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That's odd. I was there more than 5 weeks ago, and I'm normally a little directionally-challenged after disembarking from long-haul flights in premium cabins. I definitely followed signs that were clear to me, and was through in seconds.
Reading FT before travelling, I concluded that most times one of the main counters was marked, and sometimes it was actually open!
Needless to say, none of the main counters mentioned the visa free transit and our guide took us straight to the APAC/Diplomatic desk instead. This was a low level desk (rather than the higher podium type used elsewhere). We were through in 5 minutes (there were 5 of us - lots of stamping & cross checking of e-ticket receipts).
Data point - we landed at 9am on a Saturday, the main lines were empty when we got off the plane (we were in J) but by the time we got through immigration they had backed up some way.