Election, NKF and 潘金莲

So the election finally is coming after a 5 years wait and a walk over in the previous election for the Ang Mo Kio GRC which happen to be my residential ward (Yishun South is part of it). From the papers, I read that the Workers Party will be sending a team to wrestle away the more than a decade of PAP domination in the Ang Mo Kio GRC. Not to be outdone by the PAP conjuring of manifestos, the Opposition have decided to use the recent NKF scandal as the Party selling point to have more Opposition members in the Parliament. There was a Chinese saying, 打铁趁热 “Strike the metal while its hot”, and it certainly holds true for the rallying action carried out by the Oppositions. While the court episode is still in good momentum, who doesn’t want to wield the issue which is causing much uproar among the millions of philanthropic Singaporeans? Sure is a mighty sword against our Health Minister Khaw who seems to have already “Show Hands” reminding Singaporean to be appreciative on “Who’s the one to step up and handled the incident follow by cleaning up all the shit?”

The NKF scandal clearly shows that the ruling government was either too comfortable in the Parliament due to overwhelming Monopoly or have greatly overlooking the effectiveness of Singapore Court of Law in over-weighing on Defamation suit from NKF against finding out what really prompted allegation. It is a very shallow assumption by the ruling government to just sweep the issue under the carpet and declare that the NKF scandal will not be a major mover of the election. I think this incident is as appalling in the International scene as the ENRON scandal, except this time its dealing with Charity which I reckon is the first of the kind (in such a scale) in the world. How can we just sweep it under the carpet when it can’t even fit under in the first place?

Mrs Goh coining of the S$600,000 “PEANUT” phrase just show how “jialat” things have been for so many years without her even admitting that something was wrong. It was quite an embarrassment for our Senior Minister and it was a right think he step forward as a responsible politician to apologize for the wild remark made.

Now if I remember correctly, at less 2 person have been successfully prosecuted for Defamation sue against NKF and T.T Durai. Both of them are what we all now term as “whistle blowers”. It was sad that they don’t have the proper backing from influential people to defend, counter attack, win the trial and expose the scandal earlier just like Susan Long did. They were bankrupted due to the trial, living a hard life for stepping out for their morale integrity and they were only proven correct and unofficially innocent when the scandal was exposed. Even more upset in many others was the conduct of the Kangaroo court back than for not even digging up the truth from the myriad of facts, like a soldier who dig a half fuck foxhole where the truth is not protected and the powerful organization can bombard the helpless defendant easily. Those in the court were appointed by the government, the government was majority from 1 party, they know what happening in the court but they kept quiet all those years despite the tragedy of the whistle blowers forced to swallow his own whistle and the many issue brought up in the internet forums and kopi shop talk. Some may say back than, without concrete prove, everything is a rumors.

If anyone remember Pan Jin Lian and Wu Da Lang (Brother of Wu Song, the man who killed the tiger in “Water Margin”), Pan Jin Lian was committing adultery with Si Men Qin, although it was kept in the secret by both of them, it was soon found out by a young boy and become the talk of the town. Wu Da Lang does know about the rumors but kept his faith and trusted his wife even when his best friend advise him to investigate. In the end the adulterous pair killed Wu Da Lang by poisoning his food. Wu Song upon returning from his constable job in another town, heeded the rumors and investigated, found out the truth and killed in revenge, the adulterous pair at the expense of becoming a fugitive for killing Si Men Qin, son of a government official.

So Pan Jin Lian and Wu Da Lang relationship was that of the Ruling Government and NKF. The adultery of Pan Jin Lian and Si Men Qin was the charity donation accounting scandal, the astronomical salary, the Peanut statement, the gold tap, the Business class air ticket, the unhealthy accounting relation of NKF with private companies (Fort System and Matila Chua’s company). Now for not heeding the rumors and investigating, the government like Wu Da Lang got caught out of a sudden from the rapid repercussion after the SPH vs NKF trial. By that time, it was too late cause much poisonous damage have been done and there can be no revival.

At the moment I can only relate Wu Song to our Health Minister Khaw, who after the disintegration of the former NKF leadership came out of the dark took action upon NKF (Pan Jin Lian) and the Mess its involve in (Si Men Qin). It is still early to tell if Health Minister Khaw will loss his seat in Sembawang GRC, in his fight against the Opposition Party contesting there. Its pretty gray right now if his fate will be that of Wu Song, becoming a fugitive which means defeated and retreating to Mount Liang, the back seater position in the Parliament. No new fictional character have been credited to the new CEO of NKF Gerald, but Capt John Miller from saving private Ryan is a nice choice at the moment.

Now back to reality. No doubt we need more credible opposition member in the parliament to provide check and balance in all issue against the ruling party to ensure every policy, issue raised, problem in the system, new ideas and the voices of the commoners are subjected not just a 1 dimensional decision making mechanism. Even with no Opposition winning much seat this time round, I certainly hope what SM Goh imply was true... “lifting the whips and let the members of PAP be their own opposition.”. I am sure there is many credible people in the party but just lacking the will to speak against many policy pass in the parliament making Chiam and Low the lonely pair to protect the Ring (Sam and Frodo). We never know when the next disaster will strike again as a result of poor monitoring.

Finally, I still like to give credit to the MPs of Ang Mo Kio GRC for keeping our precinct clean and beautiful, Plus the lift revamping and the plan of lift at every floor for all the blocks in Yishun South. They have so far been performing great and although there is one Chio Bu within the Workers Party team contesting right here, I prefer to overlook the aesthetic side and focus more on proven mechanics and methods. However, who knows a new management might inject new flavor and excitement into this GRC. Since we have moved far ahead of Hougang and Potong Pasir, giving 5 years trial for the Opposition Party might be a good idea, forgoing the upgrades carrot for a well balance Parliament to serve every Singaporeans. So my vote will goes to…

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