Discussion: police processes

12 11, 2014

Exercise using foreign workers as ‘rioters’ exact opposite of sensitivity training

2019-08-30T16:32:58+08:00November 12th, 2014|News, News Flash, Our Stand|

The Facebook post by Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan 11 November 2014 (click thumbnail at right) titled 'Joint exercise with Police, SCDF & foreign worker ambassadors' accompanied by eight photographs does a great disservice to migrant workers who have played such an important role in building Singapore, especially those of South Asian origin

11 07, 2014

Two domestic workers sexually assaulted, part 2

2019-08-30T16:33:29+08:00July 11th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

9:30am -- the phone rang. On the line was a TWC2 volunteer telling us about a Filipina domestic worker Mercedes (not her real name) who was crying for help in a shopping mall. We advised the volunteer to send Mercedes to our office as soon as the worker had calmed down. When she arrived at

19 10, 2013

‘The sweets were delicious’

2019-08-30T16:34:17+08:00October 19th, 2013|Articles, Stories|

Once in a while, Transient Workers Count Too succeeds in helping a worker get everything that is due to him. Not only is the worker happy, so are we. Deliriously. But there was a month in which everything looked very bleak for Hazrat (not his real name). His employer had submitted salary vouchers with forged

28 09, 2012

Nabbing immigration offenders affects Special Pass holders too

2019-08-30T16:35:24+08:00September 28th, 2012|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Uncategorized|

The drop in the number of immigration offenders was covered recently in the news: 2,077, 1,698, and 1,318 people were arrested for immigration offences in the first half of 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively [endnote 1]. The news story did not reveal whether these numbers included both male and female immigration offenders, who encounter significantly

15 08, 2012

The scenic route to solving salary disputes

2019-08-30T16:35:26+08:00August 15th, 2012|Articles, Stories|

A simple salary claim became a 14-month saga, eating up a good chunk of state resources. It was completely unnecessary, since the solutions that would prevent such disputes from arising in the first place are almost no-brainers. Yet, for reasons unknown, the Ministry of Manpower has not adopted the suggested solutions proposed by Transient Workers

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