mollymeek (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mollymeek) wrote,@ 2007-06-09 00:04:00 |
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A Tale of Two Bankrupts
Once upon a time, there was a bankrupt by the name of Dr. Chee Soon Juan. As Dr. Chee was a bankrupt, he had to get the permission from the Official Assignee before he is allowed to leave the country. (In a way, he wasn't any less free than other men in his country who had to seek the permission of a weaponry-loaded organization prior to leaving the country.) When the Official Assignee did not reply to Dr. Chee's applications, Dr. Chee decided to try to leave the country anyway. Thanks to vigilant immigration officers, Dr. Chee was caught when he was attempting to leave the country. He was subsequently jailed.
Once upon roughly the same time, there was a bankrupt by the name of Mr. Yong. (It was rumored that Mr. Yong might not be altogether that broke, but no one could be sure.) Like Dr. Chee, Mr. Yong was not supposed to leave the country. But unlike Dr. Chee, he managed to leave the country despite the proven track record of the vigilance of the immigration officers. (Incidentally, a particular group of people in that country happened to be very proud this thing called a proven track record, something it claims to have.) Unlike in the case of Dr. Chee, the public had a stake in Mr. Yong's case obecause he could be owing a charity the money donated from the public.
The said country is a free country where people are not persecuted simply for engaging in the wrong sort of politics. Unlike in frightening regimes where the entire state machinery could be utilized to crush certain people for threatening the powers that be, the said country is free, democratic and entirely transparent. As such, it wouldn't have had been more important for the authorities to go all out to clamp down on an errant politician than to pay attention a bankrupt in whom the public is highly interested.
But perhaps it is precisely because there is so much transparency and freedom in the country that even Mr. Yong had become transparent and managed to slip past the Immigration officers.
Once upon a time, there was a bankrupt by the name of Dr. Chee Soon Juan. As Dr. Chee was a bankrupt, he had to get the permission from the Official Assignee before he is allowed to leave the country. (In a way, he wasn't any less free than other men in his country who had to seek the permission of a weaponry-loaded organization prior to leaving the country.) When the Official Assignee did not reply to Dr. Chee's applications, Dr. Chee decided to try to leave the country anyway. Thanks to vigilant immigration officers, Dr. Chee was caught when he was attempting to leave the country. He was subsequently jailed.
Once upon roughly the same time, there was a bankrupt by the name of Mr. Yong. (It was rumored that Mr. Yong might not be altogether that broke, but no one could be sure.) Like Dr. Chee, Mr. Yong was not supposed to leave the country. But unlike Dr. Chee, he managed to leave the country despite the proven track record of the vigilance of the immigration officers. (Incidentally, a particular group of people in that country happened to be very proud this thing called a proven track record, something it claims to have.) Unlike in the case of Dr. Chee, the public had a stake in Mr. Yong's case obecause he could be owing a charity the money donated from the public.
The said country is a free country where people are not persecuted simply for engaging in the wrong sort of politics. Unlike in frightening regimes where the entire state machinery could be utilized to crush certain people for threatening the powers that be, the said country is free, democratic and entirely transparent. As such, it wouldn't have had been more important for the authorities to go all out to clamp down on an errant politician than to pay attention a bankrupt in whom the public is highly interested.
But perhaps it is precisely because there is so much transparency and freedom in the country that even Mr. Yong had become transparent and managed to slip past the Immigration officers.
