Even expatriate women in Singapore are protesting - SDP

Melvin Tan SG

Hi,

Just like to share that Mr JBJ was allowed to travel for personal purposes when he was a bankrupt. Dr CSJ's trips were largely to attend international conferences rather than work purposes.

Then again, not that I support it but I see no reason why the authorities should prevent him from doing so. It lends credence to their stand that he was bankrupted to prevent him from travelling and becoming a threat overseas and if that was not the government's purpose, they would have inadvertently created the wrong impression.

Bottom line is, I find both the PAP and Singapore government's handling of opposition parties wanton and gives the impression that they are more fearful of losing power than what they claim. Whether it is at the legal or grassroots levels, they tend to overkill.

Regards

mancha SG

JBJ went to the airport with the approval in his hand.

CSJ tried to waffle his way out, claiming ignorance and confusion.

There is a big difference in the two scenarios.

robertteh SG

The fact is that we have only a handful of foreign woman PRs and yet we could see them definitely being more civic minded and interested and prepared to speak up or express their passion for civil liberty than even many of our highly educated scholars.

They are not immune to prosecution or arrest so let us not say that government is more open or flexible with them because they are ang mo.

They could be equally exposing themselves to risk of being arrested for illegal assembly.

Hence it proves once again that Li Ao was right in saying that Singaporeans lack quality as a people.

They are not interested in standing up to bullying by their government or developing as a united people or being passionate about protecting and safeguarding their rights and liberties.

That is why it is so important for them now with all the happenings they have seen around the world to learn quickly how to unite and find common ground and stay cohesive as a people.

If so even if they go to the street to have peaceful civil rally or wear red or black together to express dissent of policies they will be respected for their cause.

We will then have a better future. So they should learn to be more cohesive in whatever they are doing and not keep flaming against one another. Find some common interests and passions and go on encouraging themselves to cultivate such ideals and fight for their rights and beliefs.

Whenever and wherever unfair and unjust actions are taken by government they could then rise and unite as a people and grow as people to be reckoned by all the policy makers.

t_a_s SG

the police only acted if there is a complaint, in this case may be no complaint from the public

hawkeye1819 SG

Chee Soon Juan is not a simple man….. take the petition for example….. SDP showed extra zeal for Burma’s case…... why not Thailand when the coup happened?? Oobviously S’pore govt was their target from the beginning when they planned the petition….. ‘cause they think they have prove that they deal with drugs with the Burma govt….. that’s why they petition is the only 1 that attack both S’pore and Burma govt

robertteh SG

If there are lots of connections as indicated by some reports in Australia between our government and the Burmah Junta then Chee Soon Juan might well be doing citizens a favor but asking for the books to be open and let citizens judge how clean are those connections.

We must look at the big picture if we want to deal with the issues and problems.

Icemoon SG

Haha .. just like ST helped to unmask NKF.

Even the 143th press can be useful you know? Laughing

royston_ang SG

Compare this to the Anti-Odex protest? Come on, it only a group of teens protesting with toys action figures. They don't look like protesting too, look more like a group of anime fan gathering together. Yet, the police sent 4 riot police buses, took down their identities, and video records the group activities. Rolling Eyes

So, why the different treatment?

kramnave SG

Originally posted by royston_ang:

Compare this to the Anti-Odex protest? Come on, it only a group of teens protesting with toys action figures. They don't look like protesting too, look more like a group of anime fan gathering together. Yet, the police sent [b]4 riot police buses, took down their identities, and video records the group activities. Rolling Eyes

So, why the different treatment?[/b]

You are assuming that the police knew beforehand that the expatriate women were going to gather. With regards to the Odex case, the police were already there before they started anything. For the expatriate women, there was no evidence of a police presence.

Thus, it is conceivable that the police did not know anything about the gathering of the expat women.

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