Judicial review of preventive detention
by Teo Soh LungAn excerpt of Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong’s lecture delivered at the Rule of Law Symposium on 15 February 2012 was published in TODAY on 21 February 2012. At least three friends drew my...
View ArticleOpen letter to Teo Chee Hean on ISA safeguards
by Teo Soh LungMy last response to Minister Teo Chee Hean’s speech in parliament that was reported in The Straits Times of 20 October 2011 was made on 9 November 2011. The sub-title to that reply was...
View ArticleLife in my prison cell under ISA detention
by Teo Soh LungWatching Channel News Asia last week, I was quite amused at Alcatraz Hotel in UK providing a prison cell for its guests. I wonder what the hotel owner had in mind.I have written about...
View ArticleCensors clear Chia Thye Poh video, rates it NC16
The Board of Film Censors, under the Media Development Authority (MDA), has cleared the film Dr Chia Thye Poh, giving it a NC16 rating.The film was first submitted to MDA in January under the category...
View ArticleIs the Advisory Board an ISA safeguard?
Updated March 2012:1994 - 2012 : A chronology of authoritarian rule in Singapore.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------( Part 8 of a series of open letters to...
View ArticleEx-detainees go public to mark 25th anniversary of ISA arrests
To mark the 25th anniversary of their arrests under the Internal Security Act in a security swoop (now widely acknowledged as a political clampdown) codenamed Operation Spectrum, a group of former...
View ArticleMadam Yap Swee (Dearest mother of Dr Chia Thye Poh)
This article, written by Teo Soh Lung last December, was reproduced in Aliran in April 2012. I reproduce it here on the occasion of Mothers' Day. - Vincent WijeysinghaMadam Yap has been relieved of her...
View ArticleReflections on 1987
by Lim Li KokAt 5 am on the morning of 21st May 1987, loud ringing of the doorbell and banging of the door woke me. I went to the door and looked through the peephole. There were a number of people...
View ArticlePostponement of Event
From linkPostponement of Event to be held on Saturday, 19 May 2012 at Speakers’ Corner, Hong Lim Park We have been informed by the police on the evening of Tuesday, 15 May that the exemption granted...
View ArticleA Reprehensible History: The Internal Security Act
Further readings on publichouse.sg : The Ghosts of Whitley Road Interview with Edgar D'Souza : I Have Always Loved The Catholic ChurchWithdrawn edition of Catholic News on "Marxist conspiracy"Govt...
View ArticlePhotos : Hougang by-elections 2012
By James Tan : "WP rally in 2012 & PAP rally in 1959. Both rallies response were amazing. The PAP were once the popular party like today's WP. What went wrong with PAP today?"By Bob Lee : WP vs PAP...
View ArticleEx-detainees to mark 25th anniversary of arrests
That We May Dream Again Saturday 2nd June 2012Speakers' Corner, Hong Lim Park3pm: Exhibition starts.3.30pm: Songs by Patrick Chng and Joshua Chiang4pm: Speeches by Braema Mathi,...
View ArticleAn open letter to PAP : Torture and the abuse of ISA
Hundreds turn up at rally against arbitrary detention Singaporeans commemorate the ‘Marxist Conspiracy’Blue or red pill? by Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss In Memory of 1987 by Siew Kum HongThe ISA is an...
View ArticleDr Lim Hock Siew : A Singaporean Patriot
by Zal Empty"Some of you may have heard that when you are young you are idealistic, when you're old you are realistic. Now this is the kind of rubbish that is used by those who have either lost their...
View ArticleTributes to Dr Lim Hock Siew
Read also :I'll forgive Lee Kuan Yew if he admits to his error and apologises to me : Lim Hock Siew Dr Lim Hock Siew Speaks from Singapore Prison (Date - 18.3.1972)This is the original letter that was...
View ArticleChan Heng Chee "mouthing PAP mantras"
By Teo Soh LungProfessor Chan Heng Chee’s letter of 21 June 2012 to The New York Times cannot go unchallenged. She said:“Even as Singapore evolves, we cannot forget our fundamental vulnerabilities as a...
View ArticleAn Eulogy
by Martyn SeeIn 2006, after I had made a documentary on Said Zahari, I found the world of former ISA detainees opened up before me. The late Mr Tan Jing Quee had invited me to his home on several...
View ArticleThose who oppose Merger are fools : Lee Kuan Yew
On 16 September 1963, Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak were formally merged and Malaysia was formed.EXCERPTS OF SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. LEE KUAN YEW, ON HIS MOTION ON THE MALAYSIA...
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