There has been lots of talk about the prisoner who escaped from detention. People who mattered, made comments, apologised and left encouraging messages for the rest of the people who had to rely on what was published in the local media for updates.
I need to raise some points, because I feel that the issue has not been property addressed.
If the prisoner is dangerous, why was security not tight?
Point is, if security was tight, he wouldn't be missing?
Then the whole island was rallied to look out for this detainee's clothes.
Jeez, why were we not told on day one?
Also, when I flipped the papers, I read that someone thought she saw someone who was limping across a major road some half an hour after he escaped....well, she probably didn't know it then, because even the Mayor only had a news update some 3 hours after the escape.
Are our men in uniform, so complacent, that when they show up for work at a high security detention center, their focus is on killing time? If they were interested in the real aspects of their work, they may have picked up a clue or two about what the detainee was planning.
It's disgusting that a few people messed up and the whole island's operation is being disrupted.
We have uniformed personnel at mrt stations, walking around...what makes us think that if they cannot successfully contain this ONE person, that they will be of 'use' in an open space, against regular people? This detainee is not our regular 9-5 chap, and he isn't going to openly wave a penknife in the air and get himself shot!
Magic word - let's be less arrogant - perhaps, when we are, we'll make less mistakes and do more in the real sense.
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