“I’m not a person, I’m ‘we the people’.”
This woman is evidently confused about the nature of the society in which she is currently living.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-who-allegedly-didnt-wear-a-mask-at-shunfu-mart-charged-with-offences
Paramjeet Kaur, 40, who made headlines on Sunday after videos emerged of her claiming to be a “sovereign” when confronted at the market, allegedly failed to wear a mask when she was outside her home, as required by law, on more than one occasion."
In videos circulating online, the Singaporean, who was born here, can be seen claiming to be a “sovereign” while in a heated argument with passers-by.
“It means I have nothing to do with the police, it means I have no contract with the police. They have no say over me,” she says.
A man, who is off-screen, responds: “This doesn’t even make any sense. If you’re a person in Singapore, you have to follow the rules of Singapore.” But the woman replies: “That’s the thing - I’m not a person, I’m ‘we the people’.”
"A report by Chinese evening paper Lianhe Wanbao on Tuesday quotes a woman who identified herself as Kaur’s mother saying that Kaur is a physiotherapist who had lived in Australia for 20 years before returning to Singapore last year."
TIL that the "sovereign citizen" movement is a thing in Australia as well as the States.
Singapore, not so much.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-who-allegedly-didnt-wear-a-mask-at-shunfu-mart-charged-with-offences
Paramjeet Kaur, 40, who made headlines on Sunday after videos emerged of her claiming to be a “sovereign” when confronted at the market, allegedly failed to wear a mask when she was outside her home, as required by law, on more than one occasion."
In videos circulating online, the Singaporean, who was born here, can be seen claiming to be a “sovereign” while in a heated argument with passers-by.
“It means I have nothing to do with the police, it means I have no contract with the police. They have no say over me,” she says.
A man, who is off-screen, responds: “This doesn’t even make any sense. If you’re a person in Singapore, you have to follow the rules of Singapore.” But the woman replies: “That’s the thing - I’m not a person, I’m ‘we the people’.”
"A report by Chinese evening paper Lianhe Wanbao on Tuesday quotes a woman who identified herself as Kaur’s mother saying that Kaur is a physiotherapist who had lived in Australia for 20 years before returning to Singapore last year."
TIL that the "sovereign citizen" movement is a thing in Australia as well as the States.
Singapore, not so much.