Cynthia Phua Story by : Heart Break Kid (HBK75)
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PAP's Cynthia Phua And Her Most Famous Moment as an Aljunied MP
Today I will tell you a story. It is a sad story, so sad that it is almost like a Taiwanese soap opera. Unfortunately, it is not fiction, but an entirely true story. (And here are the links to prove it).
Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived in Aljunied (we don't know her real name, so let's just call her Julie). She was 53 years old, and she had a 17-year-old son (again we don't know his real name - let's call him Ah Teck).
Julie was poorly educated. She had only studied up to Primary 6. She worked as a part-time cleaner, earning $400 a month to support herself and Ah Teck. Meanwhile, Ah Teck had low IQ and was attending a special school for mentally handicapped kids. He also had thalassemia, a blood disorder.
Ah Teck's father had run away several years ago and could no longer be found. So there was absolutely no financial help from him.
One day in January 2009, Julie was at work. She was standing on a chair to clean a fan. Suddenly, she slipped and fell. She broke her wrist. Thereafter she lost her job, for she could no longer perform her cleaning duties.
The money soon ran out and they could not pay their HDB mortgage installments. So Julie and Ah Teck were about to lose their home - the HDB was taking action to repossess it. The HDB agreed to rent her another flat. But Julie did not even have $138 to pay for the rental deposit.
So Julie and Ah Teck decided to go to see their MP in Aljunied. They hoped that the MP would sign an appeal letter for them, to waive the $138 rental deposit. They went to the town council and had a chance to meet with Aljunied MP Cynthia Phua (yes, the same Cynthia Phua now running for Aljunied again, together with George Yeo).
What went on in the office, we will never know for sure. Cynthia claimed that the conversation was cordial and went well. Her fellow PAP MP Lim Hwee Hua even claimed that Cynthia behaved in a manner that was "very helpful" and "very motherly". But we hear a different side of the story from Julie, and it goes like this:-
- ".....shortly after they had entered the office, Madam Phua asked her son a series of questions: 'She asked him, 'Who are you? What are you doing? Why aren't you working?' she claimed. The mother said she wanted to explain her son's condition, but wasn't given a chance. 'I felt like we were being scolded,' she said.
There was a small commotion, other people restrained the boy and calmed him down. And then Julie and Ah Teck went home.
Things might have ended there, but they did not. Cynthia made a police report. Later that night, the police arrived and arrested Ah Teck. He was released on bail the next morning and faced criminal charges.
Two days later, Julie went to see the MP again, clutching a handwritten letter of apology from her son. We are told that in this letter, Ah Teck wrote the following words: "'Please fodgive me for what I dad I am sinelely truely I'm sorry". (Note that Ah Teck has low IQ - that would be why his writing skills are so poor).
But there was no forgiveness. There was no kindness. PAP MP Lim Hwee Hua rejected the apology and refused to ask the police to withdraw the case.
Hwee Hua further claimed that Ah Teck's chair "could have killed somebody". (Personally, I think that the only things you can kill by hitting a door with a chair is either the door or the chair).
Charges were pressed and the hapless Ah Teck was required to appear in court on a certain date.
What happened next is not publicly known (probably because the boy was underage - juvenile court proceedings are generally shielded from the public eye and reporters are kept out of the courtroom). So the story ends here - because we really don't know what happened next.
But I hope that Ah Teck didn't get some criminal conviction that would mar his record and make his already-bleak future even more difficult.
I hope that both Julie and Ah Teck had the good fortune to meet a judge who could understand and empathise with their daily struggles for money and a roof over their heads, and the circumstances that led to Ah Teck losing his temper.
And I hope that the judge was kinder and more compassionate to Ah Teck, than the Aljunied PAP MPs had been.
Since the General Elections are here again, I also hope that you will reflect on the above incident. Especially if you are in the Aljunied GRC, please vote wisely - for MPs who are kind and compassionate, and who genuinely want to help their residents. -
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Originally posted by Snisneves:
PAP's Cynthia Phua And Her Most Famous Moment as an Aljunied MP
But there was no forgiveness. There was no kindness. PAP MP Lim Hwee Hua rejected the apology and refused to ask the police to withdraw the case.
Since the General Elections are here again, I also hope that you will reflect on the above incident. Especially if you are in the Aljunied GRC, please vote wisely - for MPs who are kind and compassionate, and who genuinely want to help their residents.hope yr story is true. if not i hope u will be sued for defamation until u bankrupt.
stop defaming the PAP MPs' integrity here, why u adopt so low tactics to win votes for the oppo?
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Originally posted by Duraigoh:
hope yr story is true. if not i hope u will be sued for defamation until u bankrupt.
stop defaming the PAP MPs' integrity here, why u adopt so low tactics to win votes for the oppo?
the more u write, the more ppl are gg to vote fot opp hahaha -
Originally posted by Duraigoh:
hope yr story is true. if not i hope u will be sued for defamation until u bankrupt.
stop defaming the PAP MPs' integrity here, why u adopt so low tactics to win votes for the oppo?
so far u r stil the lowerest n the cheaperest here
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Originally posted by Duraigoh:
hope yr story is true. if not i hope u will be sued for defamation until u bankrupt.
stop defaming the PAP MPs' integrity here, why u adopt so low tactics to win votes for the oppo?
Go ask for verfication to clear your doubt. By the rate you are going I believe you will not accept the truth. If situation does not favour the PAP I believe you will say it was all lie. Durai, where is your golden tap? -
Any questions please direct it to the : Heart Break Kid (HBK75) from 3 in 1 K O P I T I A M.
TO Duraigoh,
Thank you for your advice. Tell you the truth, I am actually shaking with FEAR right now!!! how.. how.. please help.. who shall I vote for????
Go take a retreat like GCT. See Round 3 : GE 2011.
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TO Duraigoh,
Frankly speaking, you don't even know the head or tail of this election. To explain to you takes a long time, why waste my time. If you can't read between the lines that too bad.
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Originally posted by Snisneves:
TO Duraigoh,
Frankly speaking, you don't even know the head or tail of this election. To explain to you takes a long time, why waste my time. If you can't read between the lines that too bad.
PAP very desperate to win. The supporters now are all over the internet to discourage votes for the oppositions. hahahahha.
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You guys are all capable of thinking for yourselves, why stoop to their level to engage them? You see their threads, you leave them alone, you see their replies, you leave them alone, they'll be gone in no time.
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I think someone should raise this incident at a WP rally and ask Phua to clarify this - is this what they mean by being a servant to the people, or being the master of the people?
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Think this happen around 2006 or 2005, I hear of this then, maybe people then should really pay attention to that during that time, if thi is true then it is a sign of what PAP is bringing upon the people after that.
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I heard of this incident too, and since its cynthia phua, I expect anything.
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Originally posted by Askingyouto:
Think this happen around 2006 or 2005, I hear of this then, maybe people then should really pay attention to that during that time, if thi is true then it is a sign of what PAP is bringing upon the people after that.
Think this happened in May 2009, based on this article.http://www.asiaone.com/News/The+New+Paper/Story/A1Story20090507-139990.html
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Originally posted by ditzy:
I heard of this incident too, and since its cynthia phua, I expect anything.
Eh, I thought your favourite MP?