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Speak No Evil Leading critics of Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) have often found themselves in hot water...
TANG LIANG HONG The lawyer and Workers' Party politician fled Singapore, citing death threats after losing a bid for Parliament in 1997. He was also sued for $2.9 million after he accused Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and 10 other PAP leaders, who referred to him as "anti-Christian," of lying...
...Over the years, government leaders have repeatedly said they have to defend their reputations in order to administer effectively. "I think there are clear rules of engagement for elections here," says Irene Ng, a former journalist who made her political debut as a ruling People's Action Party (PAP) candidate last week. "You should know not to defame anyone, that goes for PAP candidates too, so there's no need to fear being sued if you don't defame anyone."(A senior PAP politician at the Ministry of Information declined to comment for this article...
...authority to jail without trial anyone accused of trying to subvert the state. This looming menace gives any political discussion in Singapore a frightening tone, and there are some Singaporeans who choose to avoid the subject altogether. Despite a few opposition figures, the People’s Action Party (PAP), which has been in power since Singapore’s independence in 1965, faces no credible threat to its power...
...PAP and its leader, Lee Kwan Yew, have managed to create a prosperous state, but at the cost of personal and civil liberty. Of course, there are many countries in Southeast Asia (such as Indonesia) that offer their citizens neither liberty nor prosperity. So few countries have managed the difficult transition from Third World poverty to modern prosperity that Singapore’s achievement—at whatever cost—seems remarkable, and perhaps even admirable...