>The Online Citizen (TOC), appears to be going on a downhill, blindly supporting a cause from Yawning Bread (YB). Here is an article found on their website, which supports the view of Yawning Bread. – Singaporeans’ national duty: buy women from abroad
Here is the article that TOC linked from Yawning Bread.
YB’s allegation is that this is human trafficking. But if you read carefully, it is a legal matchmaking agency. The allegation that this agency is involved in human trafficking is baseless.
Excerpt from YB -
Barely six months ago, I noted that Vietnam — rightly — treats this kind of quickie “matchmaking” as human trafficking. As you can see from Should Singapore’s Home Minister be thrown into a Vietnamese jail?, four men were sentenced to a total of 25 years in jail. I also opined that the Sunday Times and the Singapore government abet this crime through their editorial and government policies.
From the link above, YB wrote:
The Sunday Times sheepishly carried the story, 3 January 2010, of four “marriage brokers” being convicted and jailed by a Vietnamese court for human trafficking. This is a volte-face from the newspaper’s previous rah-rah promotion of Vietnamese brides, which I have deplored in six previous articles. Six.Back in 2003, I thought the practice was morally troubling and the Sunday Times naive. As more information came in, by 2005, I was convinced it was human trafficking and the newspaper a knowing accomplice. Now at last, I see the Vietnamese authorities act…..
…I hope the Vietnamese police track down the identities of the Singaporean counterparts to the so-called marriage brokers, and when these Singaporeans step into Vietnam again, they are arrested and thrown into a rat-hole of a Vietnamese prison. It shouldn’t be hard to trace them; just look up the old editions of the Sunday Times whose stories gave them free publicity. In fact, while they’re at it, the Vietnamese might want to arrest the Sunday Times writers and editors responsible for promoting the said business.
It is an accepted fact that there is human trafficking in Vietnam. But to claim that the matchmaking agency in Singapore is part of the trafficking ring? What evidence does YB have? What evidence does TOC have that YB’s report is accurate?
I can understand YB’s agenda. After all, it is a gay site that challenges society’s norms which includes legal (and happy!) marriages.
But for TOC to jump the bandwagon?
