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Chew was one of 22 persons arrested under the IS in May and June of 1987, during a government crackdown on dissent. These arrests marked the first time in a decade that new arrests had been made under the IS, although one prisoner, Chia Thye Poh, has been held without trial since 1966 on account of his nonviolent political opinions. Chew Kheng Chuan and the others arrested with him in 1987 had never publicly supported the use of violence; rather, they were apparently arrested for their involvement in various church and student groups, community activities and peaceful political opposition...
Chew and the other detainees were subjected to intensive and exhaustive questioning, sometimes lasting up to 72 hours at a time. During breaks between periods of questioning, they were held in solitary confinement under continuous fluorescent lighting. The state-owned television station later broadcast deceptively edited videotapes which claimed to show the detainees "confessing" to a Marxist plot against the government...
...Crimson's 27-0 blanking of Tufts left Harvard in sole possession of the Metro Region division lead and qualified the Crimson for the New England Championships, to be held in two weeks...
While Harvard will be trying to secure its stranglehold on the New England area, the Radcliffe rugby club will be trying to prove it was the best team in the Mayor's Cup tournament held two weeks...
Interviews in the fall are conducted at the Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster Street. Interviews for Spring Recruiting will be held at Hilles Library (corner of Shepard and Garden Street) in the Colloquium Room...