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29 July 1987: Chiam’s finest hour (part one)
Oct. 3 | In support of the 16 ex-detainees call for Commission of Inquiry to investigate their detentions, TOC republishes this article which first appeared in TOC on May 20, 2009. – “You have got powers of detention without trial. You say you...
TOC Exclusive: Teo Soh Lung – In her own words (part one)
Oct. 2 | In support of the 16 ex-detainees’ call for the Commission of Inquiry to investigate their detentions, TOC republishes this article which first appeared in TOC on May 19, 2009. – Next on TOC: Lone opposition MP in Parliament in 1987, Mr Chiam...
Not your ordinary chit-chat session
Feb. 10 | Terence Lee When the Internal Security Department (ISD) called up Pastor Rony Tan to talk about his callous comments on Buddhism, it was no ordinary chit-chat session. Pleasantries might have been exchanged and the obligatory coffee proffered, but this...
Reform the Internal Security Act
Jun. 2 | By Donaldson Tan / Head, TOC International / London The ISA still serves an important function in ensuring Singapore’s security, despite the potential for abuse by the government. The author suggests four reforms that will help guarantee that...
1987 “Marxist Conspiracy”? People are just “jealous”, says letter to ST forum
May. 26 | Letter to the Straits Times forum by Lionel De Souza: I READ last Friday’s report, ‘Ex-ISA detainees remember 1987 arrests’, with some consternation. I cannot fathom the necessity to resurrect and commemorate the arrest of members of...
“Operation Spectrum was political rape”
May. 26 | The Online Citizen officially ends its “Marxist Conspiracy: Truth or Government Propaganda” Special Feature Week with this article. We thank our readers for their patience and indulgence as we took the week to highlight the events of 1987....
1989 – Lee Kuan Yew’s defamation suit against FEER
May. 24 | Nathaniel Koh This article consists mainly of excerpts from the Straits Times and the Wall Street Journal. Overview In September 1989, then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew sued the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) over an article related to the “Marxist...
That we may dream again – book review by Chee Siok Chin
May. 23 | The following is a review of the book, That We May Dream Again, by Ms Chee Siok Chin in March 2009. The book is a collection of writings by several former Internal Security Act detainees, including some of those who were detained in 1987, about their...
Let the people judge
May. 22 | Andrew Loh / With special thanks to Martyn See On 10 June 1987, Mr Tan Wah Piow released a book, which few Singaporeans would have known or know about. It was called, “Let the people judge – Confessions of the most wanted person in Singapore.” The...
Remembering the 22
May. 22 | Video by Ho Choon Hiong Andrew Loh / Pictures courtesy of Jacob George In a simple but solemn gathering at Speakers’ Corner on Thursday, about 100 people observed the 22nd anniversary of the arrest and detention of 22 social activists by the Internal...
Teo Soh Lung – In her own words (Part Two)
May. 22 | The following is an email interview with Ms Teo Soh Lung, who was arrested in 1987 and detained under the Internal Security Act for two and a half years. You can read Part One here. TOC: What motivated your involvement in social activism? How were you...
Chiam’s finest hour (part two): the government responds
May. 21 | “I think he could not understand the truth of this incident or he would not want to understand the truth of this incident. If he could not understand the matter then his political consciousness or understanding is very low. If he does not want...
Was it a Red or White conspiracy?
May. 21 | Breaking News: 100 people turned up at Speakers’ Corner Thursday evening to mark 22nd anniversary of “Marxist Conspiracy”. TOC will carry a report of it soon. Breaking News: Ministry of Education releases Information Sheet on Ministry...
The Marxist Conspiracy – Not forgetting the evil things that have already been done!
May. 20 | Ravi Philemon The arrests began in the early hours of the 21st of May 1987. Within a span of a few hours, 16 men and women, most of whom were social workers, dramatists, Roman Catholic Church welfare workers and lawyers, were arrested by the Internal...
Straits Times of May ’87 – Four days of government statements on “Marxist Conspiracy”
May. 19 | Coming next on TOC: Ex-ISA detainee, Ms Teo Soh Lung, writes a personal piece for The Online Citizen. Stay tuned! Andrew Loh / With special thanks to Martyn See For four days, from 27 May to 30 May, 1987, the Straits Times carried the statements of the...
May 1987 – A conspiracy un-proved
May. 18 | Straits Times, Front Page, 22 May 1987 Andrew Loh Read also: “Marxist plot” revisited by Singapore Window. And: Singapore is holding 12 in “Marxist Conspiracy” by The New York Times. In May 1987, the government of then-Prime...
Where Mas Selamat lived
May. 11 | From The Star Online: JOHOR BARU: Fugitive militant Mas Selamat Kastari (pic) found the perfect spot to hide – a secluded village in Johor unmarked on any map, not even Google Earth. He found a traditional kampung house on stilts in Kampung Tawakal,...
Singapore government knew that Mas Selamat had been arrested
May. 10 | The following is a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office. PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG ON THE RE-ARREST OF MAS SELAMAT KASTARI I had a four-eye lunch with Datuk Seri Najib in Pattaya on 11 April. It was an impromptu arrangement which...
No time to dress up, Mas Selamat caught while sleeping!
May. 9 | MAS Selamat Kastari, one of the region’s most wanted terrorists, was nabbed while he was asleep in a secluded kampung house in Skudai, Johor, The Star reported on Saturday. He could barely put up a struggle in his shorts and T-shirt when he was...
Mas Selamat captured – all thanks to the ISD!
May. 8 | Gerald Giam Malaysia cleans up the mess. Singapore takes the credit – shamelessly. “DEPUTY Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng commended the Internal Security Department (ISD) officers for going all out to track down the escaped terror leader Mas Selamat,...
Sharing of information between 3 countries led to Mas Selamat’s arrest – Star Online
May. 8 | From The Star Online: Fugitive Mas Selamat nabbed KUALA LUMPUR: Fugitive suspected Singaporean terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari has been arrested by Malaysian police. It is learnt the fugitive, who escaped from a Singapore maximum security detention centre...
