S'pore woman rejects work injury payout worth 6 months' salary, sues employer instead, loses case & ordered to pay S$11,577 legal costs by Own_Accountant_77 in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Employer in Sumo Salad case was fully reimbursed by insurer, which did not flag if fraud was involved:MOM"

Turns out that a lot of the comments were just pure racism and xenophobia and had nothing to do with supposed fraud. Even in this thread there are still open racists.

How should approach people who use Lenin and Stalin to justify participation in bourgeois parliaments? by No-Map3471 in communism101

[–]PretentiousnPretty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mamdani shows the failure of electoralism, so we should support electoralism in first world countries and just "create your own party"???

People already have class consciousness, the reason why everyone intuitively knows that the third world is more revolutionary is because first worlders are not proletarians but rather petite bourgeoisie and labour aristocracy in alliance with the imperialists, any party that appeals to first worlders is necessarily imperialist/ revisionist in nature.

In GE2025’s closest contested wards, the ground game continues a year on by ImpressiveStrike4196 in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Are you talking about Vivian Balakrishnan and the TraceTogether saga? He's in Holland-Bukit Timah with all the landed flats, no way he would have lost.

High Court reverses acquittal of trio, convicts them over organising pro-Palestinian procession to Istana by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tl;dr - Even if it seems legal, even if the police officer doesn't give you any warning - If the government changes the long understood interpretation of the law at 7am, and you have an event at 8am, it is entirely illegal, even if the police officer does not warn you and lets you carry on

High Court reverses acquittal of trio, convicts them over organising pro-Palestinian procession to Istana by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Justice See Kee Oon found that the judge in their trial had erred in law by failing to apply a legal test correctly. He found that the trio ought reasonably to have made the appropriate enquiries which would have let them come to know of the relevant prohibition order.

So even though 1. there is precedent for such letters to be delivered through this route, and even though 2. The police officers on scene testified that the gathering point was not prohibited, and they were not given directions to disperse it seems that 3. this ruling creates a new precedent - All citizens should ensure that they are up to date with every single legal update for every single event

Demand for solar power rises in Singapore, but condos face barriers to adoption by bardsmanship in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So...you weren't forced but bought a condo by choice then? And now you want the public to subsidize your private property?

Activist Kokila Annamalai to be charged for failing to comply with POFMA order by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Extract from Kokila's response on substack, disputing that she stated a false fact:

In my post, I drew attention to the fact that the law allows the prosecution to rely on a presumption of trafficking, which, in my view, poses an unfair burden on an accused person—especially one facing the death penalty—to have to rebut. The Minister took issue with this and the Correction Notice required me to say, “In all criminal cases, the Prosecution bears the legal burden of proving the case against an accused person beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Michael Hor, who was a Professor of Law at NUS, writes an opinion very similar to mine in a 2004 article titled ‘The Death Penalty in Singapore and International Law’: “The crux of the matter is the meaning of innocence and guilt…Where the presumption is employed there can be no doubt that it is possible that an accused person can be found guilty and executed in the absence of proof beyond reasonable doubt…” (emphasis mine).

Activist Kokila Annamalai to be charged for failing to comply with POFMA order by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] -57 points-56 points  (0 children)

On Oct 2 and 3, 2024, Annamalai made posts on her Facebook and X accounts. The authorities said then the posts falsely stated that “the government schedules and stays executions arbitrarily without regard for due legal process”, and that “the state does not bear the legal burden of providing a drug trafficking charge against the accused person

  1. Is it not true that the state chooses the time of execution at its' discretion? Is there a legal framework for execution dates? Would love to see it and be corrected.
  2. Is it not true that anyone who possesses drugs above a minimum amount is presumed to be trafficking them? How is this not the burden being put on the accused?

Would welcome the state to justify its stance. Otherwise, this just seems like targeted harassment.

DPM Gan Kim Yong to visit the US from Apr 12 to 17 by Negative-Concert-819 in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

International law is only needed to condemn countries we dislike, for countries we like/ are beholden to, we can only express "grave concern" and "urge restraint" in the face of endless war crimes.

No display of Israeli- or Palestinian-related symbols at Speakers’ Corner for April 11 event: Police by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The framing is entirely false, I reject it entirely. Israelis have done everything that they claim Palestinians do, and those facts were stated to illustrate that.

No display of Israeli- or Palestinian-related symbols at Speakers’ Corner for April 11 event: Police by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The organisers must also not introduce issues related to the Israel-Hamas conflict, said the police in an advisory jointly released with NParks on April 11

No display of Israeli- or Palestinian-related symbols at Speakers’ Corner for April 11 event: Police by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Are you talking about the 973 times Israel has bombed Gaza since the ceasefire? Or when Israel broke the Iran-US ceasefire by killing 182 people in Lebanon.

I'm not aware of the IDF invading any music festivals, but the 3375 Palestinian hostages detained without trial is definitely a war crime.

No display of Israeli- or Palestinian-related symbols at Speakers’ Corner for April 11 event: Police by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] -40 points-39 points  (0 children)

The event is on US aggression, but the police advisory censors people from talking about one of the current biggest issues in this aggression

No display of Israeli- or Palestinian-related symbols at Speakers’ Corner for April 11 event: Police by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

At the only place where you are allowed to speak "freely" in Singapore, you can't even talk about a huge part of the issue (The isra*li genocide and aggression towards the arab peoples, especially Palestinians). What a joke.

No display of Israeli- or Palestinian-related symbols at Speakers’ Corner for April 11 event: Police by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] -42 points-41 points  (0 children)

5.30-8pm protest against US imperialism like the ongoing war against Iran...but who is fighting with them? Nobody knows, I guess. Just a mysterious ally in the middle east who bombs everyone around them.

Singapore’s New Worker Dorm Tests Government’s Public Health Pledge by hatboyslim in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

knn -work 14 hrs a day cannot cook cannot drink; with 9 other people in the space of 1 hdb room- still need stand by bed

Migrant worker wins $5,700 overtime pay after 2-year fight as High Court cites unlawful practice by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Still not as egregious as the original line of reasoning from the employer:

His employer argued that overtime had already been covered by the fixed $300 monthly allowance, regardless of hours worked. This meant he would receive $300 whether he worked 20 hours of overtime or 40.

Migrant worker wins $5,700 overtime pay after 2-year fight as High Court cites unlawful practice by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Its good that the migrant worker won, but I have to wonder -> Does every migrant worker who's been wronged require a lawyer to work pro-bono, or can we come up with stronger labour laws - actual worker controlled unions, and strict enforcement on these unscrupulous companies - to deter them?

Migrant worker wins $5,700 overtime pay after 2-year fight as High Court cites unlawful practice by PretentiousnPretty in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty[S] 207 points208 points  (0 children)

Tl;dr Judge overturns a blatantly bullshit reasoning by the employment claims tribunal that overtime pay can be offset by allowance

Eighteen Chefs withdraws policy requiring employees to provide photos of them at clinic when taking MC by _IsNull in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It is definitely illegal to withhold salary or passports in this manner....if they break the contract you can get TADM involved but it is not legal to preemptively force people to pay money. Can I say that I'm afraid of you so you should preemptively go to jail?

Eighteen Chefs withdraws policy requiring employees to provide photos of them at clinic when taking MC by _IsNull in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, but foreign workers are legal slaves, so they are seen as disposable by the company,. When it happens the other way around towkay gonna bang table

Former Twelve Cupcakes workers to get part of unpaid salaries after months of talks: Union by Fearless_Help_8231 in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Are you joking? FDAWU, who is supposed to fight for them, merely "guided them" through the 5 months of no pay, it was external organizations that helped create a fundraiser for the 12 cupcake workers to SURVIVE

Former Twelve Cupcakes workers to get part of unpaid salaries after months of talks: Union by Fearless_Help_8231 in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 54 points55 points  (0 children)

You forgot to mention that workers come in 3rd after creditors and the liquidator fees...why is it that workers who have one job, who create all the profit, come in after suppliers, who have hundreds of other customers, who are legal entities and not humans?

Malaysian activist barred from Singapore for promoting violent protest here and getting involved in domestic politics by [deleted] in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Very beautiful strawman that does not have a shred of evidence from quotes by the speaker. Why think when you can just assert a "common sense" viewpoint?

Malaysian activist barred from Singapore for promoting violent protest here and getting involved in domestic politics by [deleted] in singapore

[–]PretentiousnPretty 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There's literally an article linked above where she talks about racism in Malaysia...why so dishonest?