Doors remain open even as train moves off - FABRICATED
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STOMPer wasabi was on her way home when one of the train doors remained stuck open even as the train moved off from Lakeside station.
Said the STOMPer:
"I was on my way home from Boon Lay MRT to City Hall MRT last night.
"At Lakeside station at 10.15pm, one of the doors started making noises during 'Doors Closing' and remained stuck open even while the train started moving.
"Thank goodness the train was relatively empty, if not it would have been dangerous for people standing near that door in a crowded train!
"The doors eventually closed at the next station."
A spokesperson from SMRT wrote:
"SMRT views this incident seriously. We have contacted STOMP for more details so that we can verify the authenticity of the photograph, and investigate the matter thoroughly.
"For such incidents, passengers aboard the train can activate the emergency communications button located on the side of train doors, to inform our train officer. Passengers can also provide details to our station staff at the passenger service centre.
"We wish to reassure commuters that the North-South-East-West Line is built with many fail-safe features to ensure passenger safety. For example, there is a safety system that ensures trains will not be able to move off, if train doors are not properly closed."Source: stomp.com.sg
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so who is wrong. the one who took the picture or the safety features failed?
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Originally posted by dragg:
so who is wrong. the one who took the picture or the safety features failed?
You should know the answer... -
world class transport system
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"We wish to reassure commuters that the North-South-East-West Line is built with many fail-safe features to ensure passenger safety. For example, there is a safety system that ensures trains will not be able to move off, if train doors are not properly closed."
from wat they wrote. they r saying tat the stomper is a LIAR
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STOMPER is a liar.
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
do those doors look like they're open to a platform?
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Not I want to say, but that stomp picture was taken thru glass window on the other side.
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Stomper should ask, are they for pushing aunties out?
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i think some chinese newspapers put as front page then how?
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on top of that how can they ascertain if the picture was taken while the train was moving?
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ST says SMRT checked her ezy link card trip details and cctv and said she was not at that station on the said day
but she is standing by her account of the incident ("She told The Straits Times that after the train pulled into the station, the doors on the opposite side to the platform swung open first. Finding this strange, she took a picture through the closed doors in front of her. Then, when the doors in front of her opened, she entered the train and took another picture of the opposite doors, one of which remained open until the train pulled into Chinese Garden, the next stop.
She added that two other people were in the same carriage as her: a Chinese man in T-shirt and bermudas, and an Indian man.
Yesterday, Ms Francis met SMRT staff at Lakeside MRT to assist in their investigations. She showed them where she was standing when she snapped the picture, and described what she was wearing that night to help them spot her in CCTV footage.")
Ms Samantha Francis speaking to SMRT staff at Lakeside MRT (above) about the open train door shown in her photo.
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geh gao sia
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See the trouble you get into for STOMPING?
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STOMP apologises for erroneous article on open SMRT train doors APOLOGY Statement by STOMP Editor, Azhar Kasman STOMP would like to apologise for the posting on June 20, supposedly showing an SMRT train that left Lakeside station with one set of doors open. The report, submitted by a STOMP content producer, has been found to be fabricated. The content producer, Ms Samantha Ann Francis, had submitted the photo to STOMP, claiming that she had taken it when she was at Lakeside MRT Station at 10.15pm on June 19. Following investigations by our staff, Ms Francis has admitted that she had in fact taken the photo off a posting on Twitter. The original tweet has since been removed. Ms Francis has been dismissed by Singapore Press Holdings, which owns Stomp. SPH sent a letter yesterday (24/5) to SMRT's interim CEO Tan Ek Kia apologising for the incident. Mr Patrick Daniel, editor-in-chief of Singapore Press Holdings’ English and Malay Newspapers Division, said in the letter: “My team and I would like to apologise unreservedly to SMRT for this erroneous report by one of our staff. We truly regret the damage this has caused SMRT.� He added: “Aside from breaching our professional ethics, what Ms Francis has done goes against all the values that we stand for." As STOMP editor, I would also like to personally apologise to SMRT and members of the public for this erroneous article in STOMP. I deeply regret that one of our staff breached professional ethics and posted a fabricated report. I would like to assure the public and all STOMP readers that the website does not tolerate such unethical behaviour. We will also be reviewing our operating procedures and will do everything we can to prevent such a lapse from recurring. from stomp
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While STOMP is good for keh po stories, this incident has just exposed certain flaws of this social media. Anyone can submit a story and STOMP will not verify as long as it appears "credible". This time they can't get away because it has become a national issue regarding our daily transport.
"....our staff breached professional ethics..." wah lau what professional ethics lol. There's none to speak of the way STOMP is run.
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Wat's worse, Stomper wasabi is actually a SPH staff
Stomp recently too quiet until she must go cook some story izzit???
and ya Rocky, come to think of it, how many stomp article are real, not posted by SPH staff???
unless got picture, got video, got crowd...
And ditzy was right, first picture in the stomp is bad enuff, why taken indoor got reflection as if standing behind plastic or glass... dun tell me picture was taken by photographer floating outside...
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The liar ought to be thrown into jail for all the time wasted.
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Wat's worse, Stomper wasabi is actually a SPH staff
Stomp recently too quiet until she must go cook some story izzit???
and ya Rocky, come to think of it, how many stomp article are real, not posted by SPH staff???
unless got picture, got video, got crowd...
And ditzy was right, first picture in the stomp is bad enuff, why taken indoor got reflection as if standing behind plastic or glass... dun tell me picture was taken by photographer floating outside...
Headlines: STOMP stomps on STOMPER
hehehehe. Maybe she can officially join the ST propaganda and fabrication division now. -
Then what about all the other posts on STOMP which are technically slanderous?
You know, all those posts that go 'This fella didn't give up his seat for an old man' etc etc....
STOMP editor should take down those posts as well and apologize for leaving them there.
If I ever appear on STOMP for that reason, you can be sure that I'll be suing the pants off the STOMPer.
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Anyway, the girl who posted on STOMP is really dumb.
If she had really found it on Twitter, she could have simply posted: 'Found this photo on Twitter. Seems as though the door is open in the middle of the track. I don't know..... what do you guys think?'
There. No one would have faulted her for posting that.
Come up with a bullsh*t story for fcuk?
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Liar liar pants on fire.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Anyway, the girl who posted on STOMP is really dumb.
If she had really found it on Twitter, she could have simply posted: 'Found this photo on Twitter. Seems as though the door is open in the middle of the track. I don't know..... what do you guys think?'
There. No one would have faulted her for posting that.
Come up with a bullsh*t story for fcuk?
the girl who posted on STOMP, is actually a staff working for Singapore Press Holding...
So she took a shyt in her workplace...
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So now we all know STOMP kinda works that way one. Which stories to believe now?
By the way, that post of hers made it to last week's main papers, so hence you see how serious it had become to SPH, only to find out that its "fabricated".
If SPH hadn't apologised, SMRT could actually file a suit against them for b*llsh*t that caused commuters to question SMRT's train safety (loss of reputation).
But we all know GLCs don't work like that.