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The story of Chee Soon Juan, leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, as told by Next Media Animation, a Taiwan-based company which produces animated news clips for news organisations and web sites.
Their report that accompanies the clip:
Its latest efforts to suppress political dissent include the impending imprisonment of Dr Chee Soon Juan. His crime? Speaking in public.
In Singapore, speaking in public requires a government permit. But the PAP government does not freely grant such permits to political opponents.
The prison term means Dr Chee cannot stand in this year’s parliamentary elections. The PAP presently controls 82 of Singapore’s 84 seats.
PAP also suppresses dissent by suing its opponents for libel. Where in other democracies politicians expect to be criticized, PAP politicians are thin-skinned.
For example, it is a libel to suggest nepotism is the reason why Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has his job – after his dad held it for 31 years.
Dynastic government? Kind of reminds you of Asia’s other political dynasty.
Next Media Animation is a unit of Hong Kong-based Next Media, publishers of Apple Daily, the newspaper founded by Jimmy Lai. Apple Daily and Next Media take a firm and unrelenting stand on civil and political rights. The newspaper and its web sites have been banned by China.
Noted Democracy Icon, Dr Chee Soon Juan
is going to Prison
Following the failed appeal against conviction, Dr Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) will be going to Prison on February 10 and will be spending the General Elections(GE) behind bars. This is despite an appeal made to the general public at large for donations in an effort to keep the democracy icon out of jail in order for him to helm the SDP’s General Elections campaign. Continue reading
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