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The guy who was mistakenly given 3 more strokes of the cane. Hai ... they do not believe him that he was only punished by 5 strokes as the prision doc wrote "8". And so as not to incur the prison officer's wrath, he went through with 8 !!

Irony 1
The mum was offered an amont of money as so called "medical compensation". Not sure by the prison or by certain officers, considered as 息事宁人 ?

Like "Hey, pai seh ... pai seh ... we made a KT mistake and this mistake apparently incur physical damage to your son *Though your son is a baddie, so what if he gets 3 more ?!?!?*. So why don't you take this money and shut up ?"

The mother is seeking 3 million compensation following the lawyer's advice. Waste of money to engage the lawyer. If she can get 3 million, SG can win the World Cup !

Irony 2
They are going to introduce more processes and checklist to ensure this will not happen again !!
Huh ? Won't having more layers of either paperwork or process increase probability of more cockups ?

Like, now to fill in form A1, you need to get from B2 signed. And before form B2, you need to get court to issue form E6 with it stamped, then proceed to fill in form C7 and finally with form A1, B2, E6 and C7, then you can issue form Z9 and get it approved to cane the inmate.

Maybe too much "Just follow Law" ... Hee