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Re:Police arrest foreign teachers ! 13 Years, 6 Months ago
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Thanks for posting this, BR.
Like many, this article is very frustrating, because it doesn't really explain why the men were arrested. There must have been some reason. By that I mean not that there must have been some reason why they _should_ have been arrested, but that there must have been something that caused the police to suspect them, no matter how flimsy and unreasonable. The police seem unable to explain it at all, but then the journalist should have pressed them further to the point where either they say something or they end up looking totally ridiculous. It seems to me the journalist hasn't really finished the job on this story. He got a statement from the Police press office and left it at that. We are just left not knowing what to think. So as things stand, there's a chance they could yet by charged with fraud and, if tried, convicted. It's a very slim chance indeed, and it would leave us wondering why they were released, but it's not impossible, because we simply haven't been told why they were arrested and the journalist hasn't really pursued, as is typical in these cases. The police will always try to be vague and insinuate that people are suspect in order to cover their incompetence and stupidity and to play on the fact that people always tend to instinctively trust the police.
My guess is the police have some flimsy reason which they are now embarrassed to even admit. You don't just say, "Oh there has been an attempted fraud over there at the cash machine, let's just go and arrest some random black people". The police may be stupid, prejudiced, paranoid and malicious, but they are not completely insane. So we just don't have enough facts here, yet again, and all we can do is guess, unless I missed something.
What I'm saying is I think if the journalist had taken more time and tried a bit harder he could have probably nailed the police. As it is he just produced a very strange and incomprehensible story.
Best Wishes,
Jim
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