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Take security in MRT stations more seriously

Yesterday, I got off the train at Kovan station at around 11.30am. Many of the train’s seats were unoccupied. When it stopped and the doors opened, I saw a couple sitting on the platform floor. A bag was beside them.

Yesterday, I got off the train at Kovan station at around 11.30am. Many of the train’s seats were unoccupied. When it stopped and the doors opened, I saw a couple sitting on the platform floor. A bag was beside them.

I thought they would hop on board, but they did not.

We commuters are often told to report any suspicious person(s), so I did, to an MRT station officer (“If we all stay alert, terrorists won’t stand a chance here”; May 8, and “Why reporting every security incident matters”; April 27).

All she said was “we’ll look into it”, and she went back to serving customers at her counter. I repeated that this was a security matter, but she said: “I’m serving these customers.” I was taken aback.

Which was more important at that point: Selling tickets or looking into security? Could she not have alerted other staff, presumably somewhere else in the station, to investigate? Are we taking security in our MRT stations seriously?

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