Strange sightings in Bukit Panjang | The Straits Times
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- Foreign-looking men walking in drains and living in makeshift quarters amid the trees in Bukit Panjang... The Straits Times senior correspondent Zaihan Mohd Yusof and photojournalist Ng Sor Luan investigate. Read the full story: www.straitstimes.com/singapor...
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Investigative journalism, a trade long gone in the western world. Kudos to the journalists.
Most interesting reporting related to SG done in years
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Firstly, please change the title.
Secondly, The Straits Times had done a great job. Kudos to them. Police can't be everywhere but we citizens could assist in one way or another to keep Singapore a safe city.
This triggers my memories when we activated to go find mas selamat but found banglas instead
Eh seriously boh not funny sia
@@mdnurafiqrenny7355 was it supposed to be? I can relate cos i also got deployed.
@@mdnurafiqrenny7355 stop being sensitive
💀
@@mdnurafiqrenny7355 I was the guards unit activated. The funny part is we searched for him so long but he within 2 hours escaped to Malaysia enjoying nasi lemak while most of us kena Heat Rash from constant rain, dodging wild boards and chasing Banglahs.
Why are the straits times crew are doing a police officer job? I’m don’t meant that sg police are not doing their job but is very dangerous for the crew. Stay safe.
It's not just dangerous for these selfish paparazzi but it also hinder police investigation by alerting those people.
If our of desperation they endanger the safety of legal residents who own the rights to live there? Any good citizens or a mere resident of Singapore should not be doing what these selfish paparazzi did.
Singapore police force they are sleeping, they only take salary doing nothing...
Lee Johnson 😂
@@celestialstar124 "Legal People of Singapore" concept comes to mind. Homeless strays that flee have lots to hide. They run fast as cats.
Let the Zombie Wars begin "CoronaV" is ON!
@@leejohnson7396 things not favoured u put the blamed on them when against you also complaining ,the law enforcement had always appealed for any information that is suspicious to enlighten them ,they depends on the public to assist them as 24/7 can't be everywhere where they are needed
If they are illegal, they can commit crimes without being caught or traced.
How can people still be living off the grid in modern age Singapore?
Bukit Batok nature reserve rape case anyone remember?
There is canal/big drain connecting there btw.
Blaxer @ totally agreed to reminded us all again on that sad incident.If any employer employ them for work and proven must be deal with as well. If not these illegal immigrants would not stay here in S’pore. They must be work somewhere..........
Yes, and I am wondering why the woman in the video dare to jog alone.
Lai Fong Chan ikr
@@laifongchan537 singapore is supposed to be safe,jogging alone usually and should be safe
@@jesssie4437 jessie, you are right and smart, unlike other brainless who actually dare to type here. Kudos to u dear.
broccoli and carrots,this illegal foreigner really know what a healthy meal is than most of us.awesome.p/s my wife always cook kangkong🙈
Expensive vegetables, some more smart phones with power banks. They have the money but they have to send it home to their wives and kids. It's a picnic.
😂
True. I only buy broccoli when I have extra cash. 😁
non stick cooking pan somemore. Hahahaha
Mohd Jazme wait a minute here. My doggy name is Kanga. And i actually truly do call her Kang Kong!!! Lol. So what is kangkong???
Indonesian..here in malaysia so many of them..living exactly just like this
Nah they are malaysian LOL
They are selling illegal cigarettes. One time my driving instructor asked me to stop along the forest and immediately some men jumped out and sold him cigarettes in lightning speed.
It happend in your dream?
@@bigrad6243 u living under a rock?
If I want to share my opinions here, I can say that these guys are working legal and illegally. Probably they didn't afford to rent some apartment and decided to choose the jungle as their place.
@garry You only say when you have the right facts
They are not here to work. This problem has been around for decades, why is everyone acting surprised!
I agree with you @Garry Cohen. Although some may have bad intentions but others may just like to save money so that they can send back to their families abroad.
Title is misleading lah...thought something eerie..
Like some aliens in UFO or some paranormal activities.
Only stufreak ppl think paranormal.
Still the most interesting thing or happen in singapore
I thought it was a ghost thing lmao
true tho, thought it's some supernatural stuff... turns out to be just humans 😑
Thanks to the resident who reported the findings and thank you for the “investigation too! Safety/Security should be everyone’s responsibility & not just the police. Can’t take public safety for granted....
A good citizen don't cover up abt crime or suspicious activity from the police. She should have inform the police instead of newspapers reporters.
Upon discovering the truth, these paparazzi should have inform the police instead of alerting those people.
If out of desperate, these people endanger the safety or live of those legal residents there? Are u still going to thank these people?
Being a good citizen or even a mere resident, you should not be supporting all these actions that will endangered our fellow citizens. What if the victim is your own love one?????
@@celestialstar124 How is reporting to reporters who report, with the benefit of the doubt, the truth covering up crime though? That literally makes no sense. Informing the media is actually a platform to alert people.
@Thunder Chad why don't u search up the word what is celebrity?
@Thunder Chad this news didn't make those people famous hor? Then why run
@Thunder Chad why u so butt hurt huh? Cos u are one of those shameless paparazzi right?
I was expecting animals or something... but quickly realised what's up.
I'm also impressed that these could live without supply of gas, water, electricity.
We can learn something from them instead of being so spoiled and demanding.
Do You Think Back Home They Lived Like Us ???
i wonder how he was charging the phones...must be using solar power or car batteries provided by their rich construction chinese local bosses
@@fidelcatsro6948 so many charging points in SG. He can charge his power bank there. The cooking, just use potable gas lah... For water they use water bottle, fill up bottle.. See again video. Can see all very clearly..
@@lamedada potable gas lmao, can drink one ah?
Thank you for English and the English subtitles
Kudos to the journalists. Well done! 👏
Narrator: endure the heat, mosquitoes and the fear of injury.
Me: knn. that's what ns men (SAF) go through everyday lah training. :p
Wear thin clothing. Apply anti mosquitoes cream. Be alert. Don't chase after them. The more you chase, the more they will run. In this region, the best will be to speak in Indonesian. Make sure you don't look like a smart guy. Are there many Malaysians hiding in Singapore's jungle ?
*NSF* : We are MEN!! We can endure ANYTHING!!
*Corona Virus & other deadly viruses* : Hi.... 😚
NSF: Gas mask on! chemical warfare!
@@freaker126
Deadliest Virus: But how long can you keep wearing those masks? 😯
@@yellowbeez93 as long as it need be. Heck, may need the military to control the people if get out of hand. Welcome, to apocalypse!
Really admire the reporter bravery 👍👍
Thank you for letting the public know. God bless.
Ditto - God bless. Hope Uniformed parties really do job and checkpoint better. Terrible they entered in.
Interesting to see that such informal spaces can exist in Singapore.
yes they do...problem is we cannot access these places with our own vehicles because all these spots are where theres no parking allowed..or risk parking fines...so we generally ignore them..
Correction - *illegal activities. Not "informal space"
There are still forests left in Singapore to hide?? Amazing!
the little bit of forest is a bird sanctuary, we could not damage them.
Can hide CCTVs inside these drains or their entrances and exits?
You will have to maintain and make sure the CCTVs don't run out of battery. Not cost effective unless you are sure you are going to catch something real big and which will make it to the headlines.
....upon looking at the title, suddenly it reminds me of a song..'there's something Strange in the neighborhood, who do you want to call?!!!....- GHOSTBUSTERS!
I seriously thought that looks like Escobar's coke lab deep in the peruvian jungle. Woooooosaah !!
Some kind of primitive drug making facility.
I'm staying at Victoria , this is similar what we facing now
Some group illegal from Philippine hiding in the bush
Even that place nearest from main road but no one notice that place .
Werent there like a report about jungle brothel before?
Any follow up videos? Really curious to know who they really are...
Excellent Job Done,kudoos to the reporter.
Welldone 👏.... good luck to you guys for your next same assignment 😖 hope can still see you ni youtube again 😆
such sights were common in the 90s in woodlands estates...plenty of raids were conducted and arrests made, looks like theyre back again
They've never left
@@Lolaprus really?? i thought they went extinct
Probably $7 a pack now
Daymn that's quite close~~
Was recommended this video in May 2020.
Anyone ?
Well done journalists!,
Be vigilant citizens of Singapore! They may claim they are from Indonesia or Malaysia or other SEA countries. For all you know they could be terrorists from elsewhere surveying and mapping out suitable targets for multiple purposes. Kudos to Singapore! Now the SEA countries appropriate authorities can be at high alert at all borders and entry points. Thanks for the awareness.
Love and peace, you all have some kind of bad thoughts about Malaysians. You should tell your fellow citizens to come home so that, that way you don't need foreign workers.
Https://th-cam.com/video/7yyJ5QDH2mk/w-d-xo.html
You can be a movie scrip writer lol
@@Schocam the person didn't say anything bad about Malaysian... Read again and understand...
Terrorist? What🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for pointing out our ministers are sleeping but keep telling us and acting like they are top class competent gov't.
Nice Job Sir.
Thumbs up to these team, great discovery!
Good Job 👍 proud of you guys Thanks. A Mom
You should have handled that to the Singapore Police Force. They could have been a wanted man from some other country
More than 2yrs+ gave them intel... spf didn't act:)
@@Zohar-Modifier maybe is cos they don't do their jobs ? idk
@@Endolu smoke aircon surf net ... play apple android mobile ... hais why like that
@@Zohar-Modifier Have to wait for big shot to give order. Cannot anyhow move so everyone end up playing phone.
@@Slade951 Lets hope the big shot move somewhere near then the daughter or wife kana then we see :)
How did they cross our borders in the first place? I think we are owed an explanation by ICA...
By coming in as bona fide tourists and then disappearing.Just like the 900,000 PRCs who vanished without a trace upon entering Malaysia.
@@chanboonyee6788Some illegal immigrant from Bangladesh and Myanmar who came to Malaysia by sailing boats with 20 - 30 person can easily anchor near any beach at the side of all states in Malaysia. After they enter the country for about few months it's very easy for them to get PR or became local citizen, nobody knows who are they.
Bukit Timah hill? wah kin eh Xia, scare me, I go there sometimes dey
Do you remember the unsolved rape and murder case of a jogger?
Indonesian dock workers. Sells contraband cigarettes during their days off work. Can't help but laugh at all the other comments that jumps to conclusions.
Source: Myself who used to be a regular customer.
They look so comfortable walking from the drain in and out of the forest. They learn one thing and that is not to respond to strangers.
@@mpokanniesvlog320 Indonesian.
@@mpokanniesvlog320 they'd say they're Malaysians in videos to protect themselves. I've bought from them multiple times for years and i know for a fact that they are Indonesians. They would ask me 'kapan nak order' meaning when would you like to order. kapan = when in Bahasa Indonesia while bila = when in Bahasa Malaysia. Speaking to them in Malay will get you confused faces most of the time. They used to sell at sungei kadut but after multiple raids, they moved into places displayed in this video.
@@kinghaiqal12
This Singaporean n Indonesian love to bullshitting my country.. made all the fault are on our side.. people like Annie will always presumed that we're bad people. Just like haze in Indonesia.. all Indonesian people blame on us and indonesia.. when actually.. Singapore government have their share on that palm plantation oil too n what they do?. Just like Annie pointed finger. Gosh.. you will die innocent in Singaporean becoz they love pointed who they thought without any evidence.
@@onieo085 I have zero intentions of making this a political thing. I'm just stating the facts that I witnessed with my own experience. Everybody must know that there are always good and bad people in every country and they should not generalize an entire country just because of a few bad people.
Jujurnya mengaku orang Malaysia....I don't think so coz in Malaysia, we also faced the same issue. Indonesian
I think so too, most Malaysian working here are from jb and they don't need to be illegal here when they can just take a bus home.
But if it Malaysian, then it's usually from sabar or sarawak.
Should frequent patrol around the area.
I dont why, but I was expecting Otters.
Thems mutters, not otters... cotched 2 of 'em onct near Swainsboro, theys' boxcar'd at the time...
me too
i was expecting big foot
Unsafe for the ladies...
There used to be a FT finance trader that lived in Mount Pleasent Forrest in the 80s.Every morning go Shenton way.
This one still okay. But behind my house there's a forest. People say that there is a japanese soldier still living there.
Underrated comment
@@bigenergy1546 exactly
1:45 they eat healthy
The vege look very fresh. They could be working as cooks. It is western dish.
Actually outside food quite oily and salty one
Healthy vegies
Don't side them.
@@aizat5b Whats wrong with that?
they are just trying to make a living for themselves
Is a Drain Yeti
3:33 ladies, stop going for run alone in such secluded trails.... rape cases are rare but they do happen in SG
there are unsolved murders back from almost 2 decades from parks as such
I remember a colleague's relative was gangraped, beaten up and left to die there.
@@toyoyoyo104 yeah some unsolved cases at b panjang hill park, and even the 2 decade old woodlands mrt station rape and murder of indonesian student remains unsolved till today..i also remember the holland rape murder in 1985 of a CJC student Winnifred teo also unsolved
@@fidelcatsro6948 That Indonesian student was so viral back then. I was a student in s'pore around the same time. But information was so minimum. It's like the college didn't want the story went around much. Where did it happen exactly?
i only read it once it ST paper, after that it seems her case was sort of forgotten, i could not even locate the NLB archive cos i cant remember the date it was published...it happened in 2000 or 2002 or some other year...i read it occured in the bushes out of the mrt station if memory still serves me after 20yrs...sad indeed
U can also find them in some forested area in Singapore such as Mandai and Kranji.
No, I don't think in Mandai, there are because a lot of army training restricted area such as Mandai or Lim Chu Kang area in Singapore.
Surely the SPF is aware and monitoring the situations?
Journalist play investigator? 🤔 please be careful
it's called "investigative journalism", nobody is "playing" anything
got watch Tin Tin Adventure? That's what he was doing all the time. It's dangerous but exciting
Why so serious.... Dora the explorer..... Much better rite....
ST headline: journalist stabbed during hunt for exclusive interview with illegal migrants...police mount manhunt searching for his kidnapped colleague
Journalists, by their nature, investigate stories.
This reminds me of me and my friend playing vigilante and we discovered and infiltrated a brothel in the jungle years ago.
A brothel you said and you did something naughty after that.
Where did you find it
@@megascizor8275 lol asking for a friend? 😉
@@jappojappy for research purposes
There are many such squatter hideout scattered throughout Singapore. Some are working illegally here while crime is their only profession for most. Therefore, both male and female joggers, bikers etc should not go to those places. You can find them in Lim Chu Kang abandoned farm area, Sungei Kadut Industrial Estate, old railway track, small lanes off Serangoon Road and any forested area etc. The nationalities are a mixture of Malaysian, Indonesian, Burmese, Bangla, Indian, Vietnamese, etc.
The authority should form a unit armed with drones to constantly do surveillance on these places. Sleeper cells consisting of terrorist can be among them. Those hideout in buildup area sleep at five foot walkway or stair landing of hawker centre etc.
Anyway, this can happen due to the incompetent enforcement agencies that exist to collect their paycheck only. The Tekka hawker centre and wet market alone have about 30 percent illegal migrants working there. And, a small group of illegal migrants there will rob, snatch thieves, pickpocketing targeting at tourists.
You seem to be well informed. Did you report this to the relevant authority?
@@ajisenramen888 - The authority have eyes yet cannot see, have ears yet cannot hear. And have heart, yet cannot understand.
@Halle M You're telling me other first world countries got no makeshift hideouts for homeless people or maybe illegal immigrants to take refuge in? C'mon, name me one.
@Halle M do u even know wtf first world & third world country even refer to? ur logic is so flawed, its like saying US, Japan shouldve 0 problems detecting & preventing illegal immigrants just because they are a 1st world country. 1st world or 3rd world depends on how developed ur country bodoh not wether u can detect illegal immimgrants or not so no correlation but good try
@@dayylogg9716 Dude why are you complaining about the authorities when you seem to know something but don't report, you are even more talk no action than them.
Their version of LA.
Daniel Britton Maybe Vegas too lmao
@@MrSm1lesz Vegas is horrible. So many homeless people in the drains. Gambling is very bad and those poor people shouldn't be left like that. What does that say about society?
good job
YOU CALL THIS STRANGE SIGHTING ?OMG MY HOME ALSO STRANGE SOMETIMES GOT WIFI SOMETIMES NO WIFI VERY STRANGE ALSO !!!!
Just imagine what a commando or spy from other country can do to us
The Drain Walkers...
Green Party of Malaysia for a glimpse, i thought it was wrote “The White Walkers”
@@hereetostay6719 I'am from Johor Bahru, Malaysia, what do you mean Green Party Of Malaysia & The Drain Walker?
1:45 still eat healthier than me 😂
I think those were the cheapest options? :/ I feel bad for them but definitely, i dont encourage illegal immigration
haha
Yea can get those very cheap make tom yam soup
What have the policeman been doing. Please don't pollute our drain... selfish souls
dudes playing rust in real life.
LOL...They even have newbie bunkers...
I never thought that Singapore still got forest.
Good job
Wah they like outfield so much AHH...
Oh ya now I remember when I drive along kranji, senja and old woodlands I always see a couple with plastic back of foods going inside the bushes. Oh so they are making house and leaving there. Rubbish everywhere 🤢
That's what we call journalism.
No money to rent a proper place but drink Erdinger beer and feed the mosquitoes, no wonder the mosquitoes become Commandos.
cool beer..hahaha
Smartphone sommor
The way they spoke is like checking on them
So if I drop my iPhone into a drain, I have to seek PUB permission before I can enter the drain to retrieve it? :)
J/K I don't own an iPhone
DarkPa1adin if you drop an iPhone in the drain, “someone” will hand it back to you
@@WillEDC No need for all that. Just walk into the drain and take one of the phones left behind because they ran off.
Mood.
You actually won't get fine for going in the drain. Usually only warning up to 3 times. That's all.
Edit: anyways if you drop your iPhone in the drain just leave it and get an android. 😁
Wow dangerous
Lol instead of immediately alerting the police of suspicious activity, you make a tv show first called drain walkers.
LOL, instead of making a fool outta yourself, you should've watch the other video they did, where they explain that they indeed alerted the police, and they've been monitoring and even destroying some of the encampments.
Idiot.
Cry Some More lol so triggered
Wah, GP, are you real GP like..clinic Dr or some noncreative name. You know the reporter phone 100%? How u know call wasnt made. Oh. So we call, and cannot film. Maybe your phone is 2002 phone? Can only call cannot record? Maybe get new phone lah. I can give you free. Now phone is can call also can record one.
May 😂says the person whose name is a month
@@CutleryChips can y'all play nice 😭
The music make me very excited, then again I may be watching too much movie
Now i want to jog here and pay them visit .. Nice hideout
my gosh they litter a lot!!
I mean even in indonesia, you'd be surprised.. we rented a villa in puncak once and the backyard was full of trash and we had to clean it up ourselves, and while we do that, the locals who went by would say things like "yup clean it up" "waa you're so good" in a sarcastic way
Bukit Panjang... My kampong.
Wondering that Singapore have such peoples who are staying illegally...🤔🤔🤔
Of course they're afraid to talk. There goes their homes, betrayed by investigator who lies to them telling them don't be afraid to talk
They may be illegals and destroyinb the forest with their makeshift tents and rubbish ?
Why dun u offer them a place to live ?
It is very unwise of you to talk to those illegal immigrants. You should tell the police directly. This video shows how inefficient the ICA and police are.
welp cause singaporeans been safe for too long, the place has been peaceful long enough for them to even think that such shit exists
There are no illegal immigrants and refugees in Singapore, except Malaysia where the Malaysian government authorities easily taken them to became local citizen of Malaysia and also a famous business man in Malaysia, the Malaysian government authorities already allow them to do what they like or even criminal case too.
Woodlands road have always been the best place for these illegal hideouts. Before the bto was built, it was way worse.. They should just get sensors or camera in the forest of singapore
Usg DRONE d bestway searching for hide outs.. My 2@
There are no illegal immigrants and refugees in Singapore, except in whole Malaysia.
Better check
After the raid, there will be more come back.. It's never ending, been going for some years already.. They sell illegal cigarettes at night and goes to Sg Kadut, Kranji area to work during the day. Can spot them easily riding their bicycles around the neighbourhood everyday
Darn it, I saw one walking in a canal along Bukit Timah once, near King Albert Park MRT. I find it weird but I dismissed the thought thinking he might be just one of the construction worker nearby or just checking-doing his work by inspecting🤔
I really hope the police stop ignoring, these happenings are REAL. Uniformed salaried men really must stop pretending is free money - important to do job.
Sometimes we report, and they only say "take down name phone number - call you back" no I dont want call. I want safe streets and non illegal...thats why we pay police so ridiculous high salary.
Please check Bt batok big canel at Bt batok st 31, I also saw some man inside the canel i thought they are workers maybe not
Well done ST reporters. Now the relevant authorities will take the necessary action to wipe out the illegals. Singapore will continue to be safe and peaceful for our children and generations to come.
Damn dude whats the matter with you? Just mind your own business and let them live peacefully. They havent done harm to anyone at all, unless they have. They're just trying live dude.
@@JT-uy4jk
Hey JT. We in Singapore are living in a civilized peaceful safe country. We don't want such people in our country where our forefathers have worked n built so hard to make our generations enjoy the fruits of labour. If u leave them alone, they will grow bolder and one day may even rob our innocent folks.
@@JT-uy4jk hey dumbass if they could live in such harsh conditions they could be spies plotting the harm the innocent, if they want to live here go through the proper channels
@@JT-uy4jk "havent done harm to anyone" well what if they were selling drugs? Do u know how hard is it to be an illegal immigrant in Singapore when the working visas are given out like funfair nowadays? The fact that they came in illegally suggest that work is not their only agenda here.
@@JT-uy4jk "Damn dude"? Was that supposed to be English?
Malaysian? Better check properly is it malaysian or Indonesian.
Indonesian as usually
@ceker ayam very common in singapore market
@ceker ayam true... indonesian always cooked indomie in every hard situation
most malaysian work in singapore stay at jb
Definitely not Malaysian. If there are, its usually from sarawak or sabar. But common its Indonesian
Now I know straits time is more useful than the police.
You say you want to talk , you wont disturb them , but you post online .
Oh yeah i did see a woman walking in the drains with some vegetables? A couple months ago when i went to singapore in summer near my pool that i go to
While such places are rare in Singapore. You can see a lots of it in Malaysia.
Sedap pulak sayur dia masak tu hahaha
Anwar Rahim, bila2 masa senang boleh lah pergi jumpa mereka, dan tumpang tidur satu malam bersama dengan mereka.
Hey I'm from Bukit Panjang too
Senja is pronounced as Suhn-jah or Suhn-juh. It means evening in Malay.
comel je masak sayur tu
Oh my god...cant believe this happen in spore...😱
Why not ? Lower class people don't live like you do. Remember that.
Wow they already practised social distance earlier..
The tone like want to fight or police of cos they run lah. Zzzz
I think they run because they know illegal