Original sentence: Initial news about the arrest of the expatriate vandals made front page, to the extent that other more serious crimes received much less coverage on Singaporean newspapers.Newsday wrote about a person who claimed to have witnessed a graphic public caning event in Singapore, despite the fact that Singapore does not provide public canings.Some commentaries treated the Michael Fay affair as a clash of civilizations between the so-called Asian values and concept of human rights versus the so-called Western values and concept of human rights.The Singaporean press also saturated its coverage about Michael Fay.The Singaporean public also felt that compared to the seemingly lax penal system in the United States, their harsh penal system made their country very safe.media sensationalized and saturated its coverage of Michael Fay
Edited sentence: Initial news about the arrest of the expatriate vandals made front page, to the extent that other more serious crimes received much less coverage compared to the resulting diplomatic crisis on Singaporean newspapers.Newsday wrote about a person who claimed to have witnessed a graphic public caning event in Singapore, even though Singapore usually does not provide public canings.Singaporean government also moved on and happily continued caning people.Singaporean regime propaganda also regularly claims that the Singaporean public perceive the penal system in the United States seemingly lax  (including the death sentence and three strikes laws), while believing that their harsh penal system made their country very safe.Some commentaries treated the Michael Fay affair as a clash of civilizations between Asian values versus Western values and concept of human rights.The Singaporean press, heavily censored by the government, also saturated its coverage about Michael Fay.media covered the case of Michael Fay extensively