'I have not entered politics and have not joined any political
party.'
MR SIEW KUM HONG, former Nominated MP: 'I refer
to the letter by Mr Cheong Tuck Kuan ('Protecting a scheme: NMPs
should be barred from joining political parties for five years
after their terms end'; Jan 29), in which he appeared to suggest
that I was 'intent on entering mainstream politics'. The question
raised by him is a theoretical one, because I have not entered
politics and have not joined any political party. The Online
Citizen (TOC) is not a political party, and the intention to
gazette it as a political association does not make it one. TOC is
a website that provides regular Singaporeans with a platform to
share their opinions about all aspects of life in Singapore, a
place where Singaporeans can come and talk about what is foremost
on their minds. It does not engage in partisan politics, and has no
interest in doing so.'
