STOMP producer caught faking news?

[Ahtong]

Or MRT in denial?

 

Passenger was not at Lakeside MRT station: SMRT

 

 

Train operator SMRT has refuted the presence of a passenger who had taken a picture of one of its train's carriage doors left open while it was travelling, saying that she was never there in the first place.

 

Ms Samantha Francis, 23, a content producer with citizen journalism website Stomp, had uploaded a photo on Wednesday morning showing one of the train doors wide open.

 

She claimed that the train was travelling despite the open door and only closed when it reached the next stop at Chinese Garden.

 

Ms Francis had boarded the train at 10.15pm on Tuesday night. She told The Straits Times that after the train stopped at the station, the doors on the opposite side to the platform opened first. She then took a picture through the closed doors in front of her. 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 stopped at the next stop at Chinese Garden.

 

Ms Francis said a Chinese man in T-shirt and bermudas and an Indian man were in the same carriage as her.

 

Yesterday, she met with SMRT staff at Lakeside MRT to assist in their investigations. She showed them where she was standing when she took the photo and described what she was wearing that night to help SMRT identify her in CCTV footage.

 

When asked by SMRT staff if her current ez-link card was the one used that night, Ms Francis answered yes.

 

However, SMRT told The Straits Times in a statement on Thursday that Ms Francis was not present at Lakeside MRT.

 

"We thank (Ms Francis) for coming forward today to assist us with our investigations. We are checking a few more things, as from our records (CCTV footage and ez-link card trip details), she was not at Lakeside MRT station on 19 June," said the statement.

 

It added that its trains will not be able to move if the doors are not closed properly and that the railings in her picture do not match those at Lakeside MRT.

 

"We wish to reassure commuters that the MRT system is built with many fail-safe features to ensure passenger safety", said the company.

 

Stomp editor Azhar Kasman confirmed yesterday that the photos of the incident were submitted by a Stomp content producer.

 

"We have verified the details with her and she stands by her account of the incident," said Mr Kasman, in response to claims that Ms Francis was never at the station.

 

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[Mockngbrd]

"she was not at Lakeside MRT station on 19 June," said the statement.

 

SRSLY... that's NOT THE FOOKIN POINT

 

knn GPGT liao SMRT still taichi...

Edited June 22, 2012 by Mockngbrd

[Calvin79]

i thought the main issue is not whether she is there in the first place...

its whether if the train door was indeed open...

 

SMRT... really very good.... in Taichi...

 

hope the chinese man and indian man can step forward and verify on this.

[Gee]

 

dodging bullets matrix style..?

 

[Ahtong]

Acherareee, i like this type of news because it is ghost fight ghost.

 

Whoever lose, we win.

[questionedfish]

From the pic, it seems to have smudge and reflected lightings. Think that the pic was taken at the station platform and perhaps train was stationary or just about to move off/in, and the doors were opened at the other side, instead of at the station side.

[Philipkee]

Ai Yo. It could be a simple case of CCTV not working with no records and the SMRT staff not willing to go through every single ez link card details.

[Gee]

"We wish to reassure commuters that the MRT system is built with many fail-safe features to ensure passenger safety", said the company.

 

Cable ties?

Track faults?

Dysfunctional air ventilator?

Falling clamps?

[Philipkee]

To add on, it could be a case of the wrong dor opening though the train was stationary. Either way it is an issue for SMRT to settle and not brush it off that if should could not have been there, therefore the picture must be wrong. She could have not said her words clearly, or it could have happened.

 

What happens if it happned again and this time a kid falls off even though the train was stationary? Couldn't be helped?

 

No wonder so many c--k ups nowadays. When people report things, because of one wrong sentence or some exaggeration brush off the entire complaint and say because one word is wrong therefore everything must be wrong and therefore no action needed.

 

[Mcf777]

i thot all mrt carriage got cctv? sorry, i long time didnt take train.

[Unidentified]

SMRT,is a national disgrace.

[Berncsp76]

Maybe SMART under table $$ for the journalist to hush hush and then report in news that she is lying.

[Donut]

The woman should take a full video of the door and the cabin.....

[Cars08]

7th mth nt here yet leh....so fast got freak incident...

[Oblong]

a feel good video, before the series of breakdowns

 

national disgrace? Not really that bad lah.

But neither heaven or hell. Just in between.

 

Jpg should have timestamp. can verify.

[I-LOVE-CARS]

"she was not at Lakeside MRT station on 19 June," said the statement.

 

SRSLY... that's NOT THE FOOKIN POINT

 

knn GPGT liao SMRT still taichi...

 

maybe photoshop? because got reflection in the pic..

[Mockngbrd]

maybe photoshop? because got reflection in the pic..

 

She then took a picture through the closed doors in front of her.

 

. .

[I-LOVE-CARS]

a feel good video, before the series of breakdowns

 

national disgrace? Not really that bad lah.

But neither heaven or hell. Just in between.

 

Jpg should have timestamp. can verify.

 

Here bro, enabled for you