More ex-detainees speak out : Abuse of the ISA in Singapore

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  29 Oct 10, 16:01

  More ex-detainees speak out : Political violence and the abuse of the ISA in Singapore

   

  Friday, October 29, 2010

  
  

  There are three things you need to know about Singapore.
  
  1. The only political violence that has happened in the last 45 years in Singapore are the ones inflicted on political prisoners behind the walls of the Internal Security Department.
  
  Links :
  Political detention in Singapore : Prisoner case histories
  The ISA as a political tool
  Life in Singapore's political prisons
  Surviving long-term detention without trial
  Detention of journalists and lawyers under the ISA
  A detainee remembers 
  
  2. The Internal Security Act has been abused (to serve political ends) more often than it has been used appropriately (to safeguard national security).
  
  23 years after Operation Spectrum : Ex-detainees recall mental and physical abuses
  I'll forgive Lee Kuan Yew if he admits to his error and apologises to me : Lim Hock Siew
  
  3. The people and the institution responsible for the political violence and the abuse of ISA are still in power today. Open discussions on such topics remained sensitive, and even outlawed, in Singapore.
  
  Zahari's 17 Years - rated PG by censors, banned by Minister
  Ex-detainee Vincent Cheng barred from speaking in history seminar
  Here we go again - Govt bans another Martyn See's film
  Operation Spectrum forum cancelled
  Police retracts licence request after Minister queried
  Zahari's 17 Years remains banned : MICA
  
  

  http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-ex-detainees-speak-out-political.html

   

  Teo Soh Lung: 23 years on S'pore, M'sia ex-ISA detainees speak out

  
  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxinEMu6Ix0&feature=player_embedded

   

• angel7030

  29 Oct 10, 16:22

  In the darkest and dirtiest of politic, you need to be cruel, be pre emptive  of what is coming/happening and cunning, by entering politic, you should know n be wary of the consquences of losing and the agony of defeat, it is not something like corporate world, where a MD or CEO who failed, can just resign and forget about it, he/she goes free with no attachment, politic is entirely different, you need to bear the consquences and pay the price, and at time, it can be worst than what you think.

  As young as i am, i share the pain of those who suffered in our earlier years political struggle, and in a struggle, someone will win, and some will lose, but unlike sport or a game, the game of politic is to wipe off the loser of this world without a chance for them to make a return, that is game of politic, a dangerous and aggressive game, if you are not up to it, stay home.

• likeyou

  29 Oct 10, 19:39

  Supposing opposition win.

  pap kick out.

  opposition name their cabinet ministers and mps.

  and pap ministers all eat air.

  will opposition so easy to let them out in the street?

  probably they also the same, catch the pap ministers and detain under isa too.

   

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  29 Oct 10, 21:28

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  will opposition so easy to let them out in the street?

  Democratic countries do so.

  In theory, under constitution of Singapore, Singapore is democratic country but in practice, Singapore is a one party dictatorship.

   

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• Askingyouto

  30 Oct 10, 00:08

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  Supposing opposition win.

  pap kick out.

  opposition name their cabinet ministers and mps.

  and pap ministers all eat air.

  will opposition so easy to let them out in the street?

  probably they also the same, catch the pap ministers and detain under isa too.

   

  No one should be above the law, the real law which accountibility is towards the citizens, not the kind of law that MIW uses with lousy judges to pass awful verdicts.

  If MIW has done wrong then they should be punished. They are afraid, that's why they will never give up their power, MIW will rather destroy this country to save their own ass,

  I hope the opposition realise this and prepare properly, election actually is a very dangerous cat and mouse games which oppositions might get framed and discredited, so I think opposition must have the respect of the citizens for their willingness to sacrifice for this country.

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  30 Oct 10, 01:05

  Originally posted by Askingyouto:

   

  If MIW has done wrong then they should be punished. They are afraid, that's why they will never give up their power, MIW will rather destroy this country to save their own ass,

  Harry Lee will rather see this country be destroyed then give up power.

• βέτά

  30 Oct 10, 01:09

   

  I read from Francis Seow's book that they shine extremely bright spotlight at you during interrogation, it's so strong that it can actually cause sunburn.

   

  Maybe he should have brought some sunblock or suntan lotion along with him when he went in for interrogation.

   

   

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  30 Oct 10, 01:18

  Originally posted by βέτά:

   

  I read from Francis Seow's book that they shine extremely bright spotlight at you during interrogation, it's so strong that it can actually cause sunburn.

   

  Maybe he should have brought some sunblock or suntan lotion along with him when he went in for interrogation.

   

   

  But he didn't know when they were coming to get him.

• angel7030

  30 Oct 10, 11:19

  Originally posted by Vote PAP OUT to Save SG:

  But he didn't know when they were coming to get him.

  
  then he should be prepare, stock up cans of foods, lotion, toothbrush n paste, extra batteries, books...etc etc..just in case. Learn from mistake ya

• likeyou

  30 Oct 10, 14:28

  Originally posted by βέτά:

   

  I read from Francis Seow's book that they shine extremely bright spotlight at you during interrogation, it's so strong that it can actually cause sunburn.

   

  Maybe he should have brought some sunblock or suntan lotion along with him when he went in for interrogation.

   

   

  
  Will they use this tactics on mas? To force him to speak up how he escape? Now he is under isa without parole right?

• angel7030

  30 Oct 10, 14:34

  Ah Wong Kan Seng already step down, force mas also no use liao. He singlely bring down Wong Kan Seng...Cheers to Mas

• likeyou

  30 Oct 10, 14:35

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  Ah Wong Kan Seng already step down, force mas also no use liao. He singlely bring down Wong Kan Seng...Cheers to Mas

  
  Where got bring down? He reappoint to other post.

  Still 1 piece.

   

• angel7030

  30 Oct 10, 14:40

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  
  Where got bring down? He reappoint to other post.

  Still 1 piece.

   

  
  aiya, give face mah, completely down, how can, but he now less in public liao, you see, PAP cannot start a precedent which can make their Ministers, who somehow make lots of mistake recently, out of job or loose face. If they bring down wong completely, then vivan or that LTA lim can also be gone...my country Ah Chen now in jail leh, he apologise and also go jail.