Doc & ex-GF spend thousands to fight in court over dog
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Can a person love a dog so much that he or she is willing to part with thousands of dollars, just to be with the animal? This is the question that is bugging STOMPer MakeLoveNotWar, after he read the court case of a doctor and his ex-girlfriend, who are in a legal battle over their pet terrier.
Dr Tan Kok Chye, 36, a surgeon, and Ms Connie Tan, 29, a business executive, first bought the dog, Sasha, in August 2008, when they were living in Alabama, in the US.
When they broke up shortly after that, Ms Tan brought the dog home to Singapore in November that year. However, Sasha disappeared from her Sembawang flat in March this year, and Ms Tan claims that she had learnt the dog was at Dr Tan's apartment, and that he may have taken the dog from her home.
The High Court granted Ms Tan's request for the dog to be handed over to her until the ownership dispute is resolved.
After reading the story in STOMP's Court Room section, STOMPer MakeLoveNotWar wrote in STOMP, saying:
"How much would a terrier cost, $1,000 to $2,000?
"But according to the report, legal fees and costs in a High Court case can amount to at least $8,000.
"I know a dog is a man's best friend and all, but is it really worth it paying so much money to fight over a dog?
"There are many poor people starving, disease-stricken and dying all over the world. Wouldn't the money be put to better use by donating it to these people?
"Let's talk about the issue of animal love in general, and put the case aside.
"I feel that sometimes we misplace our compassion. We go on and on about how we should treat animals well, and we fight for animal rights and we spend so much money on our pets, but we do nothing about human beings dying around the world.
"We don't even need to go too far, there are many needy people in Singapore that we can donate to, instead of treating our pets like kings." -
its like kids fighting over candy lar, same logic.
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
its like kids fighting over candy lar, same logic.
Nice analogy. -
She looks like an elitist b*tch who "knows how to spend her $$ and enjoy her life". Too much moeny spoils ur brains! That's why u see rich elite fags burning their money on stoopid things! Like a dog....it's just some animal, not some luxury soft toy!
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I think its not a matter of they want the dog because the adore it, now it's probably a matter of their pride.
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i tink they using the poor dog as a kind of exposure lah.. their 15mins of fame.. lol~
as much as i love animals, i wld fight a law case for it unless the other party mistreats the pet.. other than that, i tink can be settled out of court....
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a dog is like family, why not? ask all pet lovers and they will say the same.
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why have pets
let the animals be free and roam
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
a dog is like family, why not? ask all pet lovers and they will say the same.
yup... not just dogs.. but any pets is like a family to pet lovers. for me, i wld settle things out of court n not want such attention lor.. i wld fight for the dog lah, but not thru court, unless it's being ill-treated
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unless it's fish or terrapin right? lol
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*#%# lah...
give me the dog and i'll introduce the dog to a claypot..
both sides can suck it..
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have you people never heard of the saying, "a dog is a man's best friend"?
a dog is more than just a pet.
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If u love them. set them Free !
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From the pic, the dog looks like another mangy mutt. Ooops, will I get sued for slander?
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Originally posted by the Bear:
*#%# lah...
give me the dog and i'll introduce the dog to a claypot..
both sides can suck it..
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~~~~
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Originally posted by dragg:
have you people never heard of the saying, "a dog is a man's best friend"?
a dog is more than just a pet.
here, the dog is a way of getting at the other side...they are not thinking of the dog like they say, it's just trying to hurt the other party..
that's why i say screw it.. the claypot is the answer
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pride and prejudice?
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Originally posted by XD2229P:
One look at the dog and I feel hungary. Looks meaty.
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so cute ......
the dog, I mean ....
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Its sad when people say things without knowing all the details & fact. I know Connie personally. In no way shes an elitist, she stays in a HDB flat like most of us, have to work hard to earn a living like most of us.
What happened if someone goes into your house and take something important that belongs to you? Wont you feel the need to do something about it? Would you feel safe knowing that someone can just go into your house and take anything they want? Or will you say, oh its ok, its just a phone..or a tv..or anyone of your family members? I can buy a new tv, i can just marry and get new family members..Not something that anyone would do rite?
It went to court cos she has exhausted all other means to get back what was hers through proper procedure with relevant authorities. A police report was made, a few actually. Nothing was done. Yes it mite cost thousands of dollars to get her dog back..but we spend millions of tax dollars on the police and they couldnt do anything. Sasha is important to her. It doesnt matter if its a dog, a car, a phone without ur own sex videos on it. Its just something important. I'm sure most would do alot when its something important to them. -
Indeed. Sometimes, it's not about the moolah. Its about what is rightfully yours.
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Originally posted by Tauranekhan:
Its sad when people say things without knowing all the details & fact. I know Connie personally. In no way shes an elitist, she stays in a HDB flat like most of us, have to work hard to earn a living like most of us.
What happened if someone goes into your house and take something important that belongs to you? Wont you feel the need to do something about it? Would you feel safe knowing that someone can just go into your house and take anything they want? Or will you say, oh its ok, its just a phone..or a tv..or anyone of your family members? I can buy a new tv, i can just marry and get new family members..Not something that anyone would do rite?
It went to court cos she has exhausted all other means to get back what was hers through proper procedure with relevant authorities. A police report was made, a few actually. Nothing was done. Yes it mite cost thousands of dollars to get her dog back..but we spend millions of tax dollars on the police and they couldnt do anything. Sasha is important to her. It doesnt matter if its a dog, a car, a phone without ur own sex videos on it. Its just something important. I'm sure most would do alot when its something important to them.oh come off it .....
the dog belonged to them both, no ? .....
this is what happens when two well educated, rational adults decide to behave irrationally .....
so why should the police take sides ? ... don't you find it ridiculous that a dispute over the ownership of a pet dog has to involve the police and now, *smack forehead, the courts .......
yes, we spend lots of money on the police ... so I would much rather they spend their time looking out for terrorists and catching rapists and murderers or something .... rather than mediating in the dispute of a pet dog ...
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In order to make judgement or opinion of something..you should first know how it happened..whether they are irrational or not..thats not the point. Cos for you to do so would be irrational now wont it?
Point is..what would you do if someone comes and take something valuable to you? If you are married, got divorced or things go wrong between the 2 of you..and your ex spouse decides to sneak into your house..take your child and dump you child at his/her parents place. What would you do?
If someone goes into your house, clean up all your belongings, what would you do? And if you go to the police making a report and they ask you do you have prove that things was stolen, how would you feel?
It went to court simply because there was already no other alternatives to take...the law & justice can only be served by the courts..the police cant do anything really. They dont mediate either. Are you tryin to say that if someone stole something valuable from you..you would just say..oh well?
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i'll just say this... they could not settle this like REASONABLE adults could they?
they'd take this to court and make laughingstocks of themselves...
the only people who will win in this will be the lawyers.. who will be pissing themselves laughing at the easy money...
the dog?
i don't think they have the interests of the dog at heart.. if they did, this shit won't have happened...