SDP leaders to hold protest outside
Istana
Now that we've made our condemnation of the Burma military rulers
unmistakable, it is time to turn our attention to the other half of
the Burma-Singapore connection.
Starting tomorrow. 8 Oct 07, at around 12 noon, SDP leaders will
hold a 24-hour protest outside the Istana at Orchard Road to
denounce the Singapore Government's involvement in Burma.
The Istana protest will be preceded by the petition being handed
over to the Burmese ambassador U Win Myint at 11 am.
The SDP leaders will then proceed to the Istana to submit the
second letter addressed to PM Lee Hsien Loong which calls for the
Singapore Government to reveal the extent of its dealings with the
Burmese military and its cronies.
The protest will then commence. It is aimed at raising awareness of
the Singapore Government's exploitation of the situation in Burma
and to call on the PM Lee to cease this nefarious nexus.
We, the citizens of Singapore, have the right to demand answers
from our Government and to hold it accountable.
The Singapore Government Investment Corporation (GIC) led by Mr Lee
Kuan Yew, invests $160 billion dollars worth of our money. Temasek
Holdings, controlled by Mdm Ho Ching, Lee's daughter-in-law, holds
another $160 billion of public funds under her authority.
These two companies operate in virtual secrecy with little
accountability to the us the people.
This must change.
We demand that the Government opens its books of the GIC and
Temasek to the people, starting with its investments in
Burma.
There are also disturbing questions about Singapore's sale of arms
and military equipment to the Burmese junta and money being
laundered in Singapore by drug barons in Burma.
As the crisis in Burma deepens and the atrocities of the Burmese
army surface, it is no longer possible for the PAP Government to
continue evading questions about the Singapore-Burma
connection.
We call on Singaporeans and the international community to step up
pressure on the Singapore Government to come clean and give a full
account of its role in Burma.
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