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The Singapore police have arrested Gopalan Nair aka Singapore Dissident,Police arrest former Singaporean for insulting public servantBy Bhagman Singh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 01 June 2008 0021 hrsSINGAPORE: Police have arrested a former Singaporean for the offence of "threatening, abusing or insulting a public servant".In response to media queries, police confirmed that …
I've heard it said somewhere that in Singapore, there are no journalists, only propagandists.And Chua Lee Hoong, the political editor of the pro-govt newspaper, Straits Times, takes the cake for being one. She was also an officer for 9 years in Singapore's Internal Security Department. The way she has been writing makes one wonder whether she ever left.Her recent article on …
The first part of this post is from the facebook event page for World Day Against the Death Penalty (Singapore): Forum & campaign to save the life of Yong Vui Kong. Followed by a synopsis from a book published in 2005 titled Hung at Dawn by M. Ravi. Lastly, a news article from 2005.Forum speakersM. ...
This is a new book by Alan Shadrake. The author’s name sounded very familiar but before i go into that here’s information about the book, Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock ISBN: 9789675832000 Publisher: Strategic Information and Research Development Center Over the past few decades, investigative journalism has come to mean the ...
I was invited for this event, which was billed as a private event, but i couldn't make it. But i was getting updates during the screening as to what was happening. :-)Its a good thing there's technology and the internet. If not, we would have had to depend on our local press, which is so famously biased. Watching these actions by Singapore's government officials, trying to …
I think i should start some sort of a series titled What are the actual....??. Here's another issue. This time its about the cost of building HDB flats in which 80-90% of Singaporeans live. Have a look at these letters published in the Straits Times Forum....July 22, 2008Affordable HDB flats: Costings don't add upI REFER to last Wednesday's letter from the HDB, 'How HDB …
Two reports about Nay Phone Latt,Young Burmese Blogger Sentenced to more than 20 Years in JailBy SAW YAN NAING, The Irrawaddy, Monday, November 10, 2008A young Burmese blogger who was a ma …
Mr Lee, apologiseMonday, 28 December 2009Singapore DemocratsMr Lee Kuan Yew says that if Singaporeans fall behind to foreigners in our own society, we have only ourselves to blame. The remark is contemptible. The Singapore Democrats call on Mr Lee to apologise unreservedly to this nation and its people.Does Mr Lee not know that Singaporeans have ...
Some excerpts from an article mentioned in a blogpost i read recently. The article was written by Dr Selvaraj Velayutham,In this paper, I outline some of the common forms of racism that Si …
James Gomez, who was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science and International Relations) at a Monash University graduation ceremony on Sept 12, presented his research findings from his PhD thesis during a media doorstop at the sidelines of the ceremony. That is a mouthful isn't it!The thesis is titled Democracy and elections: The impact of online …
These are my earlier blogposts on the trials these activists face: The TBT 18 trial is a Rape of the Constitution of Singapore; Tak Boleh Tahan trial - First day of State persecution of activists and Singapore's AG's Chambers go after "kangaroo court" activists.Bravest soldier in SingaporeSingapore Democrats, Oct 31He may not be locked in combat in Iraq but he is arguably the …
Kenneth Jeyaretnam’s Speech at the FCA Lunch on 2 July 2009Reform PartyJuly 6, 2009Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for inviting me to this luncheon today. The Foreign Corres …
Kishore Mahbubani was Singapore's ambassador to the UN and is currently the Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.A few days ago, i watched an interview he had with the BBC's Hardtalk.When Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur grilled him about Singapore and democracy, Mahbubani got all flustered, upset, didn't directly address the issues about Singapore's politics but instead …
Burma VJ will be screening at Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel on 16 July 2009, 7pm to 10pm, free admission, 1st-come-1st-serve. See here for more details or the facebook event page for the screening in Singapore. Updates also @ArthouseFilmsSG.These are two Burma VJ trailers. See also Free the VJs and the twitition Free the VJs – ...
For far too long, Singapore's history has been written; told; re-told and reinforced by the victors and its minions. There's much more to our history then that.This is a 1962 photo of Chia Thye Poh (L) and Lim Chin Siong (R) from The National Archives of Singapore's Access to Archives Online Singapore (a20).To get to the photos, click on Database followed by PICAS or Picture …
Read & watch how government officials attempted to disrupt & stop the screening and eventually seized the DVD at a private screening.
A Nov 07 video from sg human rights,Singapore opposition leader fined for public speechSINGAPORE, May 30 - A bankrupt Singapore opposition party leader was sentenced to five weeks in prison or pay a S$5,000 fine for speaking in public without a permit.Chee Soon Juan, leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, was on Friday found guilty of the offence committed on April 8, …
I got this press statement by Gopalan Nair aka Singapore Dissident from this report,Gopalan Nair / Press Statement / 11 June 2008I am an American citizen and a Singaporean by birth and have always been concerned about the welfare of Singaporeans and Singapore.I have been a Singapore political opposition supporter and politician from 1980 to 1991, a member of the Workers …
Twittering away from toa payoh central, where they're holding the tak boleh tahan event, the singapore democrats have been using twitter to keep everybody updated of what's going on and also urging more Singaporeans to c'mon down!I'm also keeping updated thru my twitter.We can either visit their website for these regular updates or checkout the photos and youtube videos like …
With the help of a friend who was at the scene, i was able to update my twitter (see sidebar or here) on what was happening with Gopalan Nair aka Singapore Dissident. The judge granted a request by the deputy public prosecutor to keep Nair in custody for 7 days for further investigations and possible additional charges. The case resumes on 9 June.This is a Reuters report on …
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