Really look like one of those fat ticks stuck on dog's skin  

no nationalist mention is mostly FT in this cause my guess is jhk

At least one of the officer’s hands was still inside the vehicle when Steve Ling Wei Liang (pictured) drove away during a fuel gauge inspection at the Woodlands Checkpoint.     SINGAPORE – A motorist deliberately stepped on the accelerator while an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer was conducting a fuel gauge inspection on his car at the Woodlands Checkpoint. At least one of the officer’s hands was still inside the vehicle when Steve Ling Wei Liang drove away. Court documents stated that the fuel gauge of Ling’s car was “below the level mandated by law”, and he hit the gas after realising the officer would not allow him to travel to Malaysia.   The victim instinctively grabbed the steering wheel when the car accelerated sharply. The vehicle dragged him, and he suffered injuries including a bruised right knee. Following a trial, Ling, 40, was sentenced to eight months and three weeks’ jail on March 25. District Judge Vince Gui had earlier convicted the Singaporean of causing hurt to the victim by performing a rash act.   Ling drove his car to the Woodlands Checkpoint shortly after 3pm on Dec 12, 2023, as he wanted to go to Johor Bahru to pick up a friend.   He headed towards a secondary clearance spot after he cleared customs and had his passport checked. He then spotted ICA officers, including the victim, conducting fuel gauge operations.   Deputy Public Prosecutor Quek Lu Yi said: “To check the car’s fuel gauge, the victim leaned forward on the door and stuck his head, hands, shoulders and upper chest into the car through an open window. “The victim then informed the accused that his fuel gauge level was below three-quarters of a tank, and asked the accused to hand over his passport and to stop the car.” However, Ling failed to comply with the officer’s instructions. Instead, he tried to negotiate with the officer, asking the latter to give him a chance as he “could not go to court”. Ling inched the car forward while talking the victim, the court heard. DPP Quek said that was because his “main preoccupation” was to go to Malaysia. The officer then repeatedly told him to stop the vehicle. Ling initially complied, only to step on the accelerator moments later. The prosecutor added: “When the accused stepped on the accelerator, at least one of the victim’s hands (was) inside the car and the victim was standing right next to (it). “The accused drove the car from its initial position before coming to a stop about four parking lots away. There was a pedestrian... who took evasive action as the car swerved towards him.” Ling was escorted to a holding area and was arrested at around 5pm that day. The victim was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. During the trial, the victim said that his head, shoulders, upper chest and hands were inside Ling’s car. He had earlier told a doctor that he was “pulled along for about 4m” while he was “half inside the vehicle”. Ling, who was not represented by a lawyer, claimed that he did not intend to hurt the officer. According to Ling, he had expected the victim to let go of the car, and that only the latter’s hands were inside the vehicle when it accelerated. In response to this, the DPP said: “These assertions do not detract from the accused’s deliberate decision to accelerate the car in the face of an obvious risk to life and limb and the hurt that ensued.” Ling’s bail was set at $20,000 on March 25, and he is expected to surrender himself at the State Courts on May 8 to begin serving his sentence.

Two separate groups of travellers to Batam, Indonesia, recently complained that they had to pay immigration officers at Indonesia's Batam Centre International Ferry Terminal up to S$250 in 'fees' to pass immigration checks or be turned back to Singapore. They were led away from the immigration queue to a "hidden" room and were given reasons such as visa issues or being "disrespectful" for crossing a railing.   Reviews posted online document similar alleged experiences from different time periods.   "Disrespectful" behaviour   Speaking to Mothership, AC shared that he and his partner travelled to Batam via ferry on Mar. 13, 2026. They are Singaporeans. While queuing for passport clearance, the party of two moved to a shorter auto-gate line, which was where they were stopped by an officer and led to wait outside a "hidden interrogation room". They had not cut anyone's queue as there was nobody behind them, according to AC. They joined several other foreigners already in the waiting area.   AC and his partner's passports were also purportedly confiscated. The individuals were then called into the room one by one, according to AC. "My partner came out saying, 'They want money'," AC shared. When it was AC's turn, the officers shouted at him, "Do you know what you did wrong?" They then told him he acted disrespectfully by crossing the railing. He explained to the officers that he had not cut anyone's queue to no avail. "The officers shouted, confiscated my phone, intimidated, and demanded S$100 penalty per person," AC said. According to AC, either they paid or were detained overnight and sent back to Singapore the next day.   Two hours later, AC said that he and his partner gave in and paid the "fine" in cash, which the officers supposedly added to a stack under a keyboard. According to AC, the other foreigners that were similarly held back included those from Malaysia, China, the Philippines and Bangladesh.   Visa issues   Nay, who was travelling to Batam with his elderly parents on Mar. 14, had a similar encounter. They hold Myanmar passports, but Nay works in Singapore on an employment pass. During immigration checks at the Batam terminal, Nay passed without hiccups, but his parents were stopped. They were then escorted to a small room next to the immigration counter, where they waited for 45 minutes.   There was "limited space and lots and lots of mosquitoes", Nay recounted. He was eventually led to another room by a "guy who dressed casually" and was told that there were issues with his parents' Malaysian visas. The officer apparently told Nay that his parents would be denied entry and sent back to Malaysia unless he paid S$150 for each of his parents. However, some things didn't add up, Nay said. For one, they had just visited Johor Bahru, Malaysia, that morning and cleared Malaysia's immigration checks with no issues. They had also travelled to Batam via Harbourfront in Singapore. "They have absolutely no authority to send us back to Malaysia," he claimed. Nay said he resisted paying the sum of money at first, but seeing that his elderly parents were tired and that their Airbnb in Batam had already been paid in full, he decided to cough up the money.   However, he said he managed to negotiate the sum down from S$300 to S$250. "The casually-dressed guy said S$200 for immigration officers and S$50 for himself," Nay claimed. He has since submitted feedback to Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission.   Online reviews   Apart from AC and Nay, reviewers on Google Maps and Tripadvisor have also shared about being asked to pay a fee for entry into Indonesia. While there have been recent posts, one was made as early as October 2015.   Screenshot via Tripadvisor.     Screenshot via Google Maps.   AC shared that he hoped that his story would serve as a "warning" to travellers to Batam. Mothership has reached out to Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration and Corruption Eradication Commission for comments.