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@Xena-5214

SINGAPORE: A 16-year-old Singaporean student who was self-radicalised by far-right extremist ideologies has been issued a restriction order under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

The teenager, who is of Chinese ethnicity, identified as a white supremacist🍌 and aspired to conduct attacks overseas, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Wednesday (Jan 24).

"However, beyond online searches for weapons, he did not take steps to actualise his attack aspirations as he lacked the financial resources and know-how to do so," ISD said.

It added that he had no plans to conduct any attacks in Singapore.

The student, who was not named, was in Secondary 4 when he was placed under a restriction order in November 2023. This means he is not allowed to travel out of Singapore, access the internet or social media without the approval of the ISD director, among other restrictions.

He is the second Singaporean to be dealt with under the ISA for being radicalised by far-right extremist ideologies.

Providing details of the latest case, ISD said the teenager was exposed to violent extremist material online in 2022, after chancing upon videos by American far-right personality Paul Nicholas Miller.

By early 2023, the teenager had developed an intense hatred of communities typically targeted by far-right extremists, including African Americans, Arabs and LGBTQ individuals, said ISD.

"Fuelled by online extremist rhetoric, he came to believe that African Americans were responsible for a significant percentage of crime in the United States, and deserved to 'die a horrible death'," it added. "He also perceived illegal Arab immigrants as having committed violent attacks against white populations in Western countries."

ISD said the teenager subscribed to the Great Replacement Theory commonly referenced by far-right terrorists like the Christchurch attacker, which propagated the idea that the indigenous white population in Western countries were in danger of being replaced by non-white immigrants.

"The youth participated in several far-right online chat groups and channels (@Xena ) , where he shared violent anti-African American videos, as doing so gave him a sense of belonging to the white supremacist community."

According to the ISD, the teenager had hoped to be recruited for violent attacks by white supremacist groups overseas to “fight for the whites”.

He considered travelling to countries such as France, Italy, the US and Russia to participate in attacks against his "vilified communities".

"Specifically, he shared his interest to conduct a mass shooting in the US in 10 years' time in a far-right online chat group," said the ISD.

whitest white supremacist in 2024

it's not @Xena right?

By early 2023, the youth had developed an intense hatred of communities targeted by far-right extremists, including African Americans, Arabs, and LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) individuals.

He believed African Americans were responsible for a significant percentage of crime in the United States and deserved to “die a horrible death”, said ISD.

a chinx TND advocate?

/r/singapore thread:

https://old.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/19ea8r0/singaporean_16_under_isa_restriction_order_after

/r/singaporeraw thread:

https://old.reddit.com/r/SingaporeRaw/comments/19ealzq/selfradicalised_sporean_16_who_identified_as

How many gen z males are listening to the likes of Andrew tate

:marseytaterentfree:

Boring hole bump

No hate is intended. Just want to honestly know why people think differently.

From the replies here, you guys seem to think "If it doesnt hurt anyone, what's the harm?" But do you not see the problem with that? Firstly, the point most people make when being critical of lgbt isnt that they hurt people (even though some hurt is caused, which I'll get to), its the fact that it causes moral decadence and degeneracy. Men are supposed to be masculine, not dressing up as girls. This continued acceptance and normalization of sexual deviance and degeneracy is gonna have us end up going down like America. Next, you're gonna transition the kids and have drag teaching kindergarten.

Furthermore, acting like you can call yourself a woman because you dress up like girls/take hormones/physically distort your body physiology is an affront to womanhood. Women are able to bear children (Negating environmental factors or rare genetic factors causing them to be physically unable to). Men aren't. Women have periods. Men don't. The list goes on. They have such a wide range of problems they face exclusive to them, and are so different from the other gender, that pretending like you can just "transition" and be a woman is a mockery to all troubles they face.

Saying that this trans/lgbt movement does no harm is also wrong. Other than the above, it causes physical and psychological harm to children, who get brainwashed. Some kids who don't really know what they're doing may think they are boys when they are girls for instance, since they seem to like the same toys boys do. With the acceptance/normalization of transgender care/treatment, access to such treatment may become more widespread. They may, without even understanding or having maturity of what their actions entail, permanently mutilate their bodies in an attempt to fit in by undergoing transtion surgery. When they inevitably start regretting their actions when they're older, they most likely won't be able to completely detransition back to how they used to be, seeing how permanently mutilating treatments can get (for eg chopping off your peepee). Their mental health worsens, they get depressed, suicidality increases etc.

And much more.

Not to mention its hard to differentiate between the real people suffering from dysphoria and perverts/people who have autogynephilia and get off to being treated like a woman. Do you really want a society where a man can just say he's a woman to excuse his going to the female potty? Do you really want to abolish gendered bathrooms? Don't you see the problem with that? Is that someone you would feel safe having your children around? I mean holy shit go look at /r/autogynephilia or /r/askagp . Some of them are so lost in the sauce of their sexual fantasies they've convinced themselves they are women and transitioned.

When making policy changes, you must think about the consequences, and I don't think you guys fully comprehend the societal, cultural and moral consequences and domino effects such policies will bring to Singapore. I hate to say this, but we need to think of the kids.

Again, I have to reiterate that no hate is intended. I just want an honest discussion.

think of the kids

I promised @D in my previous airport post that I'll take photos of our “Budget Terminal” for him to mock so here it is

The cab driver sped like a motherlover so I have too much time before my flight too

As you can see, this terminal is segregated from the rest of them which are all directly connected and you have to take a bus to reach the other terminals kinda like a poorcel filter you can see from the departure board that it's all budget airlines although I have no idea why Cathay Pacific is there

I'll walk around and update the post in case it fricks up on my phone

I spot a sign indicating “Jurassic Mile” and I brave the rain to take dino pics for @3 its a cycling track I guess

It's 5 am so only is open if you want food

Darn it's actually boring here compared to last week

At least security and immigration took 5 minutes and I realised that in this terminal everyone has to do security checks right after immigration (same as many other airports I've visited) compared to security checks being done at the individual gates before you board your flight at the other terminals. Feels like they're alluding to poorcels being cattle and just dumping everyone at the same place

$50 for 2 cocktails lol insane

That's how shophouses of the past looked like no not with the Texas Chicken

If you see a queue like this at a hawker stall here it usually means that the food is good And oops it means that the previous statement about only Burger King being open at 5 am was misinformation

There doesn't seem to be anything interesting anymore so I'll go charge my Chromebook and wait to board

Sorry for the stupid post and thanks for helping me pass some time lol

Security screening at the individual gates in the other terminals look like this:

See you on the other side I'm SURPRISED barely anyone else bought duty-free booze even though the flight is full guess I'm a renegade ^{or an alcoholic…}

Landed and queuing at immigration and I forgot that there are so many mayos in the queue it definitely does not feel like asia lmao

For context a cabinet minister here was charged with corruption which happens very rarely (the last time it happened was in 1986)

CPIB = Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau aka the glowies

Article on this: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68014625

SINGAPORE – A man lost his appeal that only 50 per cent of a three-room flat owned by him and his mother before she died should be included in the pool of matrimonial assets to be divided upon his divorce.

Even though splitting 50 per cent of the flat's value was what he and his former wife had agreed on, a district judge earlier ruled that 100 per cent of the flat's value should be counted in the pool of marital assets to be divided.

The husband appealed the decision.

The man and his mother bought the flat seven years before his marriage in 1989, and he became its sole owner after she died in 2022.

In a judgment on his appeal which was released on Dec 27, 2023, High Court Senior Judge Andrew Ang said that the flat is the couple's matrimonial home where they lived and raised their only child. As it was their matrimonial home, he ruled that the entire value of the flat would be counted in the pool of marital assets to be split between them.

Justice Ang said that the couple's agreement is but one factor in the overall assessment, adding that “it remains critical for the court to consider all the circumstances of the case when determining the proper weight to be given to such an agreement”.

The judge also rejected the man's argument that the 50 per cent share of the flat he inherited after his mum's death should be excluded from the marital pool, as it was an inheritance.

While a section of the Women's Charter that defines matrimonial assets provides an exception for assets that are inherited, this exception does not apply if the inherited asset is considered a matrimonial home, Justice Ang said.

The couple's flat is considered their matrimonial home, and hence, their matrimonial asset, the judge said.

The couple lived in the flat through their union, which lasted about 30 years even though they led separate lives for the bulk of that time, and raised their daughter there.

The property at the heart of the case is a three-room flat in Chai Chee that the man and his mother bought in 1982 for $40,500.

The flat was bought under joint tenancy, which means all the co-owners have an equal share in the property, regardless of the individual's contribution to the purchase.

In 1989, the man tied the knot and the newly-weds, together with the man's mother, moved to live in the flat. The couple's names, ages and occupations were not stated in the judgment.

A year after their daughter was born in 1993, the marriage fell apart.

Justice Ang wrote: “Parties (referring to the couple) took to sleeping in different rooms owing to constant arguments and ceased all physical and emotional intimacy and development.”

He added that the pair kept communication to a minimum, such as when it was necessary and regarding matters pertaining to their daughter's care, education and health.

In 2019, they filed for divorce.

The couple had agreed that the husband and his mother each owned 50 per cent of the flat, which was fully paid up and worth $305,000 at that time.

And they agreed that only the husband's share of the flat, or 50 per cent, would be counted in the matrimonial pool of assets to be divided.

Justice Ang said the man's argument that the flat was bought before the marriage is “irrelevant” once the flat became the matrimonial home.

“Indeed, matrimonial homes are subject to the court's power of division upon dissolution of the marriage, even if they were acquired before the marriage,” he added.

The judge said the couple had not thought about what would happen should the man inherit his mother's share of the flat if she died after they had reached an agreement.

The couple had decided to split only the man's share of the flat, as they arrived at an agreement before his mother died.

Justice Ang said: “To therefore visit upon the wife the consequence that she is entitled to share in only 50 per cent of the matrimonial flat notwithstanding the fact that the husband has since become entitled to 100 per cent of the property by way of survivorship would, in my view, not be just and equitable.”

Mr Lim Chong Boon, head of family law and litigation at PKWA Law Practice, explained that matrimonial assets encompass all the properties acquired during the course of a marriage.

Typically, properties that are obtained before the marriage are not considered a marital asset, unless they are regularly used by the family, among other criteria.

Likewise, assets that are inherited are not automatically classified as matrimonial assets, but there is an exception to this inheritance rule if an asset is used as a matrimonial home.

The law makes it very clear that any property that is inherited will be considered a matrimonial asset if it was used as a matrimonial home, Mr Lim said.

Ms June Lim, a director at Focus Law Asia, said that the type of ownership of a property does not impact the court's power to divide the property in a divorce.

A person may have bought a flat before marriage in his or her sole name, or with another person like his or her parents, but the status of the flat as a matrimonial home makes 100 per cent of its value subject to division under the Women's Charter.

PKWA's Mr Lim noted that a private agreement, as in this case, on the division of marital assets is highly persuasive, but it is not binding and the courts have the final say.

He said that to ensure that an agreement, whether it is a pre-nuptial or post-nuptial agreement, made by the couple becomes ironclad and binding, it has to be turned into a consent court order.

Lawyers typically submit draft consent orders for the court to approve and issue.

He said: “The consent court order becomes binding on both parties, and it becomes extremely difficult to change it.”

They're all individually potted real plants

Lmao the Christmas decorations are still up someone's gonna get

Ching chong bing bong Lunar New Year is coming

Holy shit it took almost an hour to walk to the supermarket at another terminal and back lol

you know this ranking is bs because american cities are featured in the top 50

Chicago>Barcelona according to this list which is a huge joke. Barcelona's MRT system is basically on par with SG's in terms of cleanliness, comprehensiveness and frequency, whereas the Chicago one is like some soviet era aluminum tube that comes once per 15-30 minutes, even less frequent for their buses.

sf before munich as well. its a joke to call whatever sf has a public transport system

For those wondering, the SF BART (MRT) ride is about $4 USD (one way), very dirty and smelly, the subways are filled with rats and the trains are squeaky roller coasters.

Anybody who thinks it's 16th in the world is out of their minds.

And Tokyo at no 7? Tokyo rails carry more people than all the 6 combined.

Tokyo loses points in my book because they have 2 separate subway (Tokyo metro and Toei) and an additional aboveground (JR) networks who share almost zero infrastructure with each other. You sometimes have to tap out, go above ground, then enter another station just to change trains. Our Dhoby Ghaut station has no equivalent in Tokyo in terms of interconnection.

Tokyo Station alone is larger and busier than most airports, not even taking Shinjuku or Shibuya into account.

All you need is one Suica or Pasmo card, which you can tap in and out for all trains and bus. With your smart phone, you don't even have to unlock your phone and just go through, unlike in Singapore.

Yeah I for one am baffled as to how the heck Los Angeles's public transport comes anywhere near the Top 50. LA's public transport is absolute garbage. I'm sure SF is about as bad (cuz public transport across CA sucks in general), but thankfully I didn't need to suffer the misfortune of living in SF.

Sinkie living in Japan. Sorry but there is no way that the Tokyo public transport system is better.

Can't understand why so many Singaporeans have a hard time being proud of the local transport system.

Those sinkies that normally complain are those stuck in Singapore, never travel to see the world, only stuck in their tiny home behind their phone complain

Oh, they travel. But they do it just for the gram. Not for learning, not for widening their perspective of the world.

If they admit that other countries are not slam-dunk better than SG, how are they gonna show off they've been there, and how superior they now are to you?

Hole bump

The Thai food was so good

!leafs is this revenge for having too many people over there?

I think they anticipated a huge crowd but it's pretty empty

Can they beat daddy Starbucks?

Unironically must have been doing very well because they just opened an outlet in our CBD

There's also a popular Holy Grill stall at the same area

Hopefully the food is good because this is the first hawker stall I've seen getting a >4.5 rating on Google

In 2022, the Minister for Finance announced that the GST rate will be raised in 2 steps, from 7% to 8% on 1 Jan 2023 and from 8% to 9% on 1 Jan 2024. The revenue from the increase in GST will go towards meeting our medium-term needs including supporting our healthcare expenditure, and to take care of our seniors.

To help Singaporeans cope with the impact of the GST increase, the Government enhanced the Assurance Package from $6.6 billion in Budget 2022 to $9.6 billion in Budget 2023, and over $10 billion in September 2023. The enhancements at Budget 2023 and September 2023 accounted for the higher inflation and provided additional support to Singaporeans to address cost-of-living concerns. The Assurance Package continues to offset additional GST expenses for majority of Singaporean households for at least 5 years. For lower-income households, the Assurance Package can cover additional GST expenses for around 10 years.

Beyond the Assurance Package, eligible Singaporean households, especially the lower to middle income families, will also continue to benefit from the permanent GST Voucher Scheme and the absorption of GST for publicly subsidised education and healthcare.

We round up the essential information you need to know about price displays and payments made in 2023 for goods and services to be delivered in 2024.

Price Displays -- What Should I See?

GST-registered businesses must display GST-inclusive prices on their price displays to the public. What you see must be the final price you pay. From 1 January 2024, the prices displayed by GST-registered businesses must be inclusive of GST at 9%[1]. Businesses that are unable to switch their price displays overnight may display 2 prices:

• One applicable before 1 Jan 2024 showing prices inclusive of GST at 8%

• One applicable on/after 1 Jan 2024 showing prices inclusive of GST at 9%

[1]When purchasing from 24-hours stores from 12 a.m.  to 7 a.m. on 1 Jan 2024, you may be charged GST at 8% on your purchase if it is the supplier's normal accounting practice to treat the sales made during this time as sales of the preceding day.

An exemption is granted to hotels and F&B establishments[2] that impose service charge on their goods and services. They are not required to display GST-inclusive prices for goods and services that are subject to service charge to ease their operations. However, they must still display a prominent statement informing customers that the prices displayed are subject to GST and service charge.

Businesses that do not comply with price display requirements may be subject to a fine. Businesses cannot charge and collect GST at 9% before 1 Jan 2024.

[2] Excluding hotels and F&B establishments that do not impose a service charge, and F&B establishments that levy a nominal service charge without genuine business reasons other than to avoid displaying GST-inclusive prices.

It's pretty good. Hawker centre food delicious, especially Lor Mee. I have no idea wtf any of the stuff I'm eating is, but it's all delicious. I thought Singapore was meant to be expensive but so far it's very cheap - transport, food, attraction tickets, all very affordable. (I'm staying with a friend so I don't have to worry about rent)

I finished reading Orlando in Suntec mall while anime electro music was blaring and almost deafening me, which I think is what Virginia Woolf intended probably.

Gardens By The Bay are lovely, 35mm film development is cheap, it's a nice place.

/blog

tl;dr - it's fine not to give a frick

Lol I remember back then the top EM1 class got the "cars" and bicycles, everyone else were pedestrians.

Our school allocate by the most recent test result. My result was usually quite bad but for that day miraculously was good enough for bicycles.

However, when trying out the bike at the park, I was so short that I have to tip toe when stationary on the bike and wasn't very stable. The person in charge thought I was scared and didn't allow me to ride. Very sad :(

In hindsight, it was probably for the better because I was so blur that I didn't even know how to read a map then and had to follow a classmate that could.

I remember getting rammed by my classmate in the pedal car while I was riding a bike. 10/10 realism

I never really liked this park, I remember the bad memories when in Primary School, we had a field trip. And when I was role-playing as a pedestrian, one of those "die die must follow the rules" prefects gave me a fine for "not raising my hand when crossing the road".

First of all, frick her. And second of all, frick the automobile industry for trying to brainwash children using the park to serve as peasants to the vehicles (brainwashing children to raise their hands when crossing the road innit?)

And yes, for those wondering, the park was built with the support of oil and gas companies, why else did y'all think Shell allowed a replica of their petrol station to be built there?

most sane /r/frickcars poster

Maybe 2022 was the outlier with "patchy rain" (still rain I guess) but after just getting caught in the fricking heavy rain (the big-butt gay umbrella I was using didn't work because the rain was relentless) I seemed to remember how every Christmas was the same shitty weather every year so I decided to check if I was right and

Maybe if we had freezing weather I'd be seeing snow here

Source: https://www.worldweatheronline.com/singapore-weather-history/sg.aspx

I know the end of the year is the monsoon season here but that's still quite the record

And I left my home when it was so sunny and hot out fricking tropical weather

Anyway have a blessed and happy Christmas dramatards, just ranting because I'm soaked

I snorted at "temperate climate" and "balmy weather" 😂 since when are we a temperate country and Singapore winds aren't cooling.

But please, I need some suggestions, what are you guys doing for Christmas?

For context the guy in the photo is Dee Kosh who was an influencer that was convicted of being a p-do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Kosh#Sex_crimes_conviction

yt pypo cant handle their spice