I can remember a time when it wasn't that ridiculous to ask a young person if he or she had a facebook account. Now, the social networking site is ubiquitous and is changing the way people interact with their computer and each other. Singapore, always trying to make the city-state a more harmonious place, is using facebook to host security cam stills of suspected criminals in hopes that netizens will call in with tips or leads. While people use facebook for all sorts of things, I am on one hand impressed by the Singapore Police Forces resourcefulness, and on the other hand somewhat put off that facebook is becoming a huge electronic wall, where anyone can anonymously pinup whatever they feel like. Perhaps, however, this is just a case of Singapore being Singapore, something that I realized when I found this image:
Its caption reads: "Police are looking for the man shown in the picture to assist with investigations into a case of theft of bicycle at Blk 55 Geylang Bahru on 15 March 2010."
Hmmm, I wonder if they ever found the guy so that he could "assist". Nonetheless, at least 25 people like this!
More candid camera culprits can be found
here.
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