Originally posted by reyes:
[b]It may seem futile to speak up or give views. The son
said people must have views and wants to build an inclusive
society. If he has any seriousness in what he said, he should not
allow the father to turn the whole electorate into a circus
threatening people who speak up by condemning them as liars.
If Tang Liang Hong is really a Chinese Chauvinist, he should prove
it but he could not prove it and continues to call him such name.
No wonder there are currently frivolous defamation suits like the
Durai's suing whistle blowers over his 1st class travel using
donation monies in the NKF saga.
Is this the kind of society we want to build?
can someone tell me really what the tang liang hong saga is all
about? i still young that time to really follow what happen.
i not a lawyer or elite in anyway, but i quite comfortable with my
life but i feel something is wrong in singapore.
the one man power that seem can overule everything.
the unfairness and ungraciousness of the ruling party in dishing
out upgrading package base on political advantage rather than needs
of singaporean. thus using singaporean money to the advantage of
party interest.
the almost non existence of the labour movement. with too many
union leaders in the ruling party. be it 2 hats and some can claim
wear 3 hats.
elitism in our society. yes, we need elite to lead singapore but
the mere fact that it seem all elite belong to the same party send
shivers to me that the truth meaning of democracy could be diminish
in future generation.
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Tang Liang Hong was one of the few opposition candidates after
JBJ, and Francis Seow who stood for election after many years of
apathy in our political scene as a result of the same kind of
challenges to people daring to stand up for their belief like
JG.
Tang Liang Hong cetainly did not defame any one in his election
campaigning and he did not come across as posing a threat with
anti-government slogans making uncalled for utterances without
facts.
He was merely under extreme provocation made to say certain things
in the 1996 election to the effect that he had made certain police
report against threats or some other matters but immediately he was
sued by the team of ministers for making innuendos amounting to
defaming the leaders for saying that he had lodged a certain police
report against the government.
This reference to lodging a police report was Tang Liang Hong's
defensive rebuttal to extreme provocation from the ruling elites
calling him names like "Chinese Chauvinist" without any evidence
that he was indeed such a chauvinist.
Is this kind of attitude towards political participants right or
wrong? Has the leaders changed such a provocative behavior in the
JG case.?
