WiganMick wrote:I can understand why they have the law in place to stop Singaporean draft dodgers, but my son isnt a draft dodger and he will never want to be a Singaporean so this law shouldnt apply to children who just happened to be born in Singapore.
ignorance of the law is NOT an excuse in Singapore!!
Forgot about NS, or dodged NS, it's the same.
I am sure the mother being a Singaporean knew all of it and to claim otherwise is incredible.
At almost every gathering of Singaporeans the common topic is mostly about PSLE and NS, apart from COE and such.
Like I said before would Singapore want all the Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian children who just happened to be born in Singapore and are now living in a different country.
If one of their parent was a Singaporean they have to fulfill their national service obligation.
It would be funny if the Singapore authority's ever did arrest a grown man who just happened to have chosen Singapore for a holiday destination, at the airport because his passport says he was born in Singapore 40 or 50 years ago.
It happened, more than a few times, and it wasn't funny when a few grown men were made to cry.
And the authorities refuse to budge from their stand point. As much as they hang drug smugglers and cane rapists and molesters and vandals, including foreigners, international opinion will not sway Singapore's firm stance on NS Dodgers to change the law. Exemptions may be made but the law will remain.
See, you are missing the point, it's not about being in Singapore, it's about a parent who was Singaporean.