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Out of the blue, the government gazetted Maruah as a “political association” under the Political Donations Act. Maruah is a civil society group for human rights. With this move, it is now illegal for the grouping to accept from foreign sources donations, sponsorship or any other kind of material support. It also becomes... 

Alan Shadrake Mr Alan Shadrake's conviction and punishment for criticising the Judiciary marks another sad day for freedom of speech in Singapore. Sentenced to 6 weeks' imprisonment and fined $20,000, the 76-year-old British author was penalised for writing Once A Jolly Hangman in which he questioned the administration of the... 

I am  glad to read from many socio-political blogs that the forthcoming election will be fiercely contested by opposition political parties. One sure certainty is that there will be lesser walk-overs as compared to previous elections whereby the ruling party is  handed over power almost on a platter when opposition parties...