Ferrari accident

The Ferrari accident at Bugis has driven anti-foreigners sentiments high up again. The limited edition Ferrari worth SGD 1.8M was driven by a Chinese national, Ma-Chi. The driver, under the influence of alcohol, beat the red light and crashed into a taxi, causing the taxi to hit a passing by bike. The results 3 deaths - the Ferrari driver, the cab driver and the cab passenger. Based on the video, some netizens have calculated that the Ferrari is driving at a speed of more than 180km/h.

This accident angered many people and it became at the hot topic instantly. Instead of letting the whole issue to subside with time, it was said that Ma-Chi wife had ask a friend to lodge a complaint with a Chinese tabloid, asking Singapore netizens to hold back their 'poisonous' tongues and further commented that being rich is not equivalent to being at fault. Such words drove anti-Chinese sentiments to a new high and further irked many people.

People are angry at late Ma-Chi for being reckless and super duper irresponsible. It is fundamentally wrong, when a person drink, drive and speed. He was disregarding every life that a driver is supposed to owe his/her care to. As a result of his actions, he had caused the death of 2 other innocent lives, namely the cab driver and the Japanese passenger in the cab. 2 others were injured as well.

The cab driver is the sole breadwinner of the family with 3 children still schooling. One in Sec 5, the other in Anderson JC while the eldest just completed her polytechnic studies. Her dream of getting a degree is put on hold now as the family struggle to make ends meet. To-date, there hasn't being any apology from Ma-chi's family. Many netizens are also requesting for the lady in Ma-chi's car to recount the event. I think both families have the rights to know what had happened. 

To those who are driving, please do so responsibly. Do not endanger the lives of others. You may want to court death but innocent parties do not have the same wish as you. Be responsible for them as well.

 

Updates

17th May: 

The Chinese Embassy has extended a letter informing Chinese citizens to act responsibly and abide the laws here. In the letter, the Chinese Embassy also expressed their condolences for the victims and regrets over the accident. This is a rare move by the Chinese Embassy. I think there is just too much anti-Chinese sentiments on the ground and with all the accidents happen recently (Chinese national hijacked Taxi and crashed into budget terminal, PRC bus driver involved in a fatal accident, the Sengkang bus accident also involving PRC driver), the embassy just have to do something to cool the temperature.  

According to the Police spokesperson, Mr Ma was not drinking before the fatal accident. That makes us wonder how did he make such a bad judgment.