CSJ:Tell us more about ISA detainees!!
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The ruling party has put into good use the infamous Internal Security Act to detain without trial its political and parliamentary opponents and to cripple the Opposition.
--http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/articleiba10.html
2.CSJ or his peers,pl tell us the names of political and parliamentary opponents detained or being detained under ISA.How ISA has been used to cripple the Opposition?
3.The good frens of SG opposition,US State Dept seems has a different
findings:
--http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78790.htm
At year's(2006) end, 34 detainees were being held under the ISA as suspected terrorists. Of these detainees, 31 were suspected of belonging to the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), and three were suspected of membership in the Philippines based Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
So ,who are political and parliamentary opponents detained in Whitley Rd? -
since when ISA is used to detain the oppositions?Originally posted by lionnoisy:[b]--http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78790.htm
So ,who are political and parliamentary opponents detained in Whitley Rd?
does he have any evidence???? -
1963 – Operation Coldstore, a joint Malaysian-Singaporean operation to arrest 117 opposition party and labor union leaders, some of whom were detained for up to 17 years. Evidence linking Lim Chin Siong and Barisan Sosialis to be communist seems vague at the most. In other words, there was no direct evidence linking Lim Ching Siong and Barisan Sosialis to the communist.Originally posted by hiphop2009:since when ISA is used to detain the oppositions?
does he have any evidence????
1966 – Chia Thye Poh, a member of the Barisan Sosialis, was detained without trial for 32 years under the ISA. He spent the last nine years under house arrest in the resort island of Sentosa. In October 1966, Chia, together with eight other Members of Parliament from the Barisan Sosialis, boycotted the Parliament. This was part of the Barisan's strategy to protest "undemocratic acts" of the Government, by carrying their struggle against the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) outside of Parliament.In the same year, Chia Thye Poh led a demonstration of supporters to the Parliament House and handed a letter to the Clerk of Parliament, demanding a General Election, the release of all political detainees, and the revocation of all "undemocratic" laws.
In 1989, Chia was released from 23 years of imprisonment without trial on the mainland, and confined to a one-room guardhouse on Sentosa and made to pay the rent, on the pretext that he was now a "free" man. Chia was also made to purchase and prepare his own food.
1987 – In a security operation known as Operation Spectrum, 22 Roman Catholic church and social activists and professionals were detained under the ISA. They were accused of being members of a dangerous Marxist conspiracy bent on subverting the government by force and replacing it with a Marxist state.
After they were released, several of the detainees issued a statement countering government denials that they had been tortured. They were promptly rearrested. They were later released only on condition that they sign statutory declarations denying everything they had said in their earlier press statement. An intrepid lawyer, former attorney-general Francis Seow, stepped in to represent one of the detainees who had sought his legal assistance. When Seow arrived at the detention center, he himself was detained by the ISD and was not released for more than two months. He was later charged and convicted in absentia for tax evasion. Seow now lives in exile in the United States.
Even until recently, the case of the Marxist conspirators remains a puzzle. The detainees themselves did not fit the stereotype of the "agitators" whose activities were so troublesome to the PAP in the 1950s and 1960s. Inspired by the success of communist insurrection in China and Vietnam, the old guard leftists tended to be hot-headed, populist orators. The detainees, by contrast, consisted primarily of educated professionals. Indeed, the man accused of masterminding the plot was Vincent Cheng, a 40 year-old social worker for the Roman Catholic church, who had once studied to be a priest. Another prominent target was lawyer Teo Soh Lung, a Workers' Party supporter who had tangled with prime minister Lee during parliamentary hearings on the Law Society in 1986. Other detainees included social workers, lawyers and actors.
It's all on the net. Wikipedia
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You ask CSJ?
CSJ is a self proclaimed "massager" of facts and figures.
i.e. he is a twister. -
lol. wad i wan say is, did the govt even use ISA to detain CSJ? he made it sounds like dey detained him under this law~Originally posted by fymk:1963 – Operation Coldstore, a joint Malaysian-Singaporean operation to arrest 117 opposition party and labor union leaders, some of whom were detained for up to 17 years. Evidence linking Lim Chin Siong and Barisan Sosialis to be communist seems vague at the most. In other words, there was no direct evidence linking Lim Ching Siong and Barisan Sosialis to the communist.
1966 – Chia Thye Poh, a member of the Barisan Sosialis, was detained without trial for 32 years under the ISA. He spent the last nine years under house arrest in the resort island of Sentosa. In October 1966, Chia, together with eight other Members of Parliament from the Barisan Sosialis, boycotted the Parliament. This was part of the Barisan's strategy to protest "undemocratic acts" of the Government, by carrying their struggle against the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) outside of Parliament.In the same year, Chia Thye Poh led a demonstration of supporters to the Parliament House and handed a letter to the Clerk of Parliament, demanding a General Election, the release of all political detainees, and the revocation of all "undemocratic" laws.
In 1989, Chia was released from 23 years of imprisonment without trial on the mainland, and confined to a one-room guardhouse on Sentosa and made to pay the rent, on the pretext that he was now a "free" man. Chia was also made to purchase and prepare his own food.
1987 – In a security operation known as Operation Spectrum, 22 Roman Catholic church and social activists and professionals were detained under the ISA. They were accused of being members of a dangerous Marxist conspiracy bent on subverting the government by force and replacing it with a Marxist state.
After they were released, several of the detainees issued a statement countering government denials that they had been tortured. They were promptly rearrested. They were later released only on condition that they sign statutory declarations denying everything they had said in their earlier press statement. An intrepid lawyer, former attorney-general Francis Seow, stepped in to represent one of the detainees who had sought his legal assistance. When Seow arrived at the detention center, he himself was detained by the ISD and was not released for more than two months. He was later charged and convicted in absentia for tax evasion. Seow now lives in exile in the United States.
Even until recently, the case of the Marxist conspirators remains a puzzle. The detainees themselves did not fit the stereotype of the "agitators" whose activities were so troublesome to the PAP in the 1950s and 1960s. Inspired by the success of communist insurrection in China and Vietnam, the old guard leftists tended to be hot-headed, populist orators. The detainees, by contrast, consisted primarily of educated professionals. Indeed, the man accused of masterminding the plot was Vincent Cheng, a 40 year-old social worker for the Roman Catholic church, who had once studied to be a priest. Another prominent target was lawyer Teo Soh Lung, a Workers' Party supporter who had tangled with prime minister Lee during parliamentary hearings on the Law Society in 1986. Other detainees included social workers, lawyers and actors.
It's all on the net. Wikipedia. -
As much as I think CSJ is very misguided on how to run an opposition party in Singapore ( and I don't like CSJ very much) , I think it is possible for them to use ISA to detain him based on how they used it in the past but they won't. He is not a threat because they managed to discredit him alot.Originally posted by hiphop2009:lol. wad i wan say is, did the govt even use ISA to detain CSJ? he made it sounds like dey detained him under this law~
He is a clown. He allows them to detain him under other legislations aka non registration of speeches etc. -
Chia Thye Poh
Pl read the official story.
2.Chia Thye PohSingapore Government Press Release
Media Division, Ministry of Information and The Arts,
36th Storey, PSA Building, 460 Alexandra Road, Singapore 119963.
Tel: 3757794/5
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Ministry of Home Affairs Press Statement
Chia Thye Poh was quoted in the Reuters report of 27 Nov 98 as follows – "I was never under any communist party. I was merely performing my duty as a Member of Parliament."
This is not true. In 1966, the Barisan Sosialis (BSS) decided to adopt the strategy of extra-parliamentary struggle. To this end, Chia Thye Poh who was a BSS MP resigned from Parliament together with the other BSS MPs to take their struggle to the streets.
Chia was therefore not an MP when he was arrested on 29 Oct 66. He had resigned from the office of MP to which he was elected to serve his constituents. Instead he advocated armed struggle and violence. He publicly renounced Parliamentary politics and declared his resorting to an unconstitutional struggle on the streets.
Chia was never arrested for performing his duties as an MP. Chia was arrested for his involvement in the CPM communist united front and to avert widespread unlawful demonstrations and violence.
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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
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I think if lionnoisy keeps his antics up, he's going to gain a first hand understanding of the topic in question.
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Do you expect the Government by the Ruling Party to say anything in support of Chia Thye Poh's position ?
Chia Thye Poh
Pl read the official story.
2.Chia Thye Poh
[quote]Singapore Government Press Release
Media Division, Ministry of Information and The Arts,
36th Storey, PSA Building, 460 Alexandra Road, Singapore 119963.
Tel: 3757794/5
____________________________________________________________
Ministry of Home Affairs Press Statement
Chia Thye Poh was quoted in the Reuters report of 27 Nov 98 as follows – "I was never under any communist party. I was merely performing my duty as a Member of Parliament."
This is not true. In 1966, the Barisan Sosialis (BSS) decided to adopt the strategy of extra-parliamentary struggle. To this end, Chia Thye Poh who was a BSS MP resigned from Parliament together with the other BSS MPs to take their struggle to the streets.
Chia was therefore not an MP when he was arrested on 29 Oct 66. He had resigned from the office of MP to which he was elected to serve his constituents. Instead he advocated armed struggle and violence. He publicly renounced Parliamentary politics and declared his resorting to an unconstitutional struggle on the streets.
Chia was never arrested for performing his duties as an MP. Chia was arrested for his involvement in the CPM communist united front and to avert widespread unlawful demonstrations and violence.
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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
30 NOVEMBER 1998
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Chia Thye Poh
Pl read the official story.
2.Chia Thye Poh
Chia and his fellow Barisan Sosialis members resigned as Members of Parliament to protest at the seemingly underhanded manner in which a critical Referendum was managed and executed by the Ruling Party.
However, all through the years, no one bothered to ask if their mass resignation accepted by any process of parliament ?
Will the complete History of the Politics of Singapore be ever told ?
The passing of ex-President Devan Nair saw the surviving family being persuaded to close a sad chapter of shameful politics conducted by the POWER OF ONE. The memoirs of Devan Nair was never released for publication.
Dr Lee Siew Choh, the Secretary-General of the Barisan Sosialis put alot of hard work into his memoirs, knowing that his time is soon due to meet his maker, he felt an urgent need to tell His Story as a counter-balance to the Memoirs of LKY.
Unfortunately, on his passsing, Dr Lee's brother-in-law (also linked to the First Family by marriage) persuaded Dr Lee's wife not to release Dr Lee's memoirs for publication, and allow the surviving members to make peace with the Ruling Political Party and stay clear of all future controversies that may arise from the publication.
Two leading lights from the 1950s carried their tales with them, when so many Singaporeans - now and in the distant future - could have benefitted from the additional information on the events of the 1950s, through the 1960s, and till the respective death dates of these fighting figures who dare to challenge the LKY legacy.
What was the other side of the story that LKY never told, and his own generational leaders who retired and sworn to secrecy after leaving political office ?
Will anyone else dare to stand up and challenge the memoirs of LKY ?