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Opposition chief Chee jailed
30 November 2000
Chee Soon Juan invokes the spirit of Mandela as he gets five weeks for refusal to pay rally case fines
A SINGAPORE court has jailed opposition leader Chee Soon Juan for five
weeks after he refused to pay a fine for breaking the country's strict
rules on public gatherings.
Invoking the spirit of resistance leaders from Aung San Suu Kyi to Nelson Mandela, the secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) remained defiant and urged fellow citizens to follow his stance.
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Stop pitting ethnic groups against each other
09 November 2000
The SDP would like to ask Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
why the PAP sees the need to exert such suffocating control over civil
society. The recent spat with the Association of Muslim Professionals
(AMP) is just one example of the way the party continues to seek
absolute control over the people. The SDP has confidence in
Singaporeans, whether they are Chinese, Malay, Indians, or Eurasians,
that they are able to assess what their needs are and to assert their
views to the Government while ensuring that the rights of their
neighbors and fellow citizens are not disre
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Singapore: AI Concern At Imprisonment Of Two Opposition Critics
11 October 2000
Amnesty International expresses serious concern at the
imprisonment of Chee Soon Juan and Ghandi Ambalam for holding a rally
without a permit. Both men were imprisoned after refusing to pay fines,
totalling S $4500 and S$3000 respectively, in connection with a variety
of offences relating to a gathering outside of Singapore's Presidential
Palace. Chee Soon Juan was imprisoned for five weeks of which four weeks
relate to the illegal rally charge, and Ghandi Ambalam to four weeks of
which two weeks are for holding a rally without a permit. "Amnesty
International is
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