TODAY letter… published with a new paragraph sender did not write

(TODAY, Jul 22, 2011), was  inaccurate . [See below]

In the article, the court reporter indicated that Yang Wei, a construction worker who had unpaid salary claims, “could have lodged a complaint with the Ministry of Manpower”, but instead “took matters into his own hands, entering a construction site at Changi South Ave 2 and climbed up the crane”. For this, Yang Wei was slapped with a 5 week jail sentence for criminal trespass.

Yang Wei DID in fact lodge a complaint with the Ministry of Manpower. I was at the first court hearing on 14 July 2011 and this is something I verified with H.O.M.E. (Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics), which is assisting Yang Wei with his case. However, Yang Wei returned from the mediation at the MOM frustrated and told H.O.M.E. staff that his employer refused to pay him the full amount he is entitled to under the Employment Act and Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. On top of that, the employer wanted to make further deductions, without evidence this was legitimate.

However, the article that was published made it appear that Yang Wei chose to engage in a wilful (and, in Singapore, a criminal) act without first even attempting to do things the ‘legal’ way.

So I decided to write a letter to TODAY to alert them to the inaccuracy. It was published today, but TODAY inserted an entire paragraph that I DID NOT WRITE, and which completely changed its meaning.

In my letter, I had written:

Yang Wei has and will continue to serve time in jail and it is clear the law has taken its course. However, misleading representations only serve to further criminalize a worker who resorted to an act of desperation after having been denied his rightful salary payments.  It is also important to point out that the employer had committed an offence by violating labour laws yet refused to pay the correct settlement amount during mediations at the Ministry of Manpower.

While there were other edits of my letter, this one I find unacceptable. My letter made NO mention of a $5000 payment. Plus, what I had intended to point out is that though Yang Wei was charged for a criminal act, his employer does not seem to have been charged for violating labour laws and remaining unrepentant during MOM mediations.

This $5000 ‘settlement’ was only derived AFTER Yang Wei had climbed on the crane and the employer agreed to pay him in order to get Yang Wei to come down. It was NOT paid during official mediations by the MOM.

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TODAY letter… published with a new paragraph sender did not write

So I decided to write a letter to TODAY to alert them to the inaccuracy. It was published today, but TODAY inserted an entire paragraph that I DID NOT WRITE, and which completely changed its meaning. Yang Wei has and will continue to serve time in jail



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