Mah... Salah... Mah...

mum, wrong, mum (literal translation of the subject)...
the saga continues with PM Lee making a parliamentary speech on the escape...
and to quote what he said:

"I would remind Members, however, that we must not get into a witch-hunt mode, that you must make sure when a mistake happens, you must get to the bottom of the matter before you decide to punish people. Because if you generate a culture where nobody wants to make mistakes and you are afraid to do something for fear of making mistakes. That, as Dr Goh Keng Swee would say, is the biggest mistake of all. Not of the officers, but of us setting the rules and the culture which leads to that happening. You may be angry about it, but you have to stand back... assess objectively, fairly, and then decide who deserves what."

we are not hunting for the witch...
but at least we should know that those who had made such grave mistakes are punished accordingly and appropriately...
in countries like Japan, the Minister would have resigned or taken his own life...
but in Singapore, he is still able to deliver parliamentary speeches more than one month after the escape...
the question is whether there are mistakes that are too big to be forgiven...
and knowing that they had a terrorist on their hands...
the lapses were simply unforgivable...

but then again, i am sure there are a lot like me who still want our covered walkways in Hougang...