Exorcism of Singapore

Singapore is a country known for its strict rules and a heavy-hand in the enforcement of its laws. This is a country where one could be caned for drawing graffiti on the walls. A place where in 2001, it’s a big news that there was a total 4 murder crimes committed for the first quarter of that year, which is a huge jump from the previous year.

As the government try to loosen up, and as the economy have finally risen up from the slack brought about by SARS and Asia’s economic downturn, crime in the state seem to have risen as well. Did the times change the people?

It’s a common story to hear maids mistreated by their employers – not given enough food, not given any proper sleeping area, sexually harassed by their male employers, or even physically assaulted. To see in that news that an employer pimps her maid is a new and shocking story.

Murder crimes are even becoming more gruesome: victims’ bodies are chopped up and scattered all over the island; a child raped and stored inside a small box to rot.

The only saving grace in this country is that crimes don’t go unsolved and that the implementation of justice is fast.