April 8, 2010 by admin
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Written by Our Correspondent
In yet another sign that public anger against the PAP is fast
reaching an all-time high, fliers critical of the PAP were found in
the mailboxes of HDB flats in Pasir Ris-Punggol and Marine Parade
GRCs.
Printed on A-4 sized papers in both English and Chinese with the
title “The truth that every citizen must know”, the fliers made
“allegations about corruption and exploitation and complained about
cost of living, among other things” and urge residents to take
“collective and concerted action to go against the PAP”, the
Straits Times reports today.
As expected, the state media dared not publish the content
of the filers and jumped to the defence of the embattled PAP by
casting aspersions on the credibility of the fliers.
TODAY published an article with the misleading headline
“Poison pen letters hit Sengkang” while the
Straits Times interviewed one resident who felt it was not
“appropriate” for such content to be circulated this way to give
the erroneous impression to the public that the distribution of
anti-PAP fliers is wrong.
A police report was made and the Singapore Police is now
investigating the matter involving a political party under the
Sedition Act, where the offender could be fined up
to $5,000 and/or given a maximum jail term of three years.
It is most befuddling that the state media chose to slant its
articles in such a way to mislead readers into thinking that a
criminal offence has been committed when the content of the fliers
remain a mystery.
At the very least, they should publish the content in full for
readers to judge for themselves if they are indeed “seditious”.
It is hardly a surprise that the PAP MPs in the two GRCs have
dismissed the fliers.
PAP MP Charles Chong who sparked an outcry two years ago by
describing Singaporeans as “lesser mortals” said the allegations
against the PAP were too “broad and wild” to warrant a
response.
“It looks like someone wants to have a head start this
time…We will respond if they are more specific and credible…The
public could draw its own conclusions about the allegations,”
he was quoted as saying in the Straits Times.
If this is indeed so, why then is the media hiding the content
of the fliers from Singaporeans?
Mr Chong’s response is in line with what PAP Minister Lim Swee
Say said in Parliament last month:
“We (PAP) are DEAF to all criticisms!”
Every Singapore citizen has the right to criticize the
government and its policies and to call on collective action by the
citizenry. The Singapore police should not waste precious
taxpayers’ monies on such frivolous police reports to criminalize
legitimate civil activism as guaranteed under our Constitution.
Readers who have received a copy of this flyer, please scan it
and email to us at [email protected]
We would like to call on all Singaporeans to stand behind this
brave Singaporean who dares to go against the despotic,
undemocratic and paranoid regime. In the event that he/she is
arrested by the PAP’s police, we will set up a fund to fight the
case for him/her in court. Let the whole world knows how
dictatorial, repressive and totalitarian the PAP is!
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A few of our readers have since scanned and emailed
the fliers to us.
We will leave it to Singaporeans to decide for themselves if its
contents are indeed seditious and to quote Mr Charles Chong, “The
public could draw its own conclusions about the allegations”.
English version:
Chinese version:
DISCLAIMER:
The Temasek Review does not endorse or support the contents
of the above fliers which might have already been distributed to
and read by thousands of Singaporeans. Please read it at your own
discretion.
