Is Singapore a police state?
“Willy Sum” not his real name, is under police investigation. He is alleged to have committed criminal defamation with just one letter to TOC that contained the word “corruption”. He uses this pen name because he does not wish to be mistaken for a foreigner. For that, the police had ruined his holiday in Taiwan. It was...
From Shiny Shoes to Seat Warmer: the Career Progression of a PAP Apparatchik
When I was studying economics at Cambridge in 1980 I remember one occasion when I invited a group of Singaporeans studying Economics round to dinner at my college, Queens’. Most of this group were Government scholars that included Shaun Seow, who later became the head of Mediacorp. I did not benefit from a Government scholarship...
Police action against TOC shows how ‘unsafe’ Singapore is
Teo Soh Lung I don’t know if you have ever asked yourself whether you are safe at home. I have and I have been asking this question for a very long time. With the recent police raids conducted at the homes of Terry Xu, the chief editor of The Online Citizen and Willy Sum, a blogger, apparently with the permission of our most...
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