Singapore Democrats

Their only crime was to speak up for those who could not, and those who didnt know how. Singaporeans will always remember these 18 true patriots. I salute you all.

I urge those singaporeans who are able to come to the court to show their support to do so. Dont let their efforts be in vain. Next time around there may be no one to speak up for us.

To all those who can make it, please show your generous support to SDP.

Preferrably dress in red top, if possible.

Thanks alot.

[quote=cass888]Look. You broke the law. Police pleaded with you to go away. You insisted on staying. You deserve to get arrested.

If the judge invites anyone to cast the first stone, I'd be tbe first to throw a brick at you, Dr Chee Soon Juan, the gentleman (?) who betrayed your mentors Vasoo and Chiam and tried to kick Chiam out of Parliament.

I dare you to delete this. I will bring this to every other forum read by Singaporeans. Maybe even the mainstram press.

The day you stop (or die) is the day politics will make real progress in Singapore.[/quote]


[b]I wonder why cass888 was so mad with CSJ that he / she / it wanted to be tbe first to throw a brick at CSJ ?

Cannot understand the person who wrote the above. Why be so harsh ?[/b]

[quote]Be it the DBS minibonds debacle or the increase in electricity rates by 22 percent or the unsustainable influx of foreign workers, we Singaporeans have no say in our own country. This is because we have been denied our rights to free speech and peaceful assembly[/quote]

[b]Its time to make the FamiLee realise that ! Plse support !
come on Singaporeans! March down! What can they do???[/b]

Anna, the Kangaroo court judge could order to arrest and then fine all those who dress in red...including red underwares...bec. the judge would deem that they are in condemn of court.

I being to smell that it is really a Kangaroo court.

Beware if anyone of you wares shirts ot T-shirts with any kind of "offensive" animals..number "1" in the list is "kangaroo" then follow by "monkey", follow closely by Orang Utan etc. Even snail can be offensive.

Maybe naked is the least offensive to the Kangaroo judge.

Heroes don't need support. You reap what you sow.

I sincerely hope every single seat in that courtroom is filled with sdp supporters. you supporters seem to all talk the talk, and this is a simple way to walk the walk.

I will be there just as i was the last time.

lol with bernard.
ware seahum sure can. lol.

For those who still have yet to see / understand / resonate what we are doing..

Let me share with you a small part of the lyrics from Amazing Grace..

"Amazing grace how sweet the sound..
that save a wretch like me..

I once was lost, but now am found..
was blind but now I see"

I know the road to democracy is long..
I know it will not take days / months for democracy to happen in SG..
I know we all have a price to pay in pursuing our beliefs..
I know some of you out there might not agree with what we are doing..

but all I ask, is for you to see the things that is happening around us..

Are our government listening to our VOICES??

DO they hear us?

DO they respect the basic rights of their citizens to speak up against unjust and unfair laws / policies?

Are our elders enjoying their retirement?

In our pursuit for a democratic SG, we have wounded ourselves but not others..

While the government has wounded the very people that have given them mandate to run the country with;

1) GST increase
2) Transport increase
3) PUB tariff increase
4) Ministers pay increase
5) ERP increase (rates and gantries)
6) many more.....

I know it will take time to convince people of what we are doing, but at the very least, don't dismiss us..

Somebody should educate cass888 about unjust laws!

I'm not from SDP but I truly believe in the existence of unjust laws here in Singapore and around the world.

We should thank these 18 unselfish activists! You think Ah Loong will liberalise the Speaker's Corner if not for them?

Until what time will it last? I have to work and have problems taking leave on such short notice. But if it will last till late, I'll be there after work.

Cass888's paycheck is found in the degree fo venom he is supposed to exhibit to Dr. Chee. Or should i say, his paycheck depends on PAP keeping the status quo :)

Life in prison: Open letter from Dr Chee
Within a week of his release from prison, Dr Chee Soon Juan thanked his supporters and wrote on prison life

November 14, 2002
SINGAPORE


I SHARED a tiny cell (6ft by 15 ft) with two other inmates and a toilet bowl, the squatting kind. I ate and slept – at nose level – the entire five weeks beside a latrine. I was fortunate as other cells had four inmates crammed into an even smaller cell. The cell is completely bare except for a small window near the ceiling, which allows natural light into room; an awning covers the window so that one cannot see the sky. The wardens peer into the cell through a tiny slit on the solid metallic door, which entombs the cell.

We’re given a straw mat to sleep on the concrete floor (there are no bunk beds like you see on TV) and a plastic box containing two small blankets, toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, toilet paper, a small pail, a drinking mug, and a face towel. Water is provided during meal times. Because of the heat and humidity, inmates flush the toilets and use their pails to collect extra water for washing, cooling down and even drinking.

There is “yard time” an hour a day for exercise and showers. We’re locked in for the rest of the 23 hours. Breakfast is brought in at about eight, lunch at noon and dinner between 3 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The meals are adequate except that by nightfall inmates get hungry because dinner is eaten so early.

I spent a couple of nights in the sick bay when I was ill. The “beds” have no mattresses, just a metal plate with holes throughout on which you tried your best to make yourself comfortable. Our ankles are chained to the bed-post. Some prisoners even had both ankles and a wrist cuffed to the bed-frame.

At night if one needs to answer the call of nature, one is given a small pail to urinate into. With one ankle chained to the bed, it takes some skill (and not a little bit of contortion) to manoeuvre into a position where you could bring the bucket onto the bed and kneel over it to ease yourself.

In prison, minutes seem like hours and hours like days. You long to be free and be with family and friends again. Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining. I accept willingly the punishment because in doing so, I want to demonstrate the nature of the ruling party in Singapore and seek to help it mend its undemocratic ways.

While I don’t have complaints, I do, however, have major concerns:

Hundreds of prisoners comprising men from China, Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, South Asia, etc. who are caught for overstaying in Singapore after their work visas have expired. I witnessed what seemed like an endless row of new inmates all squatting, head shorn and clutching their straw mats and plastic boxes, waiting to be introduced to their cells.

They all looked bewildered and terrified. Why wouldn’t they? A minimum of three strokes of the rotan awaited them (the number depended on how long they overstayed in the country). Caning in Singapore is a barbaric act where trained personnel (some say the caners are trained exponents of the martial arts) slash a six-foot long, one-inch thick cane, across the hapless victims’ buttocks. The individual’s ankles are strapped onto a heavy, metal frame and they bend forward where their wrists are similarly locked, with only their naked backsides exposed.

I was told by some of the inmates that the screams of the victims after each stroke of the whip makes one lose all appetite for food. The cane breaks skin and draws blood. Doctors are on hand to administer treatment and to assess if the individual can take more punishment. A maximum of 24 strokes is the legal limit and only males below 50 years of age can be whipped.

I shared my first night (inmates are rotated in different cells on a regular basis) with a 45-year-old guy from China. His face turned ashen when he told me of his impending ordeal under the rotan. My heart sank further when he told me that many men in his plight leave their countries out of desperation in search of a livelihood. Many are not aware of mandatory caning rule in Singapore.

Our short conversation ended when he lay back on his mat and stared blankly at the ceiling. I then thought of Michael Fay, the American teenager who was caned by the Singapore government for vandalising (spray-painting) cars. The situation then caused a furore in the United States. It was over one individual. But now, only silence greet the thousands who have been whipped, and continue to be whipped, for their “criminal” acts. The pain is just as excruciating for Fay as it is for these overstayers. The only difference is the colour of their skin.

I also saw a couple of inmates who were imprisoned under the Criminal Law Temporary Provisions Act, a law that empowers the government to detain a suspect when it is unable to secure a conviction in open court. The detention order is signed by the minister and is valid for a period of two years. It is also renewable so that a suspect can be detained indefinitely, much like the Internal Security Act used for the ruling party’s opponents.

“Dr Chee, I want to commit suicide,” one of the detainees whispered to me when I paused outside his cell. “I can’t take it. I don’t know when I am going to be released and I can’t get a trial.” He, like the rest of his fellow criminal law detainees, is kept singly in isolation cells.

If my imprisonment can bring the international spotlight to bear on the economic, social, and political injustice that prevails in Singapore, then every minute that I spent in jail was worth it. If pressure can be brought to bear on the Singapore government by our friends in democratic countries and international organisations, and so doing help us in our struggle for freedom, human rights and democracy, then I would without a moment’s hesitation step into that cell again.

But change must ultimately come from us Singaporeans. And if we, by daring greatly, attempt to restore justice and democracy to our country, our current sacrifices would more than compensate for our future successes. For success will come, it is only a question of when and how.
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Now people still want to support PAP??

[quote=Anonymous][quote=cass888]Look. You broke the law. Police pleaded with you to go away. You insisted on staying. You deserve to get arrested.

If the judge invites anyone to cast the first stone, I'd be tbe first to throw a brick at you, Dr Chee Soon Juan, the gentleman (?) who betrayed your mentors Vasoo and Chiam and tried to kick Chiam out of Parliament.

I dare you to delete this. I will bring this to every other forum read by Singaporeans. Maybe even the mainstram press.

The day you stop (or die) is the day politics will make real progress in Singapore.[/quote]


[b]I wonder why cass888 was so mad with CSJ that he / she / it wanted to be tbe first to throw a brick at CSJ ?

Cannot understand the person who wrote the above. Why be so harsh ?[/b][/quote]Hey, I suspect this cass888 has been doing drugs, his comment shows typical signs of drug abuse.

Are you all going to the zoo to see kangaroos? Got entrance fee or not? I think sure got, because must feed the animals mah. Hard work you know, kangaroos are not easy to train to do this type of performance. They must be trained until they reach that kind of standard where humans are no mtch for them. But kangaroos are just animals, you give them makan, they do everything for you. Aiya, this type of thing bad luck, kena born as kangaroo,what to do?

[quote=cass888]Look. You broke the law. Police pleaded with you to go away. You insisted on staying. You deserve to get arrested.
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What's the difference? I can tell you the police would have still proceeded with the investigation, then press charge all if not fewer of the 18.

This has been the case for 99.99% of the time base on past observation.

As long as there are new facesshowing up, the desperate bladder full of PAPeeee would employ all means to deter them from going down this line.

You may not get arrested on the spot, but the outcome would have certainly been the same.

To the brave and selfless 18, rest assured you have my full support although I am unable to attend the trial on Thurs as I have something on. I will try my best to attend the others if I am in Singapore when they are held.