What would you do if ISD knocks on your door at 3.am?
I went to bed at about 1 am. At slightly before 2 am, very loud
banging on the glass door woke me. Still half asleep, I thought the
noise might go away, but I heard it again, and some noises outside
the house. I woke Peter and he went to the door.
I saw flashing lights and some people outside. One of them said
that they were searching for illegal immigrants and showed his
badge. He also said that he was from Joo Chiat Police Station.
I felt fear and knew that
they were Internal Security Department (ISD)
officers.
Peter opened the door and let in the four officers, three Chinese
males and one female. He carried a sack. Once inside, a Chinese in
his early 40s asked whether I was Tang Fong Har. I nodded yes, and
he told me that I was under arrest under the Internal Security
Act.
Though it was not totally unexpected, I was nevertheless stunned
and speechless. He warned us not to move, and the others then
systematically searched the house - the bedrooms, the bathrooms,
the kitchen and the living room. I did not see them searching the
garden.
The man who had spoken to us stood near us all the while. Peter
asked him, "Doesn't she have any
rights?"
He looked at Peter in a funny
way and the rest laughed cynically. The search took some 40
minutes.
They seized my address-book, file of cuttings and articles on
the May 20 arrests, some copies of minutes of the Law Society
Criminal Legal Aid Scheme and AWARE (Association of Women for
Action and Research) meetings.
When the time came for me to be taken away, I told Peter not to
worry about me and to contact my family and lawyer. His face was
expressionless. He did not raise his voice at all, and neither did
I.
I was led to a car, my glasses were removed and I was
blindfolded.
We drove off...
http://www.singapore-window.org/tfhmemo.htm
My heartache when I read her post......a full body slap across
the face (if wrist slap, can a person fall across onto the
floor with spec flown off?) ..... and she wasn't a communist
or terrorist but a social advocate.
Haiz........no word more to say.......
