Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Law applied fairly to all

Even the new Prime Minister of Japan is not above the law. The prosecutors are willing to investigate into any alleged violation of the law.

Japan PM's office probed
TOKYO - JAPANESE prosecutors have launched a probe into the fund-raising activities of new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's office, which is fully cooperating, his lawyer said on Monday.

'An investigation into the case of a (possible) violation of the political funds control law has begun,' Mr Hatoyama's lawyer, Mr Yoichi Ioroi, said in a statement.
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7 comments:

Tan Kin Lian said...

In Singapore, we are used to the idea that the government leaders are above the law and cannot be investigated by the public officers.

In other countries, the public officers enforce the law against politicians. Look at what happened in Taiwan and Korea.

October 06, 2009 10:43 AM
Anonymous said...

This is one of the major problems of having "one party system" for too long which it was claimed to be a "good system".

Too long until our civil servants and law enforcement officers don't know who is their real boss/paymaster and what exactly are their roles?

October 06, 2009 11:44 AM
Anonymous said...

Singapore public officers will enforce law on opposition politicians. As for the Govt, well, they have to ask DPM for clearance....

October 06, 2009 1:01 PM
Anonymous said...

I do not know why in other countries, the ruling and opposition parties are more or less equally strong. The people have a viable alternative at elections.

But here, sigh!

October 06, 2009 1:07 PM
Anonymous said...

Prosecutors going after big shots is unlikely in Spore because we are a CLEAN society!
We have no corruptions because we pay people very well!

October 06, 2009 8:51 PM
Anonymous said...

Erh, I beg to differ. People with eleven fingers, no matter how much you pay them, they still want more. Just like they say: No matter how much you wash a pig, it still goes back into the mud.

October 07, 2009 4:10 PM
Don Lim said...

We need an able President like Mr Tan Kin Lian to watch over the country. The Presidency in Singapore is meant to counter-balance the elected government. So, I hope that Mr Tan, who is qualified to run for Presidency, should go for it. If the parliament wants to enact some laws which in your opinion is unreasonable, you have the power not to endorse them and request the parliament to look into some reasonable changes first. Also, you have the power to reject the appointment of any senior officer whom you think has character problem.

October 13, 2009 2:20 AM

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