From the Singapore Democrats website
Supporters will keep vigil with the three democracy advocates, Mr Gandhi Ambalam, Dr Chee Soon Juan and Mr Yap Keng Ho, who have been jailed for speaking without a permit.
We will be present outside the Queenstown Remand Prison overnight from 23 Nov (Thursday) to 30 Nov (Thursday) from 7 pm to 12 am midnight.
Please come and join us if you want to show your support for the 3 prisoners of conscience, and the cause of freedom of speech and democracy in Singapore.
Bring along your family and friends.
Please do not twist fact to your own advantage. While I am supportive of the spirit of liberty in which Dr Chee is acting (though not necessarily supportive of all his actions per se), the three democracy advocates are not being jailed for speaking without a permit, but are being jailed for not being man enough to pay the lawfully imposed fines.
ReplyDeleteIt's all well and good to demonstrate and be civilly disobedient to prove a point, if the point deserves proving (and I believe this one does), but not being willing to take responsibility for that disobedience and facing the lawful and legal consequences of those actions is plain cowardice.
ketsugi,
ReplyDeleteWhy should it be an offence to speak in offence in the first place?Did the 3 men seriously injure you or your kins when the
"committed those offences"?
In most democratic countries, and
even in some controlled dictatorships, such thing are a common happenings. Are our laws fair to the common man or are they there to perpetuate the power of the regime?
Freedom of speech in Singapore is not allowed. The likes of ketsugi abounds in this land. Thus, the sorry state of affair in this country.
ReplyDeleteThose people are criminals. They have broken the law and now paying the price. We Singaporeans have better things to do like going to VivoCity and spending our progress package.
ReplyDeleteThese people deserve to be jailed for speaking in public without a license. They knew the law and broke it.
Anon 03:21:35
ReplyDeleteI hope the authorities passes law that states it is unlawful to speak to your mother. This law than must be right and just because in your mind it is pass down as law by the authorities.
Or besides speaking in public, I like to see the authorities pass down a law that states you need a license to laugh in public. You will then have to obey it because by your interpretation that's the law and must obeyed.
I really these happen. I really do. I want to see how you feel about "LAWS" Laws must be right, just and uphold justice.
ketsugi and anon, you are a couple of typical singapore cunts. the time has come for the international commercial world to take a fcresh look atr whether or not singapore is a safe place to run a company.
ReplyDeleteHere in the US, the Washington Post has suggested companies must now consider pulling out. As a democrat I feel the singapore imprisoning of three political enemies of the PAP for talking in public is the last straw.