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作者：孟玄《风向》13/04/2010 新加坡李光耀父子最近表示要控告国际先锋论坛报诽谤，因为该报2月发表文章，指称他们为李氏王朝，该报立刻道歉，为造成他们父子任何不快以及难堪赔偿11 万4000美元。国际先锋论坛报是美国纽约时报投资的世界重要大报，纽约时报是美国最牛的报纸，极少肯如此低声下气认输，该报表示此文「可能被读者认为李显龙总理之所以当上总理不是靠自己的本事，而是靠他老爸得来。我们希望 清楚表明，本报绝对没有这样意思」。纽约时报和李光耀为诽谤官司缠斗数十年，每打每输，被打怕了。 16年前，李光耀父子控告国际先锋论坛报，指该报文章认为李显龙是靠父子关系坐上位置，官司结果是国际先锋论坛报同意赔偿67万8000美元，并且签署协议，保证不再犯同样过错。 西方报纸杂志在新加坡被整的很多，吃足苦头。华尔街日报、经济学人、彭博通讯社都同样服输，因为新加坡懂得怎么整治一面高唱言论自由，但是又舍不得重大经济利益的西方伪君子们。 李光耀在法庭上作证：「他设计出一套严格控制新闻法律 体制，以保证新闻记者们不要自认为他们才是最聪明，最伟大，无所不能的人物。」四年前李显龙总理表示：「如果你没有诽谤的法律，你就会变成像美国一样，人们完全没有法律证据事实就诽谤总统。」 在 纽约时报发表社论赞扬谷歌公司捍卫言论自由，不惜退 出中国市场的同一天，其姊妹报国际先锋论坛报为了不被赶出新加坡，乞求李氏父子。因为新加坡是亚洲金融中心，是全球经济新闻的来源，十分之一的国际先锋论坛报读者住在新加坡，它的印刷工厂在此，向全亚洲发行，在此出售所有亚洲广告。它声明：「如果你想要成为世界性的报纸，新加坡有许多银行、很多商业，拥有许多受过高等教育，懂得英语的人口，所以我们没有办法舍弃新加坡。」 八年前，彭博通讯社为了报导李显龙 夫人因为夫君关系主 持新加坡国有金融控股公司，而向李氏家族道歉。纽约时报已故著名专栏作家William Safire在其专栏中谴责彭博通讯社向李氏父子磕头，自我作贱，伤害网路新闻自由。 」Safire对于1994年国际先锋论坛报与李氏父 子达成协议愤恨不已。 Safire一直是美国捍卫新闻自由的健将，从 1970年代起就骂李光耀是个锡杯大小国家的独裁者(tin-cup dictator)。美国人看不起各地的小国独裁者，就用这种字眼侮辱之。可是李光耀不是省油的灯，立刻反击，他俩一来一往，笔战数十年。李光耀到纽约约 见Safire，两人辩论，谁也不服输，最后成为朋友。 纽约时报的美国读者们对于该报表现甚为不满，纷纷投书，表示纽约时报拥有长期捍卫美国宪法保障新闻自由的光辉传统，怎么可以屈服这种独裁专制政权呢？读者们说，称呼李氏王朝，又怎么不得了呢？纽约时报不是经常形容甘迺迪家族、布希家族、柯林顿家族为「家族王朝」吗？怎么到了亚洲，就因为用了「王朝」两字，又要道歉，又要赔款。美国媒体究竟怎么了？难道碰上新加坡公开表示压 制批评者，利用法庭控告任何敢于挑战诽谤西方媒体，就没有招了。根据前亚洲华尔街日报的法律顾问说法，的确西方媒体在打新加坡官司，从来没有赢过，损失实在太大。时代杂志、彭博通讯社、经济学人等被限制发行，否则就请滚蛋。两害相权取其轻，西方媒体无不屈膝了事。西方信 仰新闻自由的普世价值观碰上新加坡李氏父子，只 好投降。 中国属于西方媒体认定的压制新闻自由，独裁专制政权。中共会不会学习李光耀父子的好讼性格，制定严格新闻诽谤法条，压制西方媒体？谁要来中国发展商业利益，谁就最好听话，否则请君自行了断。这是一个非常可怕的前景。 来源：http: //www.worldjournal.com  Read More →

来源：香港中大学生会抗议中大颁发荣誉博士学位于李光耀专号 (5-12-2000) 各位亲爱的香港同胞，你们为何要反对授于李先生法学博士学位呢？李先生根本就是法律博士中的博士，法律根本让他玩弄于股掌之间，他是受之无愧的。 李先生最大的成功就在于你在新加坡无法听到任何关于批评他的话，到处都有卖他的回忆录，就找不到任何一本他政敌的回忆录，甚至一篇批评他的文章，但人们都懂得等待他去世后才可能敢出来批评他，但这个愿望又要破灭了，因为他的儿子已经在等位子了，李先生高明之处在于先把球传给老吴，然后在做资政在旁边看，以他的影响力，老吴是不敢不把球传给小李的，这比金日成直接传位给儿子不知高明多少倍。 李先生过去对付政敌的手法也很有法律根据的，这些人只要在牢里签下悔过书，终身放弃参加政治权利就可以获得释放，如果这些人出来后说那些悔过书是被逼之下签的，在法律上无效，就会马上再被抓进去，直到这些人承认“在被逼之下签的悔过书也是心甘情愿的”，才会永远被释放，单单这个法律上的创举就可以获得诺贝尔法律奖了。 李先生关掉南大也完全根据法律程序进行的，先找人写白皮书，后制定法律条文，用了好多年的时间，终于把南大关掉，可是在法律上看，南大只是和新大合并，根本没有关，这又是李先生精通法律的明证，李先生要关掉南大不是因为他讨厌中文，而是因为华校生得罪他，所以要消灭华文教育，现在我们这里已经没有华校了，证明李先生有过人的能力，邻国马来西亚也想消灭华文教育，但三十多年过去了，总是无法成功，就是因为缺乏想李先生这样的法律专家。 新加坡的法庭在他精心培育下，懂得在应该公正的时候就公正，不应该公正的时候就不公正，根本不必打电话问他，什么是不应该公正的时候呢？凡是牵涉到政府利益的，如政联公司，政府部门，反对党的就会“灵活处理”，理由很简单：这是国家利益啊！判“国家”输了不是损害国家利益吗？ 新加坡在李先生的精心治理下，已经三十年没有示威了，更不要说会暴动，而且我们还保留一个营的辜加雇佣兵，足以保证万一发生示威时能毫不留情用警棍打新加坡人的头，因为那些兵不是新加坡人，不会有民族感情。有了这支兵种，能保证100 年也无人敢示威。 新加坡也没有贪污，虽然李氏家族都在政联公司当要职，但他们的文凭都和职位相称，就不要去问为何有相同文凭的人那么多而总是李家的人坐大位吧！这就太过分了。 请你们不要再反对了，我们过得很好！  Read More →

Reuters, 14 April 2010 Thailand’s anti-government protesters today started to congregate at a ritzy Bangkok shopping district, preparing for a “final battleground” in their campaign to oust army-backed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. The change in tactics came as the death toll from Thailand’s bloodiest political violence since 1992 rose by two — a protester and a soldier — to 23, medical authorities said, and as the prospect of further impasse looked set to clip growth in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. “We will use the Rachaprasong area as the final battleground to oust the government,” protest leader Nattawut Saikua told reporters today, referring to a hotel and shopping district a couple of blocks from Bangkok’s financial district. “There will be no more negotiations.” The “red shirts”, who want Abhisit to step down immediately ahead of new elections, began leaving a protest site near the site of Saturday’s clashes to consolidate opposition in their other base in Bangkok’s commercial centre, which they have occupied the past 10 days. The geography of the area, and the presence of families, tourists and expatriates, would make it difficult for troops to move in again with force. The area is home to Central World, the second-largest shopping complex in Southeast Asia, and other big malls, which shut their doors when the protests began. “They are holding the economy as their hostage,” said Ramkhamhaeng University political scientist Boonyakiat Karavekphan. Supavud Saicheua, managing director of Phatra Securities, said move will definitely have an economic impact. “It is part of their strategy to pile on presssure on the government, which is already facing mounting pressure on all fronts, including from those who support it,” he said. Bangkok was peaceful today during the second day of the three-day Thai New Year called Songkran, after protesters called off a planned a march on an army base where Abhisit has taken shelter during the month-long campaign. Tens of thousands of revellers took to the streets of Bangkok on Tuesday night, dousing each other with water and flour in traditional celebrations. But tension could flare again when the holiday ends, and financial markets are likely to see renewed selling when they reopen on Friday. Abhisit, who most political analysts had predicted would ride out the storm, appears more vulnerable now after the surprise announcement this week of an investigation into possible corrupt funding of his party and comments from the army chief that only polls could end a crisis that has gripped Thailand since 2006. Abhisit has said he could dissolve parliament by the end of the year, although his hand could be forced by a recommendation this week from the Election Commission that his Democrat Party should face charges of illegal funding. If the charges are upheld, Abhisit, who came to power in 2008 when the army brokered a deal in parliament, could be banned from holding office and Thailand’s oldest political party could be dissolved. Any prosecution could take months, however. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban ordered police to hunt for “terrorists” the government blames for the killings in Bangkok’s old quarter on Saturday. More than 800 people were wounded during the army’s failed attempt to eject protesters from that site. The confrontation pits the mostly rural and working-class supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a 2006 coup and now living abroad, and a traditional elite represented by the British-born and Oxford-educated Abhisit. Investment bank Morgan Stanley calculates economic growth this year could be cut by 0.2 percentage points due to the impact on tourism, which accounts for 6 per cent of gross domestic product in the “Land of Smiles” and employs 1.8 million people. — Reuters  Read More →