ok, better not spit on the sidewalk no more. and that goes for strong eagle as well!sundaymorningstaple wrote:From what I've seen and read over the past 25 years or so, no. They are allowed to both detain you and question you for as long as they want in order to extract the truth (as they see it). You have no rights at all and all lawyers will tell you that they cannot do anything as the government feels that lawyers will cause impedance to the investigation. (one has to wonder at the validity of some of the confessions extracted that way). I believe one of the world bodies has been trying for years to get some evidence on the psy-ops torture used to extract confessions here). The talk about striping people down to their underwear in frigid rooms abound here. About the only thing they don't do is manhandle suspects (physically beating them) but psy-ops is practiced heavily from what I understand. The problems is all we hear is purely anecdotal evidence so we will never really know for sure.
Singapore justice is not blind, if you look at the lady justice in Old Supreme Court building, her eyes seem to be wide open, not blind folded or even closed.Turtle wrote:You don't have the right to a jury trial either (there are none). Besides, what the law says can always be changed, or glossed over. The sooner you just accept that the government owns you and can do whatever they want with you while you're here, the better off you'll be.
sunday is right. it gets worse depending on who's/re your IO/s and how serious the crime is.sundaymorningstaple wrote:They are allowed to both detain you and question you for as long as they want in order to extract the truth (as they see it). You have no rights at all and all lawyers will tell you that they cannot do anything as the government feels that lawyers will cause impedance to the investigation. (one has to wonder at the validity of some of the confessions extracted that way).
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