Ladies and Gentlemen,
As Singaporeans are aware, Roy Ngerng, a 33 year old blogger in Singapore has been sued by the Prime Minister for defamation of character and has become his latest victim in his routine practice of suing their citizens in the court to silence any criticism. Ngerng has written in his blog Heart Truths, the discrepancy in the figures relating to state run retirement fund CPF which indicated strong suspicion that the Prime Minister is guilty of embezzlement.
As I have said in my earlier blog post, it is immaterial whether Ngerng's allegations were true or false. So long as Ngerng's writings were sincere and reasonably based on the evidence and there is no improper motive on his part, he shouldn't be sued by the Prime Minister. This was so in this case.
Recently a growing number of young Singaporeans have taken to writing anti government graffiti on walls and blogs. Although any form of anti government protest is justified as an exercise of your human right of free expression, it is still an offense to deface public property. A far better course of action is for Singaporeans to engage in peaceful public protest. Although it may be an offense under Singapore dictatorship's laws to stifle dissent, this action is justifiable both under the generally accepted understanding of law worldwide, natural justice and the moral conscience of the people. After all, you are not harming anyone by your actions which would be seen as those of a true patriot heroically standing up for his country.
No doubt you would be arrested and punished but in the eyes of the people of Singapore, you would be truly a hero.
I suggest that you protest in front of the CPF building (state run retirement fund) at Robinson Road , not at Hong Lim Park where they expect you to do it. The requirement of allowing protests only at Hong Lim Park is ludicrous and deliberately intended to dilute your inalienable right to peaceful protest under the Constitution.
Singaporeans should protest, if it is peaceful, throughout the island, anywhere they want and ignore these conveniently passed laws and rules to deliberately stifle dissent.
This way you would be truly showing your support to Ngerng and letting him know that he is not alone and you can stand up to these bullies.
Gopalan Nair
Attorney at Law
A Singaporean in Exile
Fremont, California USA
Tel: 510 491 8525
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
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More than 180,000 people gathered in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park for a candlelit vigil tonight to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown that killed between 300 and 2,600 peaceful protesters.
Wow! Even the PRCs and Hong Kongers have bigger balls than Singaporeans.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-tiananmen-vigil-in-hong-kong-is-staggering-2014-6#ixzz33goRRcus
To Anonymous who said,
Wow! Even the PRCs and Hong Kongers have bigger balls than Singaporeans.
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Sure. But why aren't you doing anything? Or are you not living in Singapore?
"No doubt you would be arrested and punished but in the eyes of the people of Singapore, you would be truly a hero.No doubt you would be arrested and punished but in the eyes of the people of Singapore, you would be truly a hero."
Typical Gopalan rhetoric preaching from his safe ivory tower from afar. Great, once the arrest happens, will you provide for the poor saps' family and bills as he/she is languishing in prison and awaiting a defamation trial on top of that?
PS: I am not a PAP stooge or "cyber whatever" you accuse your detractors to be. I am also not a publicity seeking buffoon like you.
That said, I hope:
1. LKY goes soon and gets discredited for the person taht he is!
2. Lee Hsien loong loses power immediately after that!
3. the PAP gets discredited and loses its grip
3. Dr. Chee gets into power with others who truly care about Singapore
I know you are yearning to crawl back to Singapore and join in the power pot, and seek the power you were denied in Singapore for decades but in the interests of Singaporeans, I HOPE YOU FAIL. I can go on an on dear Gopalan, but you are too much! In many respect you are another Lee Kuan Yew, except a toothless one without power! If Lee Kuan Yew lost power and was a nobody, and was kicked out of Singapore, he would act IDENTICALLY as you. think about it! You are no different! You both are intolerant of dissent and have extremist social and racial views (see all your postings to date)
To John Chia,
You are a coward, an UNGRATEFUL pathetic spineless scumbag.
Go dig a very deep shit hole and hide yourself in it.
We don't need you and really despise people like you.
John Chia,
"I am also not a publicity seeking buffoon like you."
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Gopalan may rub some people the wrong way, but it is his right to say and write what he chooses to. The diversity of voices and debate is what makes for a healthy society.
If you take this away, all one ends up with is a nation of obedient Confucians like John Chia. (what is this with chinese needing to have an anglo name? not proud of your southern chinese name?)
>Gopalan "I was not prepared to permit Lee Kuan Yew to unjustly retain my CPF funds if I remained Singapore Citizen."
This alone makes Gopalan smarter than all the Confucian digits in Singapore who are so screwed when it comes to their CPF.
John Chia, I don't think you and your ilk will be at the CPF rally on June 7, right?
John Chia said
You both are intolerant of dissent and have extremist social and racial views (see all your postings to date)
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Many of Singapore's southern Chinese harbour some obnoxious racist views and were very happy to follow Lee Kuan Yew's racist philosophies.
They thought that their future lay with building ties with China and the expense of Singapore's other races.
That is until they started importing PRCs, and realized very quickly that the PRCs look down upon Singapore's Chinese, who they consider to be inferior stock of peasants from Southern China.
(The Angmo and India-Indian FTs also look down upon them.)
Poetic justice, eh.
I'm A Brown Person And I Live In A Racist Country, Singapore
http://www.xojane.com/issues/racism-in-singapore
Her LARGE eyes, tanned skin, and indo-aryan features are welcomed in the West.
I think that Chinese with the slanty eyes have a chip on their shoulder. Did you know that eyelid surgery is routine for many Chinese in the USA when they turn 18 and before they go to college/university.
Google Elliot Rodger to see how a someone with Chinese features has struggled in a western country.
LKY instead of trying to build a classless, non-racial society, has built a racist neo-chinese island.
"I hope:
1. LKY goes soon and gets discredited for the person taht he is!
2. Lee Hsien loong loses power immediately after that!
3. the PAP gets discredited and loses its grip
3. Dr. Chee gets into power with others who truly care about Singapore"
Keep hoping.... With (many) people like you, nothing is going to change for another 50 years. Are you also hoping that your children will grow up to be independent individuals without doing your parental duty?
With respect to GN, his participation is best left to the *free(d)* people of Singapore if he decides to return one day.
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