Singapore rejects 'repressive state' tag by rights watchdog

• Larryteo

  23 Jan 10, 16:03

  SINGAPORE (AFP) - – Singapore on Friday rejected allegations by a US-based human rights group that it is a "politically repressive state".

  "Singapore is a democratic state with a clean and transparent government, whose public officials are held responsible against the highest standards of probity and integrity," the Ministry of Law said in a statement to AFP.

  The ministry cited the latest World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report which rated Singapore as "first out of 133 countries for public trust of politicians and transparency of government policymaking".

  Human Rights Watch in its annual report released Thursday slammed Singapore for jailing critics of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) and hitting them with financially devastating libel suits.

  The New York-based group also criticised the mandatory imposition of the death penalty for certain crimes, legislation that permit caning as well as laws that ban street protests and allow detention without trial.

  "Singapore remains the textbook example of a politically repressive state," said HRW deputy Asia director Phil Robertson in a press statement Thursday.

  HRW's global report had a chapter on Singapore, a wealthy city-state known for political stability, a low crime rate and a conducive environment for global businesses to operate, but also criticised for its little tolerance against dissent.

  "Individuals who want to criticise or challenge the ruling party's hold on power can expect to face a life of harassment, lawsuits and even prison," Robertson said.

  The Law Ministry rejected the allegations, and accused HRW of recycling propaganda put out by opposition politician Chee Soon Juan and other government critics.

  Chee is a long-time critic of the PAP who has been jailed several times in his struggle against the government.

  "Human Rights Watchs approach seems to be that they can issue these pronouncements and we should follow them," the Ministry of Law said.

  "And their approach seems to be that before they issue these pronouncements, they do not need an understanding of the facts or our viewpoints -- what we think and why we have chosen a specific governance model. These appear to be irrelevant to them."

   

   

  Finally a foreigner said something about Singapore's repressive motion

• angel7030

  23 Jan 10, 16:29

  Singapore face very thick one lah, heckcare who said this or that, after 50 years of repression, still talk so much for what??? live with it lah.

• Fantagf

  23 Jan 10, 16:30

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  Singapore face very thick one lah, heckcare who said this or that, after 50 years of repression, still talk so much for what??? live with it lah.

  
  Crawl back to your brothel pub to get ready entertain customers.     There is nothing you can do if people talk about it.    

   

• water margin

  23 Jan 10, 16:32

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  Singapore face very thick one lah, heckcare who said this or that, after 50 years of repression, still talk so much for what??? live with it lah.

  
  pls don't generalise - you are the thick skin one

• angel7030

  23 Jan 10, 16:33

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  Crawl back to your brothel pub to get ready entertain customers.     There is nothing you can do if people talk about it.    

   

  
  aiyo, aunty, u no sleep meh??? wha lau, here all suffer from insomina..must be...yawn!!! what time liao?

• likeyou

  23 Jan 10, 16:33

  This ang mo love to poke pple's backside.

• angel7030

  23 Jan 10, 16:34

  Originally posted by water margin:

  
  pls don't generalise - you are the thick skin one

  
  no lah, mine tender skin, some uncles i see got elephant skins...

• Miracles&Prophecies

  23 Jan 10, 16:34

  Of course they'll reject it that's why they are called repressive state...no repressive state would admit that they are.....
  
  Lying is a concept man has devised since the ancient times.
• angel7030

  23 Jan 10, 16:34

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  This ang mo love to poke pple's backside.

  
  you also mah

• Fantagf

  23 Jan 10, 16:35

  Originally posted by water margin:

  
  pls don't generalise - you are the thick skin one

  
  I suppose you have not known her him before you come here.

  She he is known to slam people who are not agreeable with her his beloved PAP.     A PAP bootlicker she he is.   She he claims LKY is her his lau hero

• angel7030

  23 Jan 10, 16:36

  Originally posted by Miracles&Prophecies:

  Of course they'll reject it that's why they are called repressive state...no repressive state would admit that they are.....
  
  Lying is a concept man has devised since the ancient times.

  
  repressive or non repressive ask those ang mo to shut up and take care of their own country financial and jobless crisis...no wonder kenna Madoff cheated,...

• Fantagf

  23 Jan 10, 16:37

  Back in 2007 or 2008, United Nation came up with a 17 to 18 pages report on the issue of human right in Singapore.    This was not reported in any local mainstream media.      

  The ruling party needs to care not about human right issue.   If they care too much it seems not beneficial to them , affect in carrying out their agenda.

• angel7030

  23 Jan 10, 16:38

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  I suppose you have not known her him before you come here.

  She he is known to slam people who are not agreeable with her his beloved PAP.     A PAP bootlicker she he is.   She he claims LKY is her his lau hero

  
  good for english pronoun lesson...hehehehe...God know what we would be without LKY...good or bad, what a world he created here...really admire him.

• Fantagf

  23 Jan 10, 16:39

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  
  repressive or non repressive ask those ang mo to shut up and take care of their own country financial and jobless crisis...no wonder kenna Madoff cheated,...

  
  who do you think you are that ang mo will listen to you.   Crawl back to your brothel to serve customers.

• dadeadman1337

  23 Jan 10, 16:39

  No way a report on rights is going to do anything. Rank SG with the west maybe we are behind in such things, rank with our regional neighbours, we are still well above

• angel7030

  23 Jan 10, 16:43

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  Back in 2007 or 2008, United Nation came up with a 17 to 18 pages report on the issue of human right in Singapore.    This was not reported in any local mainstream media.      

  The ruling party needs to care not about human right issue.   If they care too much it seems not beneficial to them , affect in carrying out their agenda.

  
  Singapore only 17 to 18 pages, same same as most countries lah, China, Africa states, Malaysia, mynamar, etc etc they wrote a book out of each of them lor.

  What is UN, cannot even stop US aggression, and while poor peoples are suffering, the posh UN office building now in NEW YORK are bleaming with glass reflection and standing tall beside the Wall street. Why not build the UN office in trouble Iraq or poor african state in Africa or india, or Tibet, or Arab states???

• likeyou

  23 Jan 10, 16:45

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  
  you also mah

  
  Hmm...you make me horny, poke who backside arh?

• likeyou

  23 Jan 10, 16:46

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  I suppose you have not known her him before you come here.

  She he is known to slam people who are not agreeable with her his beloved PAP.     A PAP bootlicker she he is.   She he claims LKY is her his lau hero

  
  Shemale? Better run....

• Fantagf

  23 Jan 10, 16:47

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  
  Hmm...you make me horny, poke who backside arh?

  
  don't don't let yourself aroused by her him, you won't know if her him has any AIDS

• angel7030

  23 Jan 10, 16:48

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  
  Hmm...you make me horny, poke who backside arh?

  
  huh...so bad!!! run...run to neighbourhood police to report...Ciao guys and gals,...me got dating liao...must make up first...chiong ar....chop arrrrrrhh....Jacky Chan new show not bad..hmmmm...

• likeyou

  23 Jan 10, 16:48

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  
  repressive or non repressive ask those ang mo to shut up and take care of their own country financial and jobless crisis...no wonder kenna Madoff cheated,...

  
  Agreed with you really.

  They should take care of their country. Their country already very messy, yet come and poke pples backside...err.....angel...I am horny again.

• likeyou

  23 Jan 10, 16:49

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  
  huh...so bad!!! run...run to neighbourhood police to report...Ciao guys and gals,...me got dating liao...must make up first...chiong ar....chop arrrrrrhh....Jacky Chan new show not bad..hmmmm...

  
  Jacky chan new show?

  Donkey years nvr see show liao.

  Waste money.

• Plastic Bag

  23 Jan 10, 17:04

  HA HA HA. The men in white are the epitome of having your cake and eat it.

• Fantagf

  23 Jan 10, 17:06

  Originally posted by Plastic Bag:

  HA HA HA. The men in white are the epitome of having your cake and eat it.

  
  Let's see how long the fusion cake can be edible to them.

• Larryteo

  23 Jan 10, 17:28

  How come all of you here are whores? How much for one night?