SINGAPORE (AFP) - - The leader of a Singapore opposition party,
jailed numerous times for defying local protest laws and for other
offences, has posted a video message asking for US President Barack
Obama's support.
Chee Soon Juan, secretary general of the Singapore Democratic
Party, posted his "message to President Obama" on the video sharing
website YouTube, where he called Obama's Tuesday inauguration "an
occasion of great moment."
Chee expressed hope that the United States "will pay more
attention to the human rights abuses of the Singapore government
and take positive steps to help Singapore join the community of
democracies."
Chee, dressed in a dark suit and a tie, sat at a desk to deliver
the message lasting more than five minutes.
He said his party was especially encouraged by what Obama, the
first black president of the United States, has said about human
rights.
"Under your leadership I look forward to a world that is freer,
more democratic and more just," said Chee.
He is one of the few Singaporeans who have publicly spoken
against Singapore's People's Action Party, which has ruled since
1959.
Since independence in 1965, Singapore has grown from a Third
World country to an Asian economic powerhouse. But critics say this
has come at a price, in the form of restrictions on freedom of
speech and political activity.
The ruling party has all but two of the 84 elected seats in
parliament, and the opposition's complaints include a lack of
access to mainstream media in the country.
Except for a park that serves as a designated area for limited
free speech, it is illegal to hold a public gathering of five or
more people in Singapore without a police permit.
Singapore's leaders say tough laws against dissent and other
political activity are necessary to ensure the stability which has
helped the city-state achieve economic success.
The government has said allegations that Singapore fails to meet
international standards for political and human rights are without
substance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNhfIexncdc
Singapore really have no talented people around......even our
opposition MP have to restorted to do silly things like this.
I don't know which part of the education system educated him to
have such a vivid imagination that Obama might (<1%) want to
give CSJ his attention.
So CSJ got money to buy a suit and tie and a videocam, he thinks
he can get attention from Obama?
Then how about those dying people in Africa? They got no money
to eat, and no tailor to make them suit and no money to buy a tie
and videocam. Even no money to charge the batteries of the
videocam, then how are they supposed to save themselves and their
countries? Who is going to help and save them???
This world is so full of retarded people, I hope if the world
really need to end one day, it will end in a smartest way at the
hands of the smartest beings. 
