![]() Following that is around 10 minutes of bizarre conversations on questioning the local authorities’ investigation, et cetera. “With all due respect, we know who the killer is.” Who says stuff like that?ġ0. Incidentally, what’s with the Chinese traditional music? We’re more likely to listen to pop music.Ĩ. “Running implies guilt and that’s all Singapore courts are going to need,” says Daniel Henney’s character in the show at 03:45. Importing it or retailing it is not permitted, the exception being dental and nicotine gum at pharmacies. Chewing gum isn’t illegal in Singapore, Hollywood. (US law in multiple states allow for sentences of jail time for stealing road signs up to 30 days each.) Plus, we don’t treat foreigners differently under the law, although I’m sure plenty of locals would argue they believe foreigners are given more lenient sentences. He was caned for stealing road signs (public property) and vandalising cars, the latter of which he later claimed he did not commit and was forced to confess to. Drunk and disorderly violations do not include caning. Michael Fay wasn’t caned for being drunk in public. America’s judiciary system must be perfect.) That’s according to the man who plays a police officer on the show and says it, in uniform at 05:00.ĥ. (In addition, for an American television show to make any snide comments about any other country’s legal system is just a joke. That may not be true in the court of public opinion, thanks to websites such as Stomp, but in the eyes of the law, it does. He wrote, “To do so would be to undermine the court’s finding of not guilty and would also stand the presumption of innocence on its head.” That’s not to say that our legal system is perfect, but we do presume people to be innocent until proven guilty. ![]() ![]() Rajah, had made a landmark statement in 2014 when he spoke of a 2008 case that acquittal of a crime did presume innocence, and not, as previously claimed, retain “factual guilt”. After all, our former Attorney-General, V.K. The news that our legal system does not practice the idea of ‘innocent until proven guilty’ is new to ALL Singaporeans. That’s from 04:45 all the way to the end of the show.Ĥ. Why is there a Hongkong-American or American-born Chinese actor playing a police officer from Singapore? Did CBS not at least try to find a Singaporean who could pull off the local accent, or were they just too lazy? Does CBS think Singapore is a subsidiary of China and therefore it would be all right? After all, I can think of two actors off-hand who are based in Hollywood and would have been a convincing option, though I’m not sure they would have accepted the role after they read the script. Stewardesses and stewards come out of the aircraft and collect luggage the same way as the rest of the passengers. Since Singapore’s air cargo and luggage facilities are closed off from the flight crew, I’m not sure how the stewardess ends up on the luggage conveyor belt. Voiced by Gary Sinise, this takes place at 04:35 in the show.Ģ. It’s meant to suggest that there are always people who will seek to exploit systems. But that’s not what the proverb is supposed to imply. It’s meant to be the premise of the story, which is about smuggling. There is no Singaporean adage that goes, “Where there is a sea there are pirates.” This is a Greek proverb. "Where there is a sea, there are pirates." is a Greek proverb.ġ.
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