17 years solitary detention?
Was his scholarship withdrawn ?
Was he demoted ?
Was he court martialled ?

If he had come from ordinary parents,
would it have been treated more seriously

A lot of questions need to be answered?
Has any of our highly paid PAP Ministers
provided any reasonable explanation?

So far, I have only seen a lot of wayang.

Seriously speaking, no one in the history of the SAF had ever dared to write this way knowing that he has to follow the given procedures in the handbook.

It was clearly state by Meindef tha evry NS man has been briefed on the procedures in the handbook.

Clearly speaking, given the way he wrote the letter, it seemed clear he knew of the rules in the handbook, etc.

It seemed clear that his mass-copying of it in sending to his peers and other commands showed that he was exasperated by the ignorance given by his superior o nthe metter which indeed had nothing to do with him in the first place.

It seemed clear that his mass circulation was to amplify his arrogance that he had the power to do “harmful” thing that others could not do.

It seemed clear that he acted on the “believe” that he will be called up by the high levels s oas to be “listened to” and to be given a “appreciation” instead of being “reprimanded for it on the “strength”of being the son of the PM and grandson of MM.

It seemed clear that he knew he can rely on the “strength” of his strong “backings” for his “arrogance” and “hysteria” - a “becoming behaviour” of an officer.

The charge could merely be a “tap” on his wrist. If this had happened to other peers, their rank could be stalled and job could be sidelined into cold storage and into obscurity.

long term propaganda is what i think it is, if anyone else did that, it would be instantly covered up and made to disappear….

now i wonder who is going to be the PAP front man in a couple of years?

think about that. you may support him now for his ‘valiant actions’ but for all you know, it may be a ruse, the news media in singapore is known to be an agent of the government, giving props to the current ruling party for years, and showing the opposition in a poor light.
in this country of not so free press and lack of civil liberties, perhaps we are just all part of a long term plan to keep the lee family in power for years to come.

Think about that.

This means at least two senior officers were aware of the problem and had decided to ignore 2LT Li Hongyi’s complaint.

If 2LT Li had followed the “proper channel”, what makes you think the 3rd senior officer up the chain of command will do anything?

MINDEF needs to clarify what it means by “proper channels”.

Will Li Hongyi be charged if he merely sent his letters to everyone directly above him (ie, Defense Minister, CDF, CoA, Chief Signal Officer, etc)?

The problem with that approach is that all these senior guys may still decide to ignore his complaint. What can he do then? In my opinion, his letter to everyone (including the unit storemen, cook, etc) directly causes the AWOL LTA to be court-martialed.

Cos the SAF leaders are now aware that justice must be seen to be done. Otherwise, they cannot no longer maintain effective discipline among the men.

Unfortunately, many bloggers and Singaporeans do not see the whole juncle but only individual trees.

The key questions to ask:
(1) Why such a SAF email can be leaked to the public? Obviously, either this is intentional as a plot for some other more cruel reasons, or this reflect the current status of SAF which means Spore can be in deep shit because of security exposure.
(2) Who has actually copied the email to the public? Some blogs suggest that it is Li’s own family member. If this is so, it is even more likely that this email saga is a plot.
(3) What purnishment he will receive? Li has also violated the SAF rule as a AWOL person (absent without handing over duty to the next on duty) and also did not observe the chain of command for complaint. In US or other 1st world army, such person will be dishonourly discharged from the army, and also charged for betraying the country and leaking of top secrect army information. I do not believe SAF is really serious about this case. This means our national security is just a hollow shell.

This is just another wayang. There will be unexpected backfire.

We’ll see.

“I believe the email was sent through Mindef’s intranet system.”

Yes it was.

“I believe that all emails within the intranet are at least of a restricted level of classification, which means that it is not meant for public consumption.”

Look, I know the classification is there, but nobody’s stopping you from leaking it. It is difficult to track the source of leak or leaks when you have, as Hongyi has done, sent his e-mail to at least hundreds of people.

If he had sent it to five people then, yes, he probably wouldn’t expect the e-mail to leak. But the way this e-mail was crafted, meticulous and generously peppered with quotes from the national education archives, suggests a man trying to win over more than a few exalted superiors. He is trying to reach to as many people at one shot as possible. Considering there isn’t actually much in the way of confidential information, you’d say it wouldn’t really matter of these “many people” were in the military or not.