Police officers who handled Parti Liyani’s case made lapses: Shanmugam
A financial penalty was imposed on the two officers for neglect of duty, Home Affairs K Shanmugam Minister said.
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From below..I see the police men are just scape goats ....their workload is too high. We have to ask ourselves if they were replaced by some one else would they have made the same mistake.of the answer is yes...then they should not be punished ...the underlying issue of overwork has to be addressed....
Quote:The probe into the officers’ handling of the case took into account that the IO was simultaneously handling many ongoing investigations, prosecutions, and conducting arrest operations, Shanmugam said.
Then the minister and PS of MHA should also be punished, since they did not solve the manpower shortage problem.
I mean, the number of hours a day is only so much. If I don't have time to cope with so many cases and then bosses said "I don't care". In the event problems cropped up shouldn't the bosses be punished?
Police's mistake is called lapses. Opposition's mistake is called criminal action.