Nair gave a Christams gift to SG PP in 2006,24 12 2006
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com
Let me explain with a few examples without identifying individuals in some cases. One individual at the official Assignee's Office deals with Dr. Chee Soon Juan's bankruptcy, individual "A". That individual is a government employee. I had pointed out to that individual, that even though the Government has asked A to demand that Dr. Chee pay Lee Kuan Yew large sums of money in court judgements, A should know that the judgment itself against Dr. Chee was clearly unjust, being politically motivated, and therefore A should refuse to do the dirty work of Lee Kuan Yew, and refuse to persecute Dr. Chee. I had informed A that there were various other honorable ways to make a living and that A should not prostitute himself or herself by acting as a PAP politician. My entreaties to A has fallen on deaf ears. "A" continues to punish an innocent Dr. Chee knowing he did no wrong.
Who is A?Have A received any unfriendly e mails?
dunt blame me i throw more stones.
He gave us stones,so we throw now.
http://jbjeya.org/supporters_area/
Dear Mr. Jeyaretnam,
I agree with your press release of March 23, 2005, “Lee Hsien Loong’s Fairy Tales.
Take real cases. I practiced law in Singapore for 11 years. Let me tell you what I know. Take Davinder Singh of Drew and Napier. He is praised as one of the best lawyers in Singapore. Personally I do not see anything special in him. There are lawyers much more capable, and especially much more experienced than him. Yet the government makes him a Senior Counsel, Drew and Napier makes him their Chief Executive Officer and he gets all the big government cases. He does pretty well.
March 27th, 2005
He has one quality that others may not have. He is a card carrying member of the Peoples Action Party, a PAP Member of Parliament, and has absolute unshakeable loyalty to Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, his son and the PAP. Singh knows this, the legal fraternity knows this and everyone in Singapore knows this. In any other free country, a self respecting individual would be ashamed of receiving special treatment not because of his ability but because of his connections. I have seen Singh at the trial of Dr. Chee soon Juan in November last. He did not seem to be at the least bothered. I suppose, if Lee asked him to jump, he would ask “how high”?
(Lion note:How long u want?)
i like the heading.
http://mashable.com/2008/06/05/truth-and-consequences/
Foreign medias just paint Nair as a navie your-next-door blogger
This AFP never mention that he is still a lawyer in US.
The heading of ''US blogger''fails to tell u that he is a serious
players of SG politics that he came to SG at least twice
for attending Chee hearings,writing at least 300
anti--SG blogs in 18 months,including some
very insulting to All SG people who still stay in SG,judiciary sys
and last but not least,political leaders..
US blogger called Singapore judges 'corrupt'--indictment
SINGAPORE--A US-based blogger accused of calling Singapore judges "corrupt" could face up to a year in jail, according to charges filed on Thursday.
It was the second charge filed this month against Gopalan Nair, a former Singaporean lawyer who is now a US citizen, for his alleged comments about the judiciary.
Nair, 58, was in court to hear the latest allegation against him. He is charged with insulting Supreme Court Justice Lai Siu Chiu in an e-mail on March 17, 2006.
The e-mail said Lai has "no shame" and that judges "are selling their souls and their conscience for money," according to a court document.
"Your Singapore judges, including Lai, are corrupt judges," the document cited his e-mail as saying.
Lai had sentenced opposition party leader Chee Soon Juan to a one-day jail term and fined him for contempt of court on the date Nair allegedly sent the e-mail.
Nair, who has not yet entered a plea in court and is free on bail, was to hold a press conference later Thursday.
Earlier this month he was charged with insulting another judge, Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean, over comments his lawyer said repeated those made in a blog about a defamation case filed by Singapore's leaders against Chee and his party.
In the blog, Nair strongly criticized a legal hearing at which Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew and his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, testified.
Court documents allege he sent an e-mail accusing the judge of "prostituting herself during the entire proceedings, by being nothing more than an employee of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his son and carrying out their orders."
Singapore's legal system has been praised by foreign investors for its efficiency.
The latest charge against Nair carries a maximum fine of S$5,000 dollars (US$3,623), or one year in prison, or both.
This shameful Singapore propaganda says that the "Sikhs have made it in Singapore". Well it depends on what you mean by "making it". There are still some doctors, lawyers and army officers. But all these have hardly "made it". These are all middle echelon officers, who daily have to switch off their minds to the injustices around them, to earn what wages they get. Sikh judges are required to distort the law at Lee's pleasure. A Sikh civil servant at the Official Assignee's office oversees the bankruptcy of Dr. Chee at Lee's behest. Despicable work.
The Sikh head Indian Interpreter at the Subordinate Court told me that he does not have time to find out what had happened in Dr. Chee's recent case, since he was very busy with his work. When I told him that he should as a citizen, be interested in the law being abused to harass political activists, he terminated the telephone conversation. Like this Sikh interpreter, Sikhs have to live a life deliberately forgetting their civic responsibility and self respect. In other words all these so called Sikhs who have achieved "success" live as slaves, unquestioning robots who just do as they are told. I would hardly have called such lives as having "made it".
Sikhs if they truly care for Singapore would have protested against the unjust laws and the helplessness of the people. True Sikhs would have done it. What is left in Singapore are mere opportunists, who are there for the ride. Anyone with a conscience would have either stood up to the truth, or packed and left.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
EMail: gopalnair@us-immigrationlaw.com
u will be deceived if u think he is just a ordinary bolgger.
he just want sg racial conflicts,among other things.
Civil disobedience is the answer for change in Singapore. The only answer. Lee has placed obstacles to every avenue for change through the ballot box. The system has to be forced to change through non-conventional means, through non-cooperation, through telling the government that their laws are morally repugnant and we will not obey them.
Again, Jeyaretnam, in 1974 was best suited to fight Lee in an unconventional sense. Both his children were grown and self sufficient. His wife was dead. There was nothing for him to lose. One word from him, and the Barisan Socialis component of the Workers Party would have mobilised and set up pickets on the main road. Just the thought of the possibility existing then, makes me excited.
Alas, now the people of Singapore have gone into a state of inertia through long period of indoctrination and subjugation. They have become almost inanimate, humorless lifeless automatons, who will function at the press of a button. It is more difficult now to galvanize a movement.
But still I think it is possible. Dr. Chee should continue organizing protests and civil disobedience. With time more will come. And if Jeyaretnam can read this, I wish him well and if he is up to it, with his age, it would be great public service if he could join Dr. Chee and guide and advise him and join the protests
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538,
USA
u can see that he wants troubles in SG.
''u can go to jail,''he told CSJ and JBJ.
But dunt count me.I am just writing blogs in USA!!
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.culture.singapore/2008-05/msg00328.html
From:http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 9, 2008-(-lion can cfm this is his master piece as seen in his
blog.)
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html
u can see he is NOT a US blogger ,but a real sg politics player !!
Li Ao is right, Singaporeans are without spine
and civic-mindedness allowing the government to ride roughshod over
them for years without remedy.
Yet without civic-mindedness and love of freedoms or human rights do Singaporeans have a brighter future?
Here is a simple test of Singaporeans' level of community spirit or civic-mindedness:-
(1) JBJ's speaking up on Government's wrongfulness - what do Singaporeans do. Have they given any support to JBJ?
(2) Tang Liang Hong, a well-known professional standing for
election at Cheng San - why can't he speak on government wrongful
policies. Just because he said he has made a police report against
leaders he was sued for defamation by innuendos or "implied" defamatory
statement made in the course of election campaign. Are Singaporeans
able to discern this kind of behavior amounts to bullying of active
citizens. Have we heard of any citizens telling off their MPs for such
fixing of opposition politicians.
(3) CSJ speaking up on issues and problems getting sued for such
actions - any citizens condemning fixing of our political freedom
fighers.
(4) Gopalan Nair fearless fighting for citizens' rights and
freedoms - any citizens speaking to their MPs or Ministers to stop such
non-sense of fixing the patriotic citizens or ex-citizens of his
courage to help bring justice and equity in our courts.
Think, citizens !!! Do you have the courage to bring up such
matters to your MPs and Ministers. What is your views on such bullying
attitude and behavior among our leaders? Is that attitude going to help
us to build a better and more cooperative society which we are living
in ? How many Gopalan Nair can you or your children produce to help you
? If you do not have then when there is one Gopalan, what do you do if
such fixing still continues in the hypocrisy of law and order or
integrity of the court.
No wonder the citizens are facing rising costs of living and losing
their CPF withdrawal at age 55 due to use of power one time after
another without check by any one.
No wonder even if we have all the surpluses there will be increases
of fees, charges and GST only to be lost unaccountably in some shin
corp deals disapproved by the people.
Singaporeans are without spine and civic-mindedness allowing the government to ride roughshod over them for years without remedy.
Lee Kuan Yew �鸡给猴看 too many times already.
He has also depoliticised and castrated politics off from the society.
So, the people's fighting spirit have been destroyed.
Li Ao is from Taiwan.
Political environment in Taiwan and Singapore, one heaven, one earth, how to compare?
But I have faith that after Lee Kuan Yew is dead, there will be improvement.
i support Gopalan Nair for what he dare to do and criticise. i believe that singapore court though not corrupted by monetary sense are in a way biased towards the ruling regime.
what why the elite who dare to voice out or criticse the ruling regime are often prosecuted severely to sent out a stern warning to all elite class of singaporean to stay out of sg politics.
a country without the citizens participation in politics is indeed souless and will eventually lead time to corruption, and downfall of a country, which the ppl will suffer the most.
that is what happen to most facist country.
that is what happen to most facist country.
I won't say facist country, I would say autocratic state.
So Singapore under PAP regime cannot progress any further.
The limit has been reached.
Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:I won't say facist country, I would say autocratic state.
So Singapore under PAP regime cannot progress any further.
The limit has been reached.
Our standard is quite good.I am happy the standard maintained
in this level.But dunt ruled by those gang who even cant
---complete a right form( fill up the wrong form for election)
----forget submit the form and frame up the little civil servant
Actually, Speaker's Corner is meant for local politics...so why is lionnoisy talking about foreign politics like Australia's?
''Gopalan Nair / Press Statement / 11 June 2008
I am an American citizen and a Singaporean by birth and have always been concerned about the welfare of Singaporeans and Singapore.''
I think he was not a ''Singaporean by birth''.
Citizenship by birth
121. —(1)
Subject
to this Article, every person born in Singapore after 16th September
1963 shall be a citizen of Singapore by birth.
2) A person shall not be a citizen of Singapore by virtue of clause (1) if at the time of his birth —
(3) Notwithstanding clause (2) (c), the Government may, where it considers it just and fair and having regard to all the circumstances prevailing at the time of the application, confer citizenship upon a person born in Singapore.''
A lawyer must be very careful in what he speaks and writes.
Media report that he is 58 years old.So,he was born around 1950.
can he clarify this.
Our standard is quite good.I am happy the standard maintained
in this level.But dunt ruled by those gang who even cant
---complete a right form( fill up the wrong form for election)
----forget submit the form and frame up the little civil servant
Then how come you can't even reach up to the standard such as being honest in sgforums and not creating clones and improving your english?
lionnoisy bad ideas,
they are pretty funny:
Crashing a 100K SGD FANTAIL UAV into targets:
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Fantail ‘……can be scaled to accommodate alternative payloads and missions. ‘’
Can we arm it(1) with missiles or (2) to reduce the payload ,just attach explosives and Fantail just crash into the targets.?
I think it will be quite accurate fro it to hit GPMG site,APC,tanks etc
2.Ok lah.Just crash Extender to a enemy fighter.Few thousand $$ can save SG soldiers life.It worth every single dollar!!
And look at how he gets pwned:
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Is there any similiar UAV with the size so small?I dunt think so!!
And the rebuttal:
Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:
If you want to avoid the issue at the very least don't try to post meaningless posts... it just shows that you lack intellectual intergity, or basic comprehension skills.
The question is do you think it's a good idea for the SAF to crash such things into people and equipment, something that you have been pushing for since this whole sorry thread started, a thread that no doubt exposed you lack of understanding on most things even most basic book camp.
Is there any lionnoisy with the english skill that can finish this book? I dunt think so!!
As to answer your question on if there's any other UAV with the size so small:
All smaller then Fantail.... and made by many other countries.
So please tooting our horn about Fantail, you are disgracing our country with your lack of understanding of even our OWN equipment.
Following that post, lionnoisy quietly slipped out of the thread and left it entirely.
Unfortunately he learnt nothing from his experience only to start another thread that was just as disasterous:
Australia are buying helicopter landing ships to launch F-18Es, which anybody with some basic knowledge of military stuff will know that is a very stupid idea.
Amazingly, despite his ability to dig up all the "dirt" about Australia's military and comment as if he knows a lot about military stuff, this blatant fact is somewhat missed out on him:
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
1.Why nobody tell us that Oz already ordered 2 LHD--mini CV?
Forumers here too busy?
2.Why Oz dare not admit that procurement of Super Hornet
is mainly for mini CV?
Despite everyone in the forum telling him that LHDs are not for launching F-18s, he insisted and kept on trying, coming up with crazier ideas:
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
oh my God!!
Why no one can see in the first image that there is a ski-jumping board?This is not for R & R for the sailors to
play skate boards lah.
Enlarged for you:
ski--jumping board NOT for the sailors to play lah.
see again:
http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/msd/jp2048/jp2048ph4A_4B.cfm
1.I must admit i have not get confirmation that the
ski--jumping board is for Super Hornet only.
But i can sure the board must be for CV aircraft.
Can JSF take off and land in this mini CV??
2.Then,can Super Hornets take off and land in this mini
CV?
The rebuttal:
Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:
Everybody can see the ski ramp on board, but they are smart enough to know it's not for Superbug use.
Man you really are that ignorant are you not?
You enlarge also no use, you simply do not understand how things work at all.
Ski jump or not, there is no way for the Superbug, or most non STOL combat planes for that matter, to reach their takeoff speed in that short a distance on an LHD. The Ski jump is to enable a better AOA when you clear the ship, but it had no effect on your takeoff speed... if you are too slow you'll simply stall the moment you leave the Ski jump and crash into the sea. Unfortunately the LHD (or any ship for that matter) lacks the required length for the Superbug (or any non STOL for that matter) to reach a viable speed to take off, Ski jump or not.
What is required is a catapult, which of course this ship does not have.
And of course landing is another issue without an angled deck, it means that it cannot retrieve aircraft without having to do a full deck turnover because to do an aborted landing would mean having the plane smack straight into whatever's parked in the way on the deck. So much for tactical flexibility.
All this of course, is no surprise because the LHD was NEVER intended to launch non STOL aircraft.
LOL, lionnoisy's notion of launching Superbugs from LHDs is prehaps akin to us launching recon bikes from within our Bionixes... or having Abrams tanks airdropped from C-130s
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Fixed wing aircraft that would operate from the LHD would be STOL/VTOL examples such as the Harrier, or the JSF, but NOT the Superbug.
What's next? lionnoisy is going to say the aussies are going to retrofit their superbugs to be VTOL aircraft?
Seriously lionnoisy, if we had people like you giving advice to our military, the SAF is totally doomed.
And a very funny reply about why lionnoisy just can't seem to get it right:
show
Originally posted by Gedaken:
Intellectually, about three and a half. In human years, your guess is as good as mine.
The DUH factor here is astounding. Australia's waiting for the JSF, and ski ramps a la HMS Invincible have long been established for STOL aircraft. Noisy Pussy's fucked it up once again - as if that's any surprise.
And finally with the weight of the forumers and evidence stacked up against him, lionnoisy finally submits and runs away, never even speaking about the topic again:
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
the third LHD for vertical take-off jet.No news for 1st and 2 nd LHD.ok?
Ok lionnoisy we get it, this is your way of saying that you are wrong, as Gedaken puts it:
Originally posted by Gedaken:
Not OK. You admit to having no information linking Superbugs to ski ramps but you carry on like a two-bob watch about this numbskulled idea. Then you turn around and demand news about the first two LHDs being for V/STOLs. I said it before, I'll say it again - HYPOCRITE.
Do you see the USMC building a ski ramp and launching their Bugs off the Tarawa?
Moron.
Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:Originally posted by storywolf:What he will do next ? The answer is below !!!
What do you do in this situation ?
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Originally posted by pigsticker:
Jet skis for amphibious assaults
i bet that's his next idea
Our standard is quite good.I am happy the standard maintained in this level.
That is true. Perhaps majority is satisfied with status quo.
They are afraid of changes.
That may be true of the elite class and others.
But there are also those who are opposed to the status quo.
They want to destroy and reform it.
I am one of those.
The conflict between those who want to maintain status quo and those who want to reform it is inevitable.
There's also the conflict between those with common sense and a certain person without in here:
ie: everyone vs. lionnoisy
You know the amazing thing about lionnoisy? He knows very little on a subject but tries to speak like an expert on it, I managed to dig up a post he wrote in 2005 on his own military experience:
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
I only shot total 20 rounds? in Army
Open house.I am a 95% layman lah.Pl give ur valuable info to share.
But then you see him trying to tell us what to do without having any idea in infantry tactics or anything to that effect:
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Suppose I am now in a cover position.
Say i really has to run across 50m distance and there is no cover along the route.Worse.I know there is pretty high chance there is or are rifles waiting for me.
My mission need me to reach 50 m away in one min in another cover position.
I cant wait and there is no back up .How?
option 1.Shall I put my finger on the trigger and start run for my life?
If I hear any bullets fired,shall i just blindly fire to the possible poisition of firing while i continue running?
u have to note i am running really fast.U and i cant fire a rifle very accurately while we run very fast.
We are not Jet Li or 007.Do u think the enemy will stop firing and take cover when he know I fire BLINDLY?? Not to mention i can hit the enemy.
Running a rifle with two hands is little bit slower than running with one hand holding SAR 21 sight.
option 2.I just grip the rifle SAR 21 by the sight and run.
If i hear any firing,i drop to the ground,locate possible enemy position and fire.I think i have a pretty higher chance to survive than i fire while i running.
In option 1,i expose longer in enemy 's sights.
NO HARD FEELING
This armchair discussion may save our ass.
Of course he got viciously pwned by just about every person who had served NS in there:
The rebuttal:
It is apparent that you have no experience whatsoever in any kind of infantry tatics, much less that of the SAF, not to mention another case of you bending reality to fit your own expectations.
Have you even trained with the SAR before in real life infantry combat situtations? Obviously not, I have.
If you need to clear 50 meters of open ground under heavy fire with no cover, it does not matter how you run, you will almost certainly get gunned down for sure... in fact it's probably only a mission you would go on, smarter grunts have other ideas to do so.
Secondly, any soldier who has sprinted with a rifle can tell you that the best method to sprint with it is to hold it close to your body with TWO HANDS, and run in low profile. Keeping the weight of the rifle close to your body makes it easier to run with.
On the other hand, holding 4 kilos of rifle in one hand like a shopping bag is one of the WORST ways to carry it while running. You have the full weight of the weapon away from your own center of gravity as well as unbalanced on one side (due to a the single hand carry).
In other words, you do not RUN slower with two hands, but instead carrying the rifle by the handle single handed is prehaps the worst method to run with it.
If you note, just watch the videos in iraq of grunts sprinting for cover while under fire. See any of them holding their M-16s by the handle?
Channel NewsAsia - Friday, June 13
SINGAPORE: Former Singaporean lawyer and ex—Workers’ Party election candidate, Gopalan Nair, is facing another charge of insulting a High Court judge.
On Thursday morning, the court heard that Nair, now a US citizen, had on 17 March 2006 insulted Justice Lai Siu Chiu in an email while the judge was hearing an Originating Summons case.
Nair’s lawyer Chia Ti Lik told the court that his client may take a certain cause of action and so the case has been adjourned to Monday for a further mention in the Subordinate Courts.
Nair has been released on bail.
If found guilty of the offence, Nair could be jailed up to a year or fined up to S$5,000, or face both jail and fine.
Earlier this month, Nair was charged with insulting a public servant, Justice Belinda Ang. — CNA/so
He or they who have power and support from the ruling party will win the case. Somehow, people consider that PAP supersedes law. PAP "wan sui" .
SG police is so kind that they had not sized Nair
note book computer,just a old note book.
Nor police has changed Nair e mail acct password.
See what he said lah....
i want his blog carved on the wall
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Singapore. My Arrest
Ladies and Gentlemen,
After I had posted the blogpost of May 29, 2008, at about 9 pm, May 31, 2008, I was arrested by at least 5 plain clothes policemen including at least 2 women. I had just promised Mr. Gandhi Ambalam, Chairman of the Singapore Democrat Party and Mr. Jeffrey George, committee member of the same that I will join them for a drink at a nearby coffee shop. I was appropriately dressed in shorts, T-shirt and slippers, not to offend the Singapore heat and humidity. I entered the elevator on the 8th floor of the hotel and descended to the 1st. When the door opened the aforementioned police were there blocking my way. Among them was Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr. Razak Jakaria, from the Cantonment Police Station, the police station in charge of my arrest.
At the ground floor when the elevator opened with me inside, the said police blocked my way. They showed their police identification. Forcibly restrained me inside the elevator. Handcuffed me while they took me back to the 8th floor into room 708.
Inside my hotel room, while I was in handcuffs, ASP Jakaria produced a warrant for my arrest. He stated that I was arrested under some section of the Singapore statutes. He refused to state what I was being arrested for. This procedure seems highly improper. Telling a citizen that he was being arrested under Section 200 or 2000 of the Penal Code without telling him what that meant is totally ridiculous! Did they expect every citizen to have studied Singapore law and the provisions of the Penal Code! Yet that is exactly what is done in a case where the accused is merely told of a particular section of the Penal Code! Despite my asking what I was being arrested for, I was not told what it was. Jakaria's answer was that he would tell me later. This was no help at all!
I was driven to Cantonment Police Station in a police car. ASP Jakaria was seated next to driver's seat. Next to me was a Chinese policeman. I was in handcuffs.
At the police station, there were usual procedures of taking account of my belongings and storing them. I was ordered to change into prison clothes and taken in handcuffs to a cell. From that moment I was kept in solitary confinement alone in a cell. The light was kept on 24 hours. There was no bed or even a mattress on the floor. I had to sleep on a hard floor. Although it can become cold there was no blanket. Unable to withstand the cold, I began shivering uncontrollably. I asked for a blanket from a passing guard. He provided it. This was on the 3rd or the 4th day of my confinement. Truly, it was not a blanket at all. It was a thin plastic sheet, which was not even long enough even to cover your feet. It did not keep you warm. But anything was better than shivering.
As the floor was solid hard, I could not sleep. Each time I had to toss and turn after a few minutes because it hurt. The light being on 24 hours, you did know it was day or night. Being kept alone in solitary confinement did not help either.
I was kept in this manner from May 31 2008. Since it was a weekend, I had to be kept till Monday morning to be brought to court.
I was kept in this manner till June 5th 2008. Between this period I was taken for interrogation many times on different days before ASP Jakaria. The interrogation was held in interview rooms. Each time I was walked in handcuffs from my cell to the interview room.
I was told that I was being charged for various offenses during this period at various different times. It was as if the police were at a loss what to do. First it was a charge that I had sent an insulting Email to Judge Belinda Ang. Later I was accused of insulting Judge Belinda Ang through my blog post. Later I was told that the earlier charges were dropped and I was charged under the Sedition Act of Singapore because of my blog. Later an additional charge that I had sent an Email to Judge Lai Sui Chue in March of 2006 more than 2 years ago.
As far as the accusation that I had sent an Email to Judge Belinda Ang; this is entirely untrue. I never sent any Emails to Ang or anyone else. All I did was to post my blog post. There were no Emails at all. The police had seized my documents and belongings from my hotel room. Among the items seized was an old blue tattered notebook. This is not a computer, which has been wrongly described as one in the papers. It was a tattered old notebook. In it there was my password for my Email and other personal numbers.
As far as the Email to Judge Lai Sui Chu, this was more than 2 years ago. I cannot remember if I sent that Email. Even if I did, I was not in Singapore at the time. I was physically in Fremont, Northern California. If I sent the Email, it was from Fremont Northern California. From 2006 March to present I had traveled to Singapore on at least one occasion on November 2006 without incident. It is odd that they want to proceed on a matter that I did or did not do more than 2 years ago! If indeed anyone had been insulted, it was more than 2 years ago, for Heavens Sake! Even if there was insult, which is denied, surely anyone would have got over the insult by now, unless of course they are afflicted with incurably delicate nerves!
On Monday June 2nd, 2008, I was brought to court in handcuffs in a police car. I have not been officially charged with anything in court. The prosecution requested and was allowed to keep me in custody for a further one week. I was taken back to solitary confinement in Cantonment Police Station.
I was suddenly told without prior warning that I was going to be released from custody prematurely on June 5th 2008 on bail while the police continued with their investigations. Bail was fixed at fixed at $5000.00 for the accusation that I had sent an Email to Judge Belinda Ang. As there was another charge being tendered for the accusation that I sent Judge Lai an Email more than 2 years ago, I was ordered to appear before Court 26 on Monday June 09, 2008, another court, in the Court complex for the matter to be looked into.
On June 09, 2008 this other charge, being the over 2 years old accusation, was looked into. I was again given bail of $5,000.00.
For both cases I have been bailed out. I am presently out on bail.
The police had impounded my passport and I cannot travel. I am forced to remain in Singapore during these proceedings. I had originally intended to return to the US no later than June 3 2008, having arrived in Singapore on early morning May 26, 2008. Forcing me to remain in Singapore and being unable to return to the US is by itself causing me untold harm. My law practice in the US is suffering and various other matters such as my house mortgage cannot be attended to. This alone is causing extreme hardship to me.
Furthermore I am facing severe financial hardship in having to remain in Singapore much longer than expected.
The American Embassy, Singapore has been monitoring my case. I am grateful to Miss Julie Kavanagh, Consul and recently Mr. Learned Dees, Vice Consul together with another officer from the Embassy who have been taking special interest in my case. They have always been present at all my court hearings making it known to the Singapore court that they are watching.
This whole matter boils down to one question. A right to free speech and expression. It appears to me as well as anyone watching this case that what the Singapore authorities are trying to say is this. Do not criticize the Singapore judiciary no matter what. Even if the Singapore judiciary were to say, two and two is ten, the Moon is made of cheese and Christmas Day does not fall on December 25th, we have to keep our mouths shut and go about our business as if nothing happened! What the Singapore authorities are trying to say, if I correctly understand it, is that human beings are disallowed from criticizing the judiciary, period! They are above criticism. They are beyond question. They are invincible. Infallible. They are the best, and need no criticism from mortal human beings! That they are Gods.
I, as a human being cannot understand this to be correct, surely. I was born a Singaporean. I lived my life here in Singapore. I am a former Singapore politician. The welfare of Singapore and Singaporeans should be more my concern than that of Central West Africa! Surely. Criticism is necessary for any organization to improve, to get better. Without criticism, there is stagnation. And with stagnation there is no hope. This has always been the case. What I had done and said was for the welfare of Singapore, a country that I care for and a country in which I have a stake, even if I am now an American.
Forcing me to remain in Singapore for a long period is no doubt causing me great hardship. Of course I also worry as to what is in store for me at the end of the court hearing.
But one thing is certain. Regardless of what I have to suffer, I will not admit to anything I did not do. I have a right to free speech and expression and I had exercised that right as a free man; as a human being. If have to pay a price for what I had said in my blog, so be it.
The Singapore government would be better off if they faced reality. In this day and age, and in a country such as Singapore with an educated population, demanding that citizens keep their mouths shut and comply as obedient sheep is not only untenable, it is counter productive. I have said this many times before, and it has to be said again. You cannot expect to become a first world country by forcing people to remain silent when criticism is warranted. This refusal of Singapore to face the reality of the times is the very reason why Singaporeans flee their country in droves.
Being forced to remain in Singapore against my will, I naturally have to live among Singaporeans. What I have found so far is by and large; educated Singaporeans are recent immigrants from somewhere else. From India, from Europe and from elsewhere. I am not seeing any local educated Singaporeans. I have no doubt that they have left the country. They have emigrated to other countries in the world, and left Singapore for good.
Perhaps, like me, they too think that the administration should be subject to criticism. And that includes the judiciary. Judges are not Gods after all.
Gopalan Nair
Singapore
hide behind the american ass..... prostituiting himself for american protection.
this is the type of people who "cares" about singapore and seek to represent us in parliament??
Wah...
Another great example of civil intimidation from our dear gahmen ?
I thought the police are suppose to protect the people ? So now, they become like the " Secret police " in that book " Animal Farm " ?
Very scary leh.. are we regressing into a communist era ???
(Shudders)...