Comments on: Anachronism

By: V S RAAJ

V S RAAJ — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:46:07 +0000

Ghandi fears the ISA! I wonder why? If one can act within all the boundaries of the law, then why fear! Maybe, just maybe, the fear of ‘accidentally’ inciting riots, racial unrest, aiding terrorism, causing splits amongst ethnic groups, causing financial unstability etc etc is a riding fear in Ghandi…WE cannot afford any of these, accidentally or done purposedly, at any cause or cost – for this fear, let the ISA be around, just in case!!
Yes, 32 years is too long for anyone to remain behind bars without trial but here again restraint is advised! I am sure the govt. had valid reasons…the fear was there, Singapore was then just born, slightest incites may trigger catastrophic results, there was so much to do, so much issues that required attentions, so many, the good, bad and ugly, wanted to take charge of it and perhaps Thye Poh was locked up in the true interest of Singapore. Bad habits die hard, they say and maybe, it took Thye Poh that long to kill his ‘bad habits’…a victim of time!

By: how many still sane after 32 years confined?

how many still sane after 32 years confined? — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:19:30 +0000

2) evil intent on September 18th, 2008 11.02 am
“Chia Thye Poh was in detention for 32 years ”
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Is it ? I thought Asean human righteous…..

yibah yibah untooneh!

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:49:20 +0000

i wish it is true tat Singapore can move ahead and develop into a truly democratic and confident nation…

but i don think PAP will let go,,if they open the main media to be more freedom..
PAP,hai…falling lo,.

By: Donaldson Tan

Donaldson Tan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:15:24 +0000

Do you know it is illegal in Singapore to conduct surveillance on the Cabinet? At least it is still legal to conduct surveillance on non-Cabinent PAP MPs.

By: evil intent

evil intent — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:02:35 +0000

Chia Thye Poh was in detention for 32 years ! This has to be some world record for a person who was never convicted !
Surely the ISA was abused to extract a confession from Chia ?
And Chia did not relent because there was nothing to confess.
Imagine political fortunes change and the ISA is abused.
Can the people dishing out the bitter medicine survive taking such medicine themselves ?

By: Donaldson Tan

Donaldson Tan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:14:40 +0000

ISA? I thought that quote would be more applicable on PAP.