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新媒:新军人遭枪杀事件,张志贤忙灭火,以免影响香格里拉对话会!
DPM Teo on the shotgun shooting incident
As stated in the previous post, the sound bytes have begun.
I believe damage control has to kick in quickly before the start of the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD). This could explain the sudden spirit of glasnost that has facilitated stories on the incident in the Singaporean media - a somewhat dated story on the Third Generation Singapore Armed Forces.
I reckon these will die down temporarily once SLD gets underway.
As you listen to or read MINDEF's responses, ask yourself two things:
1) Why wasn't a news release issued?
2) When confronted by the 90 cents newspaper, why didn't MINDEF wrest the initiative and say that a second SAF serviceman was injured?
I believe it is point 2 that has fanned the ire of Singaporeans. It will be tragic if we fail to learn from this episode. |
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