makes no difference in it, when people are greed, they will corrupt, it is just the level of severity.
BTW, even Hitler and Stalin also have did something good (Not as in Hitler committed suicide at last, else he will also kena hanged later, so no difference OR Stalin was murdered --- the history seemed to say some high ranking officer managed to put poision on Stalin's food or drink, cant remember.)
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Originally posted by Samuel Lee:
No, he was executed (Shoted) by 1989 and it is a norm for him to do so because his communist political system is influenced by Stalin, regardless of how he want Romania to be independent of Big powers, just like present North Korea.
And anyway, yes, they are corrupt, and whether in democracies (Including Singapore, US etc....) or totalitarian (Include North Korea, Soviet Union and Nazi Germany etc....) makes no difference in it, when people are greed, they will corrupt, it is just the level of severity.
BTW, even Hitler and Stalin also have did something good (Not as in Hitler committed suicide at last, else he will also kena hanged later, so no difference OR Stalin was murdered --- the history seemed to say some high ranking officer managed to put poision on Stalin's food or drink, cant remember.)
Have you had some weed....cos I can't make any sense out of this post..... -
i think it's the powerful crack he's smokin'... or maybe he sniffed too much diesel or got electrocuted by the third rail...
btw... uhh... which part of ceausescu's reign was good?
the securitate? the cult of personality? the suffering of his people?
the only thing i can think of which was good during his reign was his violent death...
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Originally posted by the Bear:
i think it's the powerful crack he's smokin'... or maybe he sniffed too much diesel or got electrocuted by the third rail...
btw... uhh... which part of ceausescu's reign was good?
the securitate? the cult of personality? the suffering of his people?
the only thing i can think of which was good during his reign was his violent death...
The banning of typewriters to prevent anybody from printing bad things about him.
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I feel we should not charge him straight away if he ever comes back.
Bring him to the crime scene
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We should bring him back Mossad style.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
The banning of typewriters to prevent anybody from printing bad things about him.
Oh.... and his wife Elena Ceausescu was given a PhD in chemistry....
..... in spite of being unable to recognize the chemical formula for carbon dioxide.
Anyway, we're digressing..... I say that from now on, 'Silviu Ionescu' shall be used as a pejorative term in the tradition of Ephialtes, Benedict Arnold, and Vidkun Quisling.
So if you're pissed off with someone, just say: 'You, you..... Silviu Ionescu!'
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This is what happens when anybody does not look at the leaders during the era objectively.
Extracted from Wikipedia:
Initially, CeauÅŸescu became a popular figure in Romania and also in the Western World, due to his independent foreign policy, challenging the authority of the Soviet Union. In the 1960s, he ended Romania's active participation in the Warsaw Pact (though Romania formally remained a member); he refused to take part in the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces, and actively and openly condemned that action. Although the Soviet Union largely tolerated CeauÅŸescu's recalcitrance, his seeming independence from Moscow earned Romania maverick status within the Eastern Bloc.
Is this good or bad?
Of course there are others. Yes, he is bad on cult of personality, but dont u think that all communist leaders have to ended up with such extent (Or nearing to), given that it is more or less influenced by Stalin?
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send someone to romania and then bring him back to singapore lar by hook or crook. what can romania do? start a war with a convicted criminal trying to deny his crime? fat hope.
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You must be naive.
You call this assessment of yours "objective"?
That move can be read as a move to gain popularity in the subsequent climb to power, which actually makes more sense, considering what kind of policies came later!
Opposing a dictator-style govt does not make you a non-dictator automatically!
Fail...........
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
We should bring him back Mossad style.
dun need la.just treat him as usual, let e world see wat he meant.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
You must be naive.
You call this assessment of yours "objective"?
That move can be read as a move to gain popularity in the subsequent climb to power, which actually makes more sense, considering what kind of policies came later!
Opposing a dictator-style govt does not make you a non-dictator automatically!
Fail...........
Put it in this way, although this dictator had did more bad than goods in his nation, but it is better than this diplomat who did nothing good / proud to his country and bad to our fellow Singaporean.
PS: I dont believe democracies can work everywhere, due to history reasons on each different places. If not, I believe that there will be no nations anymore, as all united into a global village / cities etc....