Saturday, December 09, 2006

MRT track accident part 4



I regret letting this slip, on the judgement that people are clever enough to know and that it would not circulate cos I have debunked it in the forums, and therefore I hate to see this.

I know there are some pictures that have been circulating on the net claiming to the picture from the Yishun MRT accident. What can I tell you is, it will never be leaked or the Government will skin you alive. No, it's not a Singaporean government thing, any government will do that and we will say, "Serve you right." Journalism has its limits.

Back to the pictures, which had been circulating through email, blogs and forums. They belong to another incident, where the outcome bear resemblance to the case at Yishun.

The source of the picture came from http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=427e9d7db0, which is dated November 12th. That in itself is enough to cast doubts on the authenticity. The picture was first posted on STOMP (but has since been removed) and it took no effort to hunt down its source since the person simply quoted the picture's URL.

Another fact was simply that the picture seemed to be taken from a subway tunnel, where it is dark. If any picture were to be taken at Yishun, it would be at daylight after 7am.

Hope this helps.