Why were he be
detained for so long?
U will say LKY afraid Chia came out to contest him in election
etc.
Thats MHA fixed him ,making him stay long long inside.
This is one of the explanations.
I read a report interviewing him saying the same line of story
below:
He refused to sign a undertaking that he would not use
violence after he would be released!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Thye_Poh
The other detainees were released eventually after they each
signed a document promising to renounce violence and sever ties
with the Communist Party
of Malaya (CPM).[7] However, he
refused as he felt that signing such a document would imply that he
was affiliated with the CPM and, in his own words: "to renounce violence is to imply you advocated
violence before. If I had signed that statement I would not have
lived in peace."[3
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Did he put the
priority right?
Lets assume it was his real reason that he refused to sign the
undertaking.
This made MHA extend his detention.
(Lets say FBI catch a guy
who threatened to kill US President.Do u think FBI would
release
the guy who refuses to sigh a similiar undertaking not to
harm
the US President?)
We put his political ideas aside.Chia sure was a leader of
BN.
What were his priority?
1.Came out and lead BN again or other political party,or
exile
to other countries?
2.Continue stay inside prison?
3.Reunion with his family?(When he was released in l997,
his mom was still alive.)
4.others...
What
was the top priority of political
leaders?
I think any political leader must stay political alive.
Get out of prison asap.People need u,man,outside of prison!!
However,in 20 and 21 century,the opposition parties leaders
just commit political suicides!!
They ruined the once biggest opposition patry of 3 seats in
Parliment
to zero seat!!
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http://www.mha.gov.sg/news_details.aspx?nid=241
Chia Thye Poh was quoted in the Reuters report of 27 Nov 98 as
follows ? "I was never under any communist party. I was merely
performing my duty as a Member of Parliament."
This is not true. In 1966, the Barisan Sosialis (BSS) decided to
adopt the strategy of extra-parliamentary struggle. To this end,
Chia Thye Poh who was a BSS MP resigned from Parliament together
with the other BSS MPs to take their struggle to the streets.
Chia was therefore not an MP when he was arrested on 29 Oct 66. He
had resigned from the office of MP to which he was elected to serve
his constituents. Instead he
advocated armed struggle and violence. He publicly renounced
Parliamentary politics and declared his resorting to an
unconstitutional struggle on the streets.
Chia was never arrested for performing his duties as an MP. Chia
was arrested for his involvement in the CPM communist united front
and to avert widespread unlawful demonstrations and violence.
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
30 NOVEMBER 1998---end of quote
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