28. Overview

17 Nov 2011

Minister
Ministry of National Development
5 Maxwell Road #21-00 & #22-00
Tower Block MND Complex
Singapore 069110

Dear Sir,

Officers Colluded With Neighbour

1. PSC and HDB have not replied to my emails. I hope your Ministry could intervene as they have the responsibility.

2. The neighbour carries on a trade in their flat. I have seen the workers and believe they are part of a larger operation. Another indication is the eviction of an occupier from the flat and subsequent transfer of the flat to the neighbour in '99.

3. Insiders kept track. After a four-years interlude they stopped the neighbour from working in the flat for the next four years until my current complaint in '07. It did not surprise me when officers stationed people in the flat across the neighbour four days after I seek help at Meet-the-People Session. What is wrong is that the-people-in-the-flat-across-the-neighbour stays to protect the neighbour and watch me. I have shown their influence extends to other government departments.

4. My complaint about the affair was ineffectual. While the neighbour lives elsewhere, they and the workers take turn to work in the flat. The-people-in-the-flat-across-the-neighbour monitors the workers and noise levels and keeps watch of me and people passing outside my flat and the neighbour's flat. They enable the neighbour to work through the day, seven days a week.

5. All in awareness and complicity. Early on the neighbour said to me what he said about a compromise did not happen, officers were shown to undermine, they use noise as threat and warning, Residents' Committee Chairman said he would visit me only with officer, and the purpose of the-people-in-the-flat-across-the-neighbour were shown by implication through a Community Centre member and the Neighbourhood Police Centre.

6. The proof is insiders assisted and relevant authorities did not response. To the extent Ministers may have reviewed their options and considered in their policies more engagement with the people. Policies that allow dissent between divisions and upper management, including negative report in the media, would prevent the situation I am in from happening.

7. That there is corruption could be seen from the behaviour of the officers and their contacts. The-people-in-the-flat-across-the-neighbour is an abuse of power. There is documentary evidence, and insiders could provide testimony.

8. It was inappropriate to refer me to Community Mediation Centre and for the Neighbourhood Police Centre to consider the matter as only between the neighbour and me.

9. After I wrote to the President and posted it in the blog, there was an indirect reference on Teletext the same day and a meeting with an intermediary three days later. He was an old friend who met the owner on four other occasions although he did not say he was one. Noise was much reduced the next day after the meeting with him and for a time afterwards, but the situation remains unchanged. Work is still heard each day. It has worsen on a number of days over the past few weeks, and the next owner would face the same problem when I leave.

10. The indirect reference over Teletext on 15 Sep 11 and 16 Sep 11 referred to a survey by Institute of Policy Studies. It states the level of political cynic in Singapore is low compared to other countries, but is a cause for worry if it rises and people cannot trust politicians. PAP MPs say if people doubt their credibility and trustworthiness, it would be difficult to act in the interest of the country.

11. Mr Low Thia Khiang says in the first session of 12th Parliament his party's MPs will scrutinise policies for any loopholes and gaps that may affect people adversely and will act as a voice for the people in the House. This may be related to the previous post Committee (27).

12. At the onset, HDB could have disciplined the officers and enforced compliance of the neighbour. By stationing the-people-in-the-flat-across-the-neighbour to protect the neighbour, the officers violate my rights as a citizen. The Singapore Police Force was informed but they did not refer to the-people-in-the-flat-across-the-neighbour in their correspondence to me. There is, therefore, a need for a neutral body to investigate.

Yours Sincerely,
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