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Mr Zakir Hossain was abruptly sent home Bangladeshi migrant worker, Zakir Hossain has been in the news the past few days. Some facebook comments on my postings have not been kind to him. Some claimed that he was “made use of” by activists. This accusation is often the hallmark of any investigation carried out by the ISD.... 

The recent US Supreme Court's decision to outlaw abortion is indeed a bombshell for millions of American women. I ask if there are any lessons that we in Singapore can learn from it? It was a decision made by the conservative majority of the US Supreme Court (USSC). When I read that news, alarm bells in me were triggered and... 

One of my Linkedin contacts managed to get a clip of a conversation with Ms. Kirstin Han and someone who was a little indignant that Mr. Zakir Hossain, the Bangladeshi worker whose work permit that the Ministry of Manpower chose not to renew. Mr. Hossain’s “crime” in this instance was the fact that he had the audacity...