Originally posted by LazerLordz:
[b]Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, the Southeast Asian coordinator for the
group Nonviolence International, was turned away from Changi
Airport and sent back to Thailand when he tried to enter Singapore
on Friday.
Opposition politician and Singapore Democratic Party secretary
general Chee Soon Juan told AFP Moser-Puangsuwan had been invited
to Singapore to give a lecture at a weekend training workshop on
non-violent political action.
"This was aimed to teach Singaporeans how to wage a non-violent
campaign of civil disobedience against the government so as to
liberate and expand civil rights of Singaporeans who, he deludes
himself to believe, are living under dire oppression and
injustice," the statement said.
Isn't it just like our government to say that the person that
dislike their views is deluded or doesn't know what they're talking
about. News to the MP's, they're not perfect or as smart as they
think they are.
Someone needs to stand up in that government and say it. "You are
wrong here and here. That's it, live with it and move on." It's so
silly to not admit when you make a mistake. It's the lose face
thing. Someone's may heard of why the nicoll highway construction
crashed. The cover ups and refusal to admit mistakes lost many
people their lives.
The government is too scared of being challenged and knows that the
people may just voted against them. I don't know why that is? I
think they should be pretty confident the way the country is run
today. Personally, I think they've got no reason to be so paranoid.
They should let their accomplishments do the talking instead of
pulling all these non-democratic (borderline dictatorship)
stunts.
