Here’s an account of how (Harry) Lee Kuan Yew silenced any mention of the NKF scandal by the opposition during the 2006 general elections: Abusing the Sub Judice rule. Related posts: NKF = PAP A chronology of authoritarian rule in Singapore
George Bush, U.S. president during the State of the Union address on 28 January 2003: “Throughout the 20th century small groups of men seized control of great nations, built armies and arsenals, and set out to dominate the weak and intimidate the world.” Wow, for once Bush is not lying. Of course, I’m assuming that… Read More »
Can you imagine working in the following company? It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics: 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit 29 have been accused of spousal abuse21 have been named defendants in lawsuits19 have been accused of writing bad checks… Read More »
So, Saddam Hussein was dead and buried. But rather than usher in a new era in Iraq as U.S. President George Bush no doubt had hoped, his death sparked renewed sectarian violence. No wonder. Far from being “an important milestone in Iraq becoming a democracy”, the hanging is widely seen as an occupying power’s jungle… Read More »
Last week, I read an account of a protest march for human rights by an activist in Singapore from the Singapore Democrat website (linked under “Stuff I Read” on the sidebar) and I can’t help but be struck by the following observations. On the issue of distributing flyers:Recognizing that children are in general more charismatic… Read More »
Oct 1994 : In connection with a commentary he wrote in the International Herald Tribune stating how judiciaries in some Asian countries are compliant to ruling powers, American academic Dr.Christopher Lingle was questioned for 90 minutes by the Singapore police for possible contempt of court and criminal defamation. Within a week, he returned to the… Read More »