Lack of monetary wealth led to Kovan double murders?
The recent high-profile trial of former police officer over the Kovan double murders has shaken Singapore. To many, it is unbelievable that such violent murder case could have taken place in a city known for being one of the safest places on earth. Even more shocking is that the accused is a former police officer. I believe that this should be the first case of police officer being accused of murder in Singapore history and it really makes a huge dent in the public confidence of our law enforcers.
As the trial is still on going, I will reserve my judgement on the accused and assume that he is innocent. However, the matter of fact is that the accused had financial difficulties and was facing bankruptcy at the time of the murders. Apparently, he raked up bad debts after his divorce in 2005 and was unable to pay his car and mortgage loans. He also did not declare to his superior that he was financially embarrassed, thus he was taken off front-line duties as an internal investigation was launched against him.
Driven to desperation, the accused then devised a plan to steal from the victim, who had made a police report a few months ago over a theft from his safe deposit box. At this point, I like to highlight to readers the ugly truth of money. Money itself is not evil, rather it is the lack of money that creates trouble for the society. In this case, the lack of monetary wealth has eroded the high moral standing of a former police officer, who was forced to lower his moral standards and committed crimes (theft) after being driven to a corner. Again, I am not implying that the accused murdered the victim and his son. However, it is a fact that the defense built his case that he had intention to steal from the victims only, and not to kill.
Many people often ask themselves which is more important: moral wealth or monetary wealth. I used to wonder too. But after reading The Wealth Dragon Way, I was enlightened. In the book, the author highlighted that you may have high moral authority but if you have low monetary wealth, there are very limited ways you can do to help the others. Your capacity to reach out for your fellow men will be severely constraint because of the limited means to contribute to worthy causes. In some cases, if the high moral person is perpetually trapped in poverty or debt, he or she may be desperate and thus lower his moral standards and commit evil things.
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