The great Singapore escape

When opposition candidate in the last election James Gomez tried to leave Singapore for Sweden where he worked, he was stopped by the police at the airport and his passport impounded. The reason? Gomez was being “investigated” for “intimidating” a civil servant when he (wrongly) accused an election officer of misplacing his application forms. Gomez was never charged in court and was let off eventually with a “stern warning”.
If the Singapore police had been so vigilant and proactive in the dogged pursuit of such a trivial case, we should have expected them to be even more “on the ball” with serious crimes such as a hit-and-run accident...
One did not need to be a Sherlock Holmes to detect the glaring inconsistencies in Dr Silviu’s statement. With two eye-witnesses who were able to identify the culprit, the case could have been solved within 24 hours. Being the prime suspect in the case, Dr Silviu’s passport should have been impounded to prevent him from leaving Singapore until the investigations was completed.
As for the "diplomatic immunity", it applies only if you are in the "function of your duties"
Dr Silviu admitted that he had gone to a KTV for a “few drinks” with some friends on the night of the accident.... Since he was driving the embassy car for a private function, his actions therefore did not fall within the ambit of the diplomatic immunity....
Even if Dr Silviu was protected by his diplomatic immunity, the authorities could have applied for a waival directly to the Romanian government. They had more than one week to do so, but did not.
Sad sad story....and a lot of incompetence....