Ladies and Gentlemen,
You know of the comedy that went on just recently for 4 days, from Sept 20, 2010 to Sept 24, 2010, the Disciplinary Proceedings to find me guilty of unprofessional conduct for, among other things, criticizing Lee Kuan Yew's judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean, on, believe it or not, more than 2 years ago, May 29, 2008!
It took them way more than a year even to charge me with anything, and mind you, after I had left the island of Singapore permanently, with no possibility of ever returning! Remember I am banned.
So you could very nicely say, they are taking their time indeed. And even now, they don't seem to be in any particular hurry. The Disciplinary proceedings had gone on in Singapore without me, since they were in effect preparing to arrest me again if I ever stepped foot there.
I can tell you that this sort of legal procedure that Lee Kuan Yew adopts in his Singapore is really something! This is how it is done, Singapore style. First you charge him in Singapore, while he himself is out of the country. Then you commence disciplinary proceedings against him with various charges, while he remains abroad. At the same time you make it clear that if he ever steps foot in Singapore he will be arrested, that way making sure he won't be there. Then you proceed against him in his absence and proclaim your victory. This is what is known as Singaporean Justice Lee Kuan Yew style.
Another way to put it is like this. You put the Defendant in a boxing ring. You tie both his hands. Then you knock him out and proclaim yourself winner.
You can see why I did not go to Singapore. You can also see why the Disciplinary Council in my absence has found me the most dishonorable lawyer that ever lived. They have not said so, so far, but we can expect them to do so, sooner or later.
And the other thing very unusual of this sort of Singaporean justice is the long delay, very long delay, they seem to take. Remember the principle offense that I allegedly committed was way back in May 2008. Why does it take them 2 years to do anything about it? And now, today being the 30th of September 2010, why have they said nothing about the proceedings against me that concluded on Sept 24, 2010! Had I committed any wrong doing in California, the State Bar would have filed charges against me the very next day.
I tell you why the Singaporean Law Society takes their time. It is because they are in a quandary. Perhaps they thought I was going to take their abuse lying down. But when I made clear that I had no such intention and began documenting their every move for the world to see in this blog, they realize they have made a mistake. They failed to consider, despite Lee Kuan Yew's claim to have an over the horizon radar of understanding, that today is not 1959. I have the Internet now. And they would have to cope with that whether they like it or not.
So, having got their knickers in a twist, their only hope seems to be to drag this over a long period of time, a very long period of time during which time they reckon perhaps that the memory of the whole thing might have faded in the public mind; after which they would come out with their disbarment. Which would satisfy me, because at any time of their choosing, I too would come out with my response for the world to judge.
Carry on, take your time, it suits me fine either way. But this blog would continue reminding you of Law Society of Singapore vs Gopalan Nair and about Lee Kuan Yew's judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean and how she prostituted her judicial office to please her master Lee Kuan Yew.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew hospitalized and the entire island feels the jitters
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Singapore's state controlled newspaper the Straits Times Online edition of Sept 30, 2010 carried the story "MM Lee hospitalized", meaning Singapore's Minister Mentor and dictator Lee Kuan Yew has been hospitalized.
The report refers to chest infection as the cause which prevented him from attending the funeral of one of his minions Dr. Balaji Sadasivan who had died of colon cancer.
Lee only 2 days ago had physiotherapy resulting from a fall in Kiev where he was giving an interview.
Readers would recall an island wide nervousness resulting from my blog post of Saturday, March 6, 2010(Update: March 07, 2010, this is a hoax) Singapore strongman 87 year old Lee Kuan Yew suffers massive heart attack in which I deliberately and falsely wrote he had a severe heart attack.
My writing then caused people not only in Singapore but worldwide extreme nervousness of the consequences.
My point in writing it then was to prove that very point, which is, Singapore despite it's proclamations of a democracy is in fact a delicate flimsy one party state dictatorship in which everything happens because of this one man, and that his death would have monumental and devastating consequences in the island making the Indonesian tsunami a mere hiccup.
I guess this nervousness and fear of the unknown among Singaporeans has now begun for real, with the dictator having been reported to have been treated for a fall 2 days ago in Eastern Europe and yesterday, a severe chest infection.
With these dire reports, the people can reasonably fear only one thing, the man is going to kick the bucket very soon, and the unthinkable happening.
And with that fear gripping the entire Singapore and the western capitals of the world, can I ask now the following very pertinent questions?
Is the stock market in Singapore falling or will it fall very soon?
Will the foreign investors who have put their money in the island because of the old dictator pull out of Singapore now?
Is his son whom he placed as Prime Minister whom no one respects let alone himself going to be re-visited with the cancer which had plagued him in the past and die himself?
Is Dr. Chee Soon Juan and his opposition Singapore Democratic Party doubling up their efforts to ready themselves for a multi cornered political fight with other aspirants?
Are even more Singaporeans now cashing out and leaving the island permanently rather than to wait until the Singapore dollar loses all value?
Is Judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean who so confidently abused the law to punish her master's opponent now having second thoughts about the whole thing and packing out of Singapore and herself entirely?
Yes many of the fears that I mentioned are about to happen regardless of whether the dictator dies today or tomorrow. You see, with these 2 incidents only a couple of days apart, anyone with normal caution will see the danger of waiting any longer.
I am sure that with his death, the Singapore dollar will take a dive. That means a loss for a great many people who hold that currency. Common sense dictates that waiting till the last minute, which is obviously fast approaching is suicidal.
Another thing which both local and foreign governments are aware is this, his son as Prime minister is really not up to it. And I am sure the son knows it too.
This means there is bound to be infighting for a new team which commands some respect. But the problem is that it cannot happen in Singapore because Lee Kuan Yew himself made it impossible.
Singapore's leaders today are not leaders in the real sense but purely handpicked bootlickers that he has placed in power with million dollar salaries. Take the example of K Shanmugam his recently appointed Tamil Minister of Law. Does anyone consider him a leader of anyone or anything, I don't think so. He knows that as well as we all do which is, he is there because he was prepared to be the master's errand boy. It is the same with every one of these Lee Kuan Yew ministers.
What is even more disgusting and dishonest is the fact that these Ministers were not appointed by a mistake. No, they were appointed by design, because Lee Kuan Yew knows that such nobodys picked out of thin air cannot ever be threats to his power, because if he allowed real leaders to develop, then his own position might be uncertain, especially because he may not be able to steal the millions which he does from Singaporeans now.
The best way to describe Lee Kuan Yew is a dishonest corrupt power hungry third world dictator who managed to create a political system that would ensure his own survival and that of his family. He deliberately ensures that the system would not outlast him. That is why either today or tomorrow when Lee Kuan Yew dies there is going to be utter confusion mayhem and disorder in the island.
If you are wise, get out now. Get out with your money, your families and the hope which you still have.
In 1933 when Hitler came to power in the Reichstag, there were those who saw the writing on the wall and left. I need not say what happened to those who were left behind especially the Jews in Hitler's Third Reich. What is going to happen in Singapore is complete disorder and collapse.
By the way, I wonder what the recently appointed judge Quentin Loh Sze Onn is thinking now. Only a month ago, he entered the Singapore judiciary, hand picked by Lee Kuan Yew and his minions, all prepared to spend his remaining long career pleasing his master and his master's son. I hope he is reading this blog now.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Singapore's state controlled newspaper the Straits Times Online edition of Sept 30, 2010 carried the story "MM Lee hospitalized", meaning Singapore's Minister Mentor and dictator Lee Kuan Yew has been hospitalized.
The report refers to chest infection as the cause which prevented him from attending the funeral of one of his minions Dr. Balaji Sadasivan who had died of colon cancer.
Lee only 2 days ago had physiotherapy resulting from a fall in Kiev where he was giving an interview.
Readers would recall an island wide nervousness resulting from my blog post of Saturday, March 6, 2010(Update: March 07, 2010, this is a hoax) Singapore strongman 87 year old Lee Kuan Yew suffers massive heart attack in which I deliberately and falsely wrote he had a severe heart attack.
My writing then caused people not only in Singapore but worldwide extreme nervousness of the consequences.
My point in writing it then was to prove that very point, which is, Singapore despite it's proclamations of a democracy is in fact a delicate flimsy one party state dictatorship in which everything happens because of this one man, and that his death would have monumental and devastating consequences in the island making the Indonesian tsunami a mere hiccup.
I guess this nervousness and fear of the unknown among Singaporeans has now begun for real, with the dictator having been reported to have been treated for a fall 2 days ago in Eastern Europe and yesterday, a severe chest infection.
With these dire reports, the people can reasonably fear only one thing, the man is going to kick the bucket very soon, and the unthinkable happening.
And with that fear gripping the entire Singapore and the western capitals of the world, can I ask now the following very pertinent questions?
Is the stock market in Singapore falling or will it fall very soon?
Will the foreign investors who have put their money in the island because of the old dictator pull out of Singapore now?
Is his son whom he placed as Prime Minister whom no one respects let alone himself going to be re-visited with the cancer which had plagued him in the past and die himself?
Is Dr. Chee Soon Juan and his opposition Singapore Democratic Party doubling up their efforts to ready themselves for a multi cornered political fight with other aspirants?
Are even more Singaporeans now cashing out and leaving the island permanently rather than to wait until the Singapore dollar loses all value?
Is Judge Belinda Ang Saw Ean who so confidently abused the law to punish her master's opponent now having second thoughts about the whole thing and packing out of Singapore and herself entirely?
Yes many of the fears that I mentioned are about to happen regardless of whether the dictator dies today or tomorrow. You see, with these 2 incidents only a couple of days apart, anyone with normal caution will see the danger of waiting any longer.
I am sure that with his death, the Singapore dollar will take a dive. That means a loss for a great many people who hold that currency. Common sense dictates that waiting till the last minute, which is obviously fast approaching is suicidal.
Another thing which both local and foreign governments are aware is this, his son as Prime minister is really not up to it. And I am sure the son knows it too.
This means there is bound to be infighting for a new team which commands some respect. But the problem is that it cannot happen in Singapore because Lee Kuan Yew himself made it impossible.
Singapore's leaders today are not leaders in the real sense but purely handpicked bootlickers that he has placed in power with million dollar salaries. Take the example of K Shanmugam his recently appointed Tamil Minister of Law. Does anyone consider him a leader of anyone or anything, I don't think so. He knows that as well as we all do which is, he is there because he was prepared to be the master's errand boy. It is the same with every one of these Lee Kuan Yew ministers.
What is even more disgusting and dishonest is the fact that these Ministers were not appointed by a mistake. No, they were appointed by design, because Lee Kuan Yew knows that such nobodys picked out of thin air cannot ever be threats to his power, because if he allowed real leaders to develop, then his own position might be uncertain, especially because he may not be able to steal the millions which he does from Singaporeans now.
The best way to describe Lee Kuan Yew is a dishonest corrupt power hungry third world dictator who managed to create a political system that would ensure his own survival and that of his family. He deliberately ensures that the system would not outlast him. That is why either today or tomorrow when Lee Kuan Yew dies there is going to be utter confusion mayhem and disorder in the island.
If you are wise, get out now. Get out with your money, your families and the hope which you still have.
In 1933 when Hitler came to power in the Reichstag, there were those who saw the writing on the wall and left. I need not say what happened to those who were left behind especially the Jews in Hitler's Third Reich. What is going to happen in Singapore is complete disorder and collapse.
By the way, I wonder what the recently appointed judge Quentin Loh Sze Onn is thinking now. Only a month ago, he entered the Singapore judiciary, hand picked by Lee Kuan Yew and his minions, all prepared to spend his remaining long career pleasing his master and his master's son. I hope he is reading this blog now.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Singapore's motley haphazard bunch of people.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Although Singapore's population until recently consisted mainly of immigrants together with the pre-existing Malay community, after half a century we could say it was indeed a country, a multi racial country.
The races in Singapore were sufficiently bonded, the people had an undeniable character which you could say was distinctly Singaporean.
Today it is different. Millions of foreigners from Communist China and the neighbouring countries are being flooded into Singapore which naturally upsets the Singaporean character as we know it.
From the very basics, even the interaction between a foreigner and a minority Singaporean (minority in his own country now) becomes uncertain, because neither of them knows what to expect of the other. Will they take offense to certain things we say, to our practices? How is anyone to know the reaction of these foreigners in daily situations and a general uncertainty prevails in social intercourse in daily life.
One manifestation of this can be found in the local newspapers. There has never been so much crime as there is now, with daily muggings, robberies and fraud, not to mention murder which seems to happen more frequently now than ever before. And usually you can tell these crimes are committed by recently admitted Communist Chinese nationals by their jointed Chinese names such as Wi Leijen whereas a local Singaporean would be Wee Lee Jeng.
This increase in crime by Chinese nationals may be because crime in Communist China is more frequent than in Singapore, or because criminals are treated less harshly or some other reason which no Singaporean would know unless he is an expert on China. But when you bring them in indiscriminately, not knowing their way of life, this is what you get; a complete upsetting of your way of life as you have always known it.
You can say the same of the recently arrived Burmese Singaporeans, the Indian Singaporeans and every other recently arrived foreigner in the already crowded small island of Singapore.
It is one thing to bring immigrants to a large country with a large population like the USA. Immigrants there are absorbed into the mainstream population and adapt to it. But in Singapore where the locals are already a fast diminishing minority, the Singaporean national identity simply cannot survive. It will be dead if not already and what takes it's place is the Communist Chinese character.
I am not sure about you, but this is not what I want of Singapore. A Singaporean identity would have been far superior to that of a Communist Chinese one, especially that of rural Chinese outlying areas from where most immigrants come, mostly of peasant stock.
And to make things worse, unhappy Singaporeans leave the island in increasing numbers which in turn increases the foreign Singapore population proportion even further.
With Lee Kuan Yew's determination not to provide any welfare of any sort in his belief that it will encourage a crutch mentality, most of these recent immigrants would not want to settle in the country, since they would be devastated if unemployed. In Singapore if you are unemployed, you either starve and die, or you are cared for by relatives, or you are locked up in an institution. This is what you get for being poor.
Already you can see this in the plight of the old and tottering folk who clean tables at food centers, who stand out as dire reminders as to what will happen to you in your old age if you are poor. Such a sight alone should discourage any foreigner who has a choice not to sink roots in the island.
What happens then is for people to be transitory. They reckon, it may be a better place than their native Communist China to make a few bucks while the going is good. If not, pack up and leave, while someone else comes for a while. With this sort of community you end up with an entire island of people almost like hotel guests. They stay a while and then leave while others take their places.
Another country that is somewhat like this is Dubai, a good place to do business or work. But the question is how many people call it home, not many. But there is one difference between the two. Dubai has oil money, limitless quantities of it, while Singapore has none. It is questionable how long this island with a fast diminishing population who are committed and loyal can stay afloat.
We are confronted with a daily litany of good news in the Singapore press but good news alone never saved a country, that much we should know. With a fast dying out breed of Singaporean being replaced wholesale by a motley haphazard group of people from who knows where, I don't see any hope. Do you?
Looking into the crystal ball, I see the government increasingly struggling with all sorts of unexpected problems, with native Singaporeans leaving and being replaced by second rate foreigners. As it is today, spending some time at the Changi airport businesses is like watching the former British TV comedy program "Mind your language" in a class room in London where foreign students were learning English. No one seemed to know what in Heavens anyone else was saying. Just like in "Mind Your Language" I have been told, in the airport restaurant, if you ordered Chicken, the Chinese waitress would probably give you pork liver! I guess, if you are going there for some fun, it is all right.
You will see more resignations from the Civil Service resulting in even poorer quality workers, poorly qualified policemen with mounting resignations, the armed forces understaffed because of insufficient young Singaporeans, increased crime rate, mounting suicides out of helplessness and desperation, lawyers doctors and every other professional will be a foreigner, newspaper reporters who cannot even write as well as a high school newsletter. It simply cannot go on like this.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Although Singapore's population until recently consisted mainly of immigrants together with the pre-existing Malay community, after half a century we could say it was indeed a country, a multi racial country.
The races in Singapore were sufficiently bonded, the people had an undeniable character which you could say was distinctly Singaporean.
Today it is different. Millions of foreigners from Communist China and the neighbouring countries are being flooded into Singapore which naturally upsets the Singaporean character as we know it.
From the very basics, even the interaction between a foreigner and a minority Singaporean (minority in his own country now) becomes uncertain, because neither of them knows what to expect of the other. Will they take offense to certain things we say, to our practices? How is anyone to know the reaction of these foreigners in daily situations and a general uncertainty prevails in social intercourse in daily life.
One manifestation of this can be found in the local newspapers. There has never been so much crime as there is now, with daily muggings, robberies and fraud, not to mention murder which seems to happen more frequently now than ever before. And usually you can tell these crimes are committed by recently admitted Communist Chinese nationals by their jointed Chinese names such as Wi Leijen whereas a local Singaporean would be Wee Lee Jeng.
This increase in crime by Chinese nationals may be because crime in Communist China is more frequent than in Singapore, or because criminals are treated less harshly or some other reason which no Singaporean would know unless he is an expert on China. But when you bring them in indiscriminately, not knowing their way of life, this is what you get; a complete upsetting of your way of life as you have always known it.
You can say the same of the recently arrived Burmese Singaporeans, the Indian Singaporeans and every other recently arrived foreigner in the already crowded small island of Singapore.
It is one thing to bring immigrants to a large country with a large population like the USA. Immigrants there are absorbed into the mainstream population and adapt to it. But in Singapore where the locals are already a fast diminishing minority, the Singaporean national identity simply cannot survive. It will be dead if not already and what takes it's place is the Communist Chinese character.
I am not sure about you, but this is not what I want of Singapore. A Singaporean identity would have been far superior to that of a Communist Chinese one, especially that of rural Chinese outlying areas from where most immigrants come, mostly of peasant stock.
And to make things worse, unhappy Singaporeans leave the island in increasing numbers which in turn increases the foreign Singapore population proportion even further.
With Lee Kuan Yew's determination not to provide any welfare of any sort in his belief that it will encourage a crutch mentality, most of these recent immigrants would not want to settle in the country, since they would be devastated if unemployed. In Singapore if you are unemployed, you either starve and die, or you are cared for by relatives, or you are locked up in an institution. This is what you get for being poor.
Already you can see this in the plight of the old and tottering folk who clean tables at food centers, who stand out as dire reminders as to what will happen to you in your old age if you are poor. Such a sight alone should discourage any foreigner who has a choice not to sink roots in the island.
What happens then is for people to be transitory. They reckon, it may be a better place than their native Communist China to make a few bucks while the going is good. If not, pack up and leave, while someone else comes for a while. With this sort of community you end up with an entire island of people almost like hotel guests. They stay a while and then leave while others take their places.
Another country that is somewhat like this is Dubai, a good place to do business or work. But the question is how many people call it home, not many. But there is one difference between the two. Dubai has oil money, limitless quantities of it, while Singapore has none. It is questionable how long this island with a fast diminishing population who are committed and loyal can stay afloat.
We are confronted with a daily litany of good news in the Singapore press but good news alone never saved a country, that much we should know. With a fast dying out breed of Singaporean being replaced wholesale by a motley haphazard group of people from who knows where, I don't see any hope. Do you?
Looking into the crystal ball, I see the government increasingly struggling with all sorts of unexpected problems, with native Singaporeans leaving and being replaced by second rate foreigners. As it is today, spending some time at the Changi airport businesses is like watching the former British TV comedy program "Mind your language" in a class room in London where foreign students were learning English. No one seemed to know what in Heavens anyone else was saying. Just like in "Mind Your Language" I have been told, in the airport restaurant, if you ordered Chicken, the Chinese waitress would probably give you pork liver! I guess, if you are going there for some fun, it is all right.
You will see more resignations from the Civil Service resulting in even poorer quality workers, poorly qualified policemen with mounting resignations, the armed forces understaffed because of insufficient young Singaporeans, increased crime rate, mounting suicides out of helplessness and desperation, lawyers doctors and every other professional will be a foreigner, newspaper reporters who cannot even write as well as a high school newsletter. It simply cannot go on like this.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Get out of Singapore if you can.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore the long established doctrine of the dictatorship has been to destroy any government critic completely, I mean completely. This means if you are a professional, your career is destroyed; if you are an employee, you are kicked out from your job, and if you are anyone anywhere, not only you but your entire family is disadvantaged.
Although I have come to know members of the Singapore Democratic Party over the years, let me give you some examples taken only from press reports and the Singapore Democrat newspaper of the Singapore Democratic Party.
Dr. Chee, the Secretary General of the Party, a neurosurgeon by training, and formerly professor at Singapore University was dismissed from his employment, jailed and bankrupted. For several decades now he has been unable to practice his profession or his academic experience, and as a result of the various punishments which are ongoing, not only he but his entire family continues to suffer.
Gandhi Ambalam was a former Singapore journalist. Once he began to resist the dictatorship, he was dismissed from his job and unable to exercise his profession for decades. Today he lives in semi retirement and works full time for the Singapore Democratic Party.
John Tan was a professor at James Cook University. Under pressure from the dictatorship he was terminated from his job and now works full time for the Singapore Democratic Party. Of course his family suffers too from this punishment. He too is effectively retired from his profession of Sociology or Psychology, I cannot remember which.
Then you have Seelan Pallay, an activist. Although immensely capable, he appears to work free lance as a film maker. I am not sure if he has a full time job, which I doubt. And the same with Martyn See another filmmaker who is punished because of his open opposition connections.
About a decade ago, Tang Liang Hong a successful lawyer in Singapore fled for Australia with his life having been bankrupted in an sum over several millions because he opposed Lee Kuan Yew. The same with the late JB Jeyaretnam and several more other Lee Kuan Yew political opponents.
Teo Soh Lung a former lawyer who was arrested and tortured by Lee Kuan Yew appears to have retired apparently under immense and non stop harassment by the authorities.
By now the message is written clearly and indelibly on the wall. Oppose Lee and he will destroy you, not only your family and livelihood, he will destroy everything. So the question is whether in these circumstances, should political opponents with a good future continue in this fight in Singapore.
I have wrestled with this question myself over several years before leaving Singapore in 1991 and now 19 years have gone by. And the more I think about it, the more I feel that leaving was the correct thing to do.
Had I remained in Singapore, I would have been disbarred. I am going to be disbarred in Singapore anyway but that does not effect me in any way now, since I am an American lawyer. But had I remained in Singapore, the very profession that I worked so hard for would have slipped away under my feet. Not just that, my children would have been punished, one because their minds would have been brainwashed by the system and in every other way possible.
Of course those remaining behind in Singapore such as Dr. Chee and others have to be admired for their courage and selflessness. But the question is, with all the factors considered, is it worthwhile? Is it worthwhile for Dr. Chee to practically throw away the practice of his profession for which he worked so hard? Is it worthwhile for Dr. Chee to punish his family members and children for the just cause he so passionately believes in? And lastly had he left Singapore like I did with his family, could he still not fight for the Singapore cause from outside Singapore?
Remember, those who can see the injustice of Lee Kuan Yew's system I believe is more than 70% of the island's population. In this group there are the educated and discerning Singaporeans. Although they may know that things are wrong, they lack the courage to stand up to the bully. Instead of standing up and openly fighting, they merely withdraw into obscurity or emigrate to other countries if they can.
Out of this group, perhaps 1% are those like Dr. Chee who openly stand up and challenge the system, despite knowing the dangers that will invariably befall them. These are the most highly educated and professional class, the very best among Singaporeans, a group which the government needs the most as leaders. If they persist in challenging Lee Kuan Yew, they are turned into Dr. Chee Soon Juans or like myself Gopalan Nairs. Few stay behind like Dr. Chee to receive non stop punishment. The vast majority leave the island permanently.
I personally think in the present circumstances, on balance, there is no real benefit gained by staying behind and being turned into Lee Kuan Yew's punching bags. I say this because of the peculiar circumstances of present day Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore is simply going to collapse very soon, as the writing is on the wall. Humpty Dumpty has fallen and there is no putting him back. Lee Kuan Yew knows that as well as I.
Singapore's brain drain goes on unabated and very soon except for recently arrived Mandarin speaking Chinese from the remote regions of China, there would be no Singaporeans left. Such a dire hopeless condition simply cannot support an island such as Singapore. So since Singapore as we know is going to collapse anyway, what is the point of sacrificing everything, your livelihood, your family's comforts, your sense of mind, everything to fight against a regime that is in it's throes of collapse?
Singapore's fighters would be able to do the same from outside Singapore while at the same time, saving their careers and the well being of their families.
That is why looking back even today, I believe I have done the right thing. I left Singapore and am now an American citizen. But I will continue with this blog to help the cause of freedom in the island, a place that I was born and have a stake in.
Think about it.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
In Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore the long established doctrine of the dictatorship has been to destroy any government critic completely, I mean completely. This means if you are a professional, your career is destroyed; if you are an employee, you are kicked out from your job, and if you are anyone anywhere, not only you but your entire family is disadvantaged.
Although I have come to know members of the Singapore Democratic Party over the years, let me give you some examples taken only from press reports and the Singapore Democrat newspaper of the Singapore Democratic Party.
Dr. Chee, the Secretary General of the Party, a neurosurgeon by training, and formerly professor at Singapore University was dismissed from his employment, jailed and bankrupted. For several decades now he has been unable to practice his profession or his academic experience, and as a result of the various punishments which are ongoing, not only he but his entire family continues to suffer.
Gandhi Ambalam was a former Singapore journalist. Once he began to resist the dictatorship, he was dismissed from his job and unable to exercise his profession for decades. Today he lives in semi retirement and works full time for the Singapore Democratic Party.
John Tan was a professor at James Cook University. Under pressure from the dictatorship he was terminated from his job and now works full time for the Singapore Democratic Party. Of course his family suffers too from this punishment. He too is effectively retired from his profession of Sociology or Psychology, I cannot remember which.
Then you have Seelan Pallay, an activist. Although immensely capable, he appears to work free lance as a film maker. I am not sure if he has a full time job, which I doubt. And the same with Martyn See another filmmaker who is punished because of his open opposition connections.
About a decade ago, Tang Liang Hong a successful lawyer in Singapore fled for Australia with his life having been bankrupted in an sum over several millions because he opposed Lee Kuan Yew. The same with the late JB Jeyaretnam and several more other Lee Kuan Yew political opponents.
Teo Soh Lung a former lawyer who was arrested and tortured by Lee Kuan Yew appears to have retired apparently under immense and non stop harassment by the authorities.
By now the message is written clearly and indelibly on the wall. Oppose Lee and he will destroy you, not only your family and livelihood, he will destroy everything. So the question is whether in these circumstances, should political opponents with a good future continue in this fight in Singapore.
I have wrestled with this question myself over several years before leaving Singapore in 1991 and now 19 years have gone by. And the more I think about it, the more I feel that leaving was the correct thing to do.
Had I remained in Singapore, I would have been disbarred. I am going to be disbarred in Singapore anyway but that does not effect me in any way now, since I am an American lawyer. But had I remained in Singapore, the very profession that I worked so hard for would have slipped away under my feet. Not just that, my children would have been punished, one because their minds would have been brainwashed by the system and in every other way possible.
Of course those remaining behind in Singapore such as Dr. Chee and others have to be admired for their courage and selflessness. But the question is, with all the factors considered, is it worthwhile? Is it worthwhile for Dr. Chee to practically throw away the practice of his profession for which he worked so hard? Is it worthwhile for Dr. Chee to punish his family members and children for the just cause he so passionately believes in? And lastly had he left Singapore like I did with his family, could he still not fight for the Singapore cause from outside Singapore?
Remember, those who can see the injustice of Lee Kuan Yew's system I believe is more than 70% of the island's population. In this group there are the educated and discerning Singaporeans. Although they may know that things are wrong, they lack the courage to stand up to the bully. Instead of standing up and openly fighting, they merely withdraw into obscurity or emigrate to other countries if they can.
Out of this group, perhaps 1% are those like Dr. Chee who openly stand up and challenge the system, despite knowing the dangers that will invariably befall them. These are the most highly educated and professional class, the very best among Singaporeans, a group which the government needs the most as leaders. If they persist in challenging Lee Kuan Yew, they are turned into Dr. Chee Soon Juans or like myself Gopalan Nairs. Few stay behind like Dr. Chee to receive non stop punishment. The vast majority leave the island permanently.
I personally think in the present circumstances, on balance, there is no real benefit gained by staying behind and being turned into Lee Kuan Yew's punching bags. I say this because of the peculiar circumstances of present day Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore is simply going to collapse very soon, as the writing is on the wall. Humpty Dumpty has fallen and there is no putting him back. Lee Kuan Yew knows that as well as I.
Singapore's brain drain goes on unabated and very soon except for recently arrived Mandarin speaking Chinese from the remote regions of China, there would be no Singaporeans left. Such a dire hopeless condition simply cannot support an island such as Singapore. So since Singapore as we know is going to collapse anyway, what is the point of sacrificing everything, your livelihood, your family's comforts, your sense of mind, everything to fight against a regime that is in it's throes of collapse?
Singapore's fighters would be able to do the same from outside Singapore while at the same time, saving their careers and the well being of their families.
That is why looking back even today, I believe I have done the right thing. I left Singapore and am now an American citizen. But I will continue with this blog to help the cause of freedom in the island, a place that I was born and have a stake in.
Think about it.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Singapore, ratcheting up the good news
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We all know that if you control the entire media in a country, as well as all the newspapers and anything that is being said, sure you can paint a good story made out of whole cloth. The question of course is, is anyone going to believe it, given the power of the Internet which cannot be stopped, and is it going to change anything. History has shown that it is merely arranging the deck chairs while the Titanic sinks.
This is especially so, in this day of the Internet. In the past, without it, dictatorships lasted a little longer, but even then the end came sooner or later.
Singapore is disadvantaged right from the start. It is a very small overcrowded island with a small population just a few inches above the rising sea level, no more than 16 miles by 26, and a population of just 5 million, out of which an ever declining 2/3 population is native Singaporean and the other rising 1/3 foreigners who know nothing of Singapore when they came just yesterday.
And if these were factors were bad enough, out of the present 2/3 of the already small native population, emigration to other countries is mounting at the present rate of 1,000 per year, it has the lowest birth rate in the world, only higher than Macao and almost every Singaporean has lost all respect for the government and it's legal system which they feel is controlled by one family, the Lee family, who own almost everything in Singapore as well as it's people. Simply put, with a Western education, Singaporeans simply cannot reconcile with a government which is more like that in Communist China than Westminster.
Franky, even if the opposition did nothing, and I too stopped complaining in this blog, Singapore would collapse anyway within a very short while. The damage done is so great and irreversible. What I, as well as those clamouring for freedom there are doing is merely helping to precipitate that undeniable collapse.
So Singapore just as it was in the dying days of East Germany, Ceausescu's Romania and the other Eastern European countries ratchet up the "good news" in the media they control in the hope that people would be fooled into thinking otherwise. But no, the brakes have failed, the motor car is on a slide and nothing can stop it's destruction.
Today Singapore's newspapers have descended into nothing more than a newsletter of the Lee Kuan Yew family which runs Singapore. There is no independent investigative journalism to speak of and it churns out daily a string of junk which has nothing to do with the state of the country except to give it a boost.
Take the headline stories of just one day, Sept 26, 2010 in the Straits Times, online edition. "Dramatic Singapore" with a picture of the Formula one car with a driver at the wheels, tells of Singapore's staging the race. How and in what manner would the race benefit any local Singaporean is not explained!
"Best foot forward" has a picture of a Chinese woman, a handpicked Lee Kuan Yew minister herself, Lim Hwee Hua, exercising with the "usual suspects" or Lee Kuan Yew government supporters, exercising in public, with a story as to how she is going to improve the health of other Singaporeans. Looking at her own grossly overweight body in the picture, it does not explain how she herself is going to deal with her overweight problem! Perhaps that is why she is seen exercising herself!
In "Public Feedback Counts", another handpicked Lee Kuan Yew minister Liu Tuck Yew is seen in a picture shaking hands with other Singaporeans, I suspect the usual suspects who have been rounded up again for a photo opportunity. He is trying to decide whether Chinese movies should be censorship rated even further than what it is in the island. Remember in the Nanny state of Singapore even Playboy is banned.
In "Making Mandarin fun and engaging", there is a picture of someone called Teo Ser Luck in a karate pose, telling us how he is going to make Mandarin exciting. Since Singapore is already a satellite city of China, it does make sense to have more people speak it better. Never mind Malays and Indians who are left out of the equation altogether and never mind the English language itself. Why do we need it if we have Mandarin, a language that has lasted several thousands of years as Lee Kuan Yew and his son, both both Chinese themselves never fails to remind us.
In "Central CDC in $1 million drive", it talks about the government dishing out as much as $1 million in Toa Payoh, a district in Singapore. Unfortunately, as is usually the case, it does not mention how much each poor person will get or over what period of time. If we can go by these past "generosities", it is usually a sum less than $100 just once. How this small amount given once can help alleviate the poverty of the poor in Singapore is conveniently left out.
In "Million Dollar Tutors" the story talks of some private tutors making a great deal of money. Not surprising since Lee Kuan Yew and his family themselves rake in several millions of dollars and so do their friends at the top. The name for it is nepotism. And it should be obvious they can afford to pay princely sums, not to mention the money launderers from Indonesia and Russia who call Singapore their home. I have heard the Nepali Prince who came to Singapore with his children when their monarchy was overthrown not too long ago also employs very expensive tutors. How all this should gratify the average Singapore who is eking out a living in the increasingly unaffordable Singapore is of course your guess or mine.
In "Get married at Jurong" we have a picture of Tharman Shanmugaratnem, a Lee Kuan Yew minister, at Jurong Lake telling us how beautiful it is, even good enough to be married. What it doesn't say is that no one is getting married either in or out of the lake. For that matter no one is getting married in the entire island, not having any babies and in fact fleeing the Alice in Wonderland island of Lee Kuan Yew entirely!
You know this sort of nonsense is repeated on a daily basis in the news papers. In fact I had left out the story of "SM Goh launches health drive", "Kudos to Indian students", "351 at Mendaki Awards" and a number of stories about Mas Selamat who was recently recaptured.
By now this government already knows that the average reader can see through this stupidity but just as all the failed states in the past in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, the government finds it impossible to confront this failure or do anything about it, because this would mean their own downfall. So merely to postpone the eventual collapse of their system of government, which they themselves know is going to happen, until the 11th hour, they continue with this charade which does not impress anyone, least of all themselves.
So all that we have to do is to sit back and enjoy the fun, which is not going to be too long in coming.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
We all know that if you control the entire media in a country, as well as all the newspapers and anything that is being said, sure you can paint a good story made out of whole cloth. The question of course is, is anyone going to believe it, given the power of the Internet which cannot be stopped, and is it going to change anything. History has shown that it is merely arranging the deck chairs while the Titanic sinks.
This is especially so, in this day of the Internet. In the past, without it, dictatorships lasted a little longer, but even then the end came sooner or later.
Singapore is disadvantaged right from the start. It is a very small overcrowded island with a small population just a few inches above the rising sea level, no more than 16 miles by 26, and a population of just 5 million, out of which an ever declining 2/3 population is native Singaporean and the other rising 1/3 foreigners who know nothing of Singapore when they came just yesterday.
And if these were factors were bad enough, out of the present 2/3 of the already small native population, emigration to other countries is mounting at the present rate of 1,000 per year, it has the lowest birth rate in the world, only higher than Macao and almost every Singaporean has lost all respect for the government and it's legal system which they feel is controlled by one family, the Lee family, who own almost everything in Singapore as well as it's people. Simply put, with a Western education, Singaporeans simply cannot reconcile with a government which is more like that in Communist China than Westminster.
Franky, even if the opposition did nothing, and I too stopped complaining in this blog, Singapore would collapse anyway within a very short while. The damage done is so great and irreversible. What I, as well as those clamouring for freedom there are doing is merely helping to precipitate that undeniable collapse.
So Singapore just as it was in the dying days of East Germany, Ceausescu's Romania and the other Eastern European countries ratchet up the "good news" in the media they control in the hope that people would be fooled into thinking otherwise. But no, the brakes have failed, the motor car is on a slide and nothing can stop it's destruction.
Today Singapore's newspapers have descended into nothing more than a newsletter of the Lee Kuan Yew family which runs Singapore. There is no independent investigative journalism to speak of and it churns out daily a string of junk which has nothing to do with the state of the country except to give it a boost.
Take the headline stories of just one day, Sept 26, 2010 in the Straits Times, online edition. "Dramatic Singapore" with a picture of the Formula one car with a driver at the wheels, tells of Singapore's staging the race. How and in what manner would the race benefit any local Singaporean is not explained!
"Best foot forward" has a picture of a Chinese woman, a handpicked Lee Kuan Yew minister herself, Lim Hwee Hua, exercising with the "usual suspects" or Lee Kuan Yew government supporters, exercising in public, with a story as to how she is going to improve the health of other Singaporeans. Looking at her own grossly overweight body in the picture, it does not explain how she herself is going to deal with her overweight problem! Perhaps that is why she is seen exercising herself!
In "Public Feedback Counts", another handpicked Lee Kuan Yew minister Liu Tuck Yew is seen in a picture shaking hands with other Singaporeans, I suspect the usual suspects who have been rounded up again for a photo opportunity. He is trying to decide whether Chinese movies should be censorship rated even further than what it is in the island. Remember in the Nanny state of Singapore even Playboy is banned.
In "Making Mandarin fun and engaging", there is a picture of someone called Teo Ser Luck in a karate pose, telling us how he is going to make Mandarin exciting. Since Singapore is already a satellite city of China, it does make sense to have more people speak it better. Never mind Malays and Indians who are left out of the equation altogether and never mind the English language itself. Why do we need it if we have Mandarin, a language that has lasted several thousands of years as Lee Kuan Yew and his son, both both Chinese themselves never fails to remind us.
In "Central CDC in $1 million drive", it talks about the government dishing out as much as $1 million in Toa Payoh, a district in Singapore. Unfortunately, as is usually the case, it does not mention how much each poor person will get or over what period of time. If we can go by these past "generosities", it is usually a sum less than $100 just once. How this small amount given once can help alleviate the poverty of the poor in Singapore is conveniently left out.
In "Million Dollar Tutors" the story talks of some private tutors making a great deal of money. Not surprising since Lee Kuan Yew and his family themselves rake in several millions of dollars and so do their friends at the top. The name for it is nepotism. And it should be obvious they can afford to pay princely sums, not to mention the money launderers from Indonesia and Russia who call Singapore their home. I have heard the Nepali Prince who came to Singapore with his children when their monarchy was overthrown not too long ago also employs very expensive tutors. How all this should gratify the average Singapore who is eking out a living in the increasingly unaffordable Singapore is of course your guess or mine.
In "Get married at Jurong" we have a picture of Tharman Shanmugaratnem, a Lee Kuan Yew minister, at Jurong Lake telling us how beautiful it is, even good enough to be married. What it doesn't say is that no one is getting married either in or out of the lake. For that matter no one is getting married in the entire island, not having any babies and in fact fleeing the Alice in Wonderland island of Lee Kuan Yew entirely!
You know this sort of nonsense is repeated on a daily basis in the news papers. In fact I had left out the story of "SM Goh launches health drive", "Kudos to Indian students", "351 at Mendaki Awards" and a number of stories about Mas Selamat who was recently recaptured.
By now this government already knows that the average reader can see through this stupidity but just as all the failed states in the past in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, the government finds it impossible to confront this failure or do anything about it, because this would mean their own downfall. So merely to postpone the eventual collapse of their system of government, which they themselves know is going to happen, until the 11th hour, they continue with this charade which does not impress anyone, least of all themselves.
So all that we have to do is to sit back and enjoy the fun, which is not going to be too long in coming.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Law Society of Singapore vs Gopalan Nair, looking sillier by the day
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You must know that as I write this blog in California, it is Thursday September 23, 2010, morning, in Singapore, which is the time of the scheduled Singapore Law Society Disciplinary hearing against me for among other things criticizing Singapore Judge Belinda Ang in this blog in 2008.
Even though they have fixed this matter for hearing from Sept 20, 2010 to Sept 24, 2010 at Court 2A in the Singapore High Court, I wonder whether the hearings are going on anyway, or are they having a party in there!
If they are not doing the hearings, then what exactly is happening? If they are, is the police officers and the witnesses formally giving testimony and the President dutifully taking them down undisputed (since I am not there) or have they all gone instead to the coffee shop for a drink and a bite, which seems the more appropriate thing to do in the circumstances.
You know these scholars whom Lee Kuan Yew has placed in authority in that island appear to have their brains in their backsides. Had they really thought the matter through, they would never have brought these proceedings, that is if they had any brains. Having done it, and with my describing every silly step they take in this blog, their whole purpose is not only defeated, they are made to look like clowns. Look at this:
1. Eventually when they disbar me, it would be perhaps another year, which would have made it, 3 years from the time I called Judge Belinda Ang a crook, which by the way she deserves.
2. All 5 charges would not hold water in any other jurisdiction. In the Confusion philosophy of not losing face, Lee Kuan Yew would have no other choice but to disbar me. And when he does that, which I hope he will, I will go to town with it.
3. The entire proceedings are unfair and not in compliance with natural justice. First the mysterious Audrey Lim Choon Yeng, Deputy Registrar, speaking for the Tribunal, refuses copies of the transcripts necessary for my defense, refuses to arrange any permission for me to enter Singapore as I am banned, and most importantly refuses to guarantee my safety while in Singapore. The fear of arrest if I entered Singapore is real, because of my similar criticism of Judge Judith Paraksh, commonly known as the Kangaroo Judge for her judgement in the Kangaroo Tshirt case, and not to mention my retraction of apologies given in Singapore court since my returning to the US.
Of course they have refused to pay for the court transcripts of my cases in Singapore which are necessary for my defense, or my transport to Singapore since it is they who have commenced these proceedings. Remember these proceedings are intended to take my livelihood as a lawyer in Singapore, a serious matter where every possible assistance should be provided to the Defendant to ensure judicial impartiality.
Audrey Lim Choon Yeng's actions were clearly prejudicial and a violation of natural justice. I intend to write about it again when the verdict arrives.
As for the guarantee which is crucial, even though I wrote to the Attorney General Singapore and every other Singapore government agency, I received none, which would make my presence in Singapore simply suicide.
4. And this is exactly what I wanted them to do, disbar me, which is the whole purpose of Singapore Dissident. It is intended to expose the injustice of the regime in which Lee Kuan Yew and these handpicked scholars are giving me the ammunition that I exactly need.
I tried calling on the telephone, Peter Cuthbert Low (he is a local Chinese, despite the name) of Colin Ng and Partners using a false name yesterday and just now for some fun. Yesterday his secretary first claimed that he was not in and asked me for my number which I refused, then she asked me to hold the line claiming that he was downstairs. Today, I did the same and received the same answer first. When I said I will call later, she asked me to hold the line. Not wanting to waste time and money on a long distance line for a little fun, I hanged up.
It appears to me that the man is in the office at 10.30 am. If that is the case, have Lee Kuan Yew's men decided to call off the Tribunal and just make it a guilty verdict as in Alice in Wonderland?
Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore, does provide entertainment, you cannot deny that. And what is more, I have managed to make them spend a great deal of money and time over me on all this, in circumstances where, instead of being saddened, as they expected, I am enjoying every minute.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
You must know that as I write this blog in California, it is Thursday September 23, 2010, morning, in Singapore, which is the time of the scheduled Singapore Law Society Disciplinary hearing against me for among other things criticizing Singapore Judge Belinda Ang in this blog in 2008.
Even though they have fixed this matter for hearing from Sept 20, 2010 to Sept 24, 2010 at Court 2A in the Singapore High Court, I wonder whether the hearings are going on anyway, or are they having a party in there!
If they are not doing the hearings, then what exactly is happening? If they are, is the police officers and the witnesses formally giving testimony and the President dutifully taking them down undisputed (since I am not there) or have they all gone instead to the coffee shop for a drink and a bite, which seems the more appropriate thing to do in the circumstances.
You know these scholars whom Lee Kuan Yew has placed in authority in that island appear to have their brains in their backsides. Had they really thought the matter through, they would never have brought these proceedings, that is if they had any brains. Having done it, and with my describing every silly step they take in this blog, their whole purpose is not only defeated, they are made to look like clowns. Look at this:
1. Eventually when they disbar me, it would be perhaps another year, which would have made it, 3 years from the time I called Judge Belinda Ang a crook, which by the way she deserves.
2. All 5 charges would not hold water in any other jurisdiction. In the Confusion philosophy of not losing face, Lee Kuan Yew would have no other choice but to disbar me. And when he does that, which I hope he will, I will go to town with it.
3. The entire proceedings are unfair and not in compliance with natural justice. First the mysterious Audrey Lim Choon Yeng, Deputy Registrar, speaking for the Tribunal, refuses copies of the transcripts necessary for my defense, refuses to arrange any permission for me to enter Singapore as I am banned, and most importantly refuses to guarantee my safety while in Singapore. The fear of arrest if I entered Singapore is real, because of my similar criticism of Judge Judith Paraksh, commonly known as the Kangaroo Judge for her judgement in the Kangaroo Tshirt case, and not to mention my retraction of apologies given in Singapore court since my returning to the US.
Of course they have refused to pay for the court transcripts of my cases in Singapore which are necessary for my defense, or my transport to Singapore since it is they who have commenced these proceedings. Remember these proceedings are intended to take my livelihood as a lawyer in Singapore, a serious matter where every possible assistance should be provided to the Defendant to ensure judicial impartiality.
Audrey Lim Choon Yeng's actions were clearly prejudicial and a violation of natural justice. I intend to write about it again when the verdict arrives.
As for the guarantee which is crucial, even though I wrote to the Attorney General Singapore and every other Singapore government agency, I received none, which would make my presence in Singapore simply suicide.
4. And this is exactly what I wanted them to do, disbar me, which is the whole purpose of Singapore Dissident. It is intended to expose the injustice of the regime in which Lee Kuan Yew and these handpicked scholars are giving me the ammunition that I exactly need.
I tried calling on the telephone, Peter Cuthbert Low (he is a local Chinese, despite the name) of Colin Ng and Partners using a false name yesterday and just now for some fun. Yesterday his secretary first claimed that he was not in and asked me for my number which I refused, then she asked me to hold the line claiming that he was downstairs. Today, I did the same and received the same answer first. When I said I will call later, she asked me to hold the line. Not wanting to waste time and money on a long distance line for a little fun, I hanged up.
It appears to me that the man is in the office at 10.30 am. If that is the case, have Lee Kuan Yew's men decided to call off the Tribunal and just make it a guilty verdict as in Alice in Wonderland?
Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore, does provide entertainment, you cannot deny that. And what is more, I have managed to make them spend a great deal of money and time over me on all this, in circumstances where, instead of being saddened, as they expected, I am enjoying every minute.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
Singaporean defaces Singapore flag in public.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Singapore's state controlled newspaper the Straits Times online edition of Sept 22, 2010 has the story "Man on flag vandalism charge". It talks about 36 year old Singaporean, Lim Keng Choon, being charged for vandalism by cutting the Singapore flag to bits, and doing the same to 2 Youth Olympic Games flags on September 20, 2010, at 8.30 am, this last Monday.
He is said to have this act of protest at the Town Council, Block 202, Compassvale Road. As is the normal practice in Singapore for anyone who shows any public dissatisfaction against Lee Kuan Yew or his people, he was immediately arrested and sent to the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore's mental hospital.
Lee Kuan Yew's understanding of Singaporeans appears to be that if you publicly protest or demonstrate against his policies, then you must be mad, because in Singapore normal sane people are not expected to behave like that, an unusual slant of thinking common in totalitarian regimes like the former Soviet Union.
The report says he will be detained within the mental asylum until October 6, 2010. After that he will appear before a Singapore government Lee Kuan Yew appointed judge to decide his punishment which is not something to be taken lightly. It is a maximum fine of $2,000 and/or jailed for 3 years and beaten by a stick (caned) on his naked backside at least 3 times. It is understood that when beaten, his skin is lacerated and bleeding, with pieces of flesh cut off by the ferocity of the cane. Some pieces of flesh stick to the cane. I understand the beatings which are carried out in private in prison by a trained prison officer, intended to cause maximum pain, will cause the floor of the room to be awash in blood, which is then mopped clean. After each stroke the floor is mopped to remove blood so as not to casue the beater to slip and fall. It is also understood that he may uncontrollably urinate and defecate in the excruciating pain. I also understand that the beatings which this man will receive will result in permanent scars and there is a possibility of both impotency and crippling. I understand that the beatings are so punishing and painful that many have either and passed out or died in the process. Those who pass out are revived with smelling salts and beaten again when lucid.
It seems strange that despite these unbearable barbaric acts of torture, there are still people in the country who are prepared to brave this dictatorship and publicly protest. In fact I have been told of another protest in front of Toa Payoh Library on Sept 18, 2010, Saturday at about noon.
I received an Email from a person that 2 men, one aged in his late teens and another slightly older who appeared in his 20s, were seen holding up posters, one of which read "PAP Sucking People's Blood" and another sign reading "PAP= Pay and Pay". I was told that a crowd on onlookers had gathered but within a few minutes 5 policemen arrived, 2 in plain clothes and the other 3 in uniform. They were seen checking the men's particulars and were see escorting them into a police van parked nearby. It appears they were not handcuffed but walked willingly with the policemen.
I am sure you would want to know the source of this information but I cannot give it. It was sent via Email and the sender specifically requested I do not disclose his email address, which I have to honor.
If anyone was in the vicinity of Toa Payoh Library at that time, Sept 18, 2010, noon, please send your comments to me. I will post them as I receive them. I must admit I do not know whether this in fact happened, except for the Email that I received.
But one thing appears certain. In the past no one would have believed it if you told them someone had defaced a Singapore flag or someone had stood with protest signs in public. Now it not only happens, it is becoming almost a normal occurrence. I think the protest movement is growing, thanks to Lee Kuan Yew's own harebrained policies and thanks to the Internet which has now become a formidable front in this war of attrition against this dictatorship.
I am not ashamed to say that Gopalan Nair and the Singapore Dissident, Dr. Chee Soon Juan and the countless others who have stood up and continue to stand up to this tyranny deserve credit. Thank you.
Last but not least our salutations and thanks to Lim Keng Choon. You are a brave man and with your suffering the cause of freedom in Singapore would have turned another cycle.
And this dictatorship, another foot in the coffin.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
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Singapore's state controlled newspaper the Straits Times online edition of Sept 22, 2010 has the story "Man on flag vandalism charge". It talks about 36 year old Singaporean, Lim Keng Choon, being charged for vandalism by cutting the Singapore flag to bits, and doing the same to 2 Youth Olympic Games flags on September 20, 2010, at 8.30 am, this last Monday.
He is said to have this act of protest at the Town Council, Block 202, Compassvale Road. As is the normal practice in Singapore for anyone who shows any public dissatisfaction against Lee Kuan Yew or his people, he was immediately arrested and sent to the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore's mental hospital.
Lee Kuan Yew's understanding of Singaporeans appears to be that if you publicly protest or demonstrate against his policies, then you must be mad, because in Singapore normal sane people are not expected to behave like that, an unusual slant of thinking common in totalitarian regimes like the former Soviet Union.
The report says he will be detained within the mental asylum until October 6, 2010. After that he will appear before a Singapore government Lee Kuan Yew appointed judge to decide his punishment which is not something to be taken lightly. It is a maximum fine of $2,000 and/or jailed for 3 years and beaten by a stick (caned) on his naked backside at least 3 times. It is understood that when beaten, his skin is lacerated and bleeding, with pieces of flesh cut off by the ferocity of the cane. Some pieces of flesh stick to the cane. I understand the beatings which are carried out in private in prison by a trained prison officer, intended to cause maximum pain, will cause the floor of the room to be awash in blood, which is then mopped clean. After each stroke the floor is mopped to remove blood so as not to casue the beater to slip and fall. It is also understood that he may uncontrollably urinate and defecate in the excruciating pain. I also understand that the beatings which this man will receive will result in permanent scars and there is a possibility of both impotency and crippling. I understand that the beatings are so punishing and painful that many have either and passed out or died in the process. Those who pass out are revived with smelling salts and beaten again when lucid.
It seems strange that despite these unbearable barbaric acts of torture, there are still people in the country who are prepared to brave this dictatorship and publicly protest. In fact I have been told of another protest in front of Toa Payoh Library on Sept 18, 2010, Saturday at about noon.
I received an Email from a person that 2 men, one aged in his late teens and another slightly older who appeared in his 20s, were seen holding up posters, one of which read "PAP Sucking People's Blood" and another sign reading "PAP= Pay and Pay". I was told that a crowd on onlookers had gathered but within a few minutes 5 policemen arrived, 2 in plain clothes and the other 3 in uniform. They were seen checking the men's particulars and were see escorting them into a police van parked nearby. It appears they were not handcuffed but walked willingly with the policemen.
I am sure you would want to know the source of this information but I cannot give it. It was sent via Email and the sender specifically requested I do not disclose his email address, which I have to honor.
If anyone was in the vicinity of Toa Payoh Library at that time, Sept 18, 2010, noon, please send your comments to me. I will post them as I receive them. I must admit I do not know whether this in fact happened, except for the Email that I received.
But one thing appears certain. In the past no one would have believed it if you told them someone had defaced a Singapore flag or someone had stood with protest signs in public. Now it not only happens, it is becoming almost a normal occurrence. I think the protest movement is growing, thanks to Lee Kuan Yew's own harebrained policies and thanks to the Internet which has now become a formidable front in this war of attrition against this dictatorship.
I am not ashamed to say that Gopalan Nair and the Singapore Dissident, Dr. Chee Soon Juan and the countless others who have stood up and continue to stand up to this tyranny deserve credit. Thank you.
Last but not least our salutations and thanks to Lim Keng Choon. You are a brave man and with your suffering the cause of freedom in Singapore would have turned another cycle.
And this dictatorship, another foot in the coffin.
Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
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Email: nair.gopalan@yahoo.com
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Your letters are welcome. We reserve the right to publish your letters. Please Email your letters to nair.gopalan@yahoo.com And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
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