Minister for Home Affairs comments about local protesters are M.I.S.L.E.A.D.I.N.G

On Apr 15, DPM & Minister for Home Affairs, Wong Kan Seng, said
In Singapore, it is only a tiny group of irresponsible and selfish individuals who have been pushing this line of civil disobedience. They do not care for the interests and safety of other Singaporeans; they are only interested in themselves.
Its hardly surprising that [...]

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Further restrictions on rights in Singapore – Amnesty International

Further restrictions on rights in Singapore
Amnesty International, 23 Apr 2009
On 13 April Singapore’s parliament passed a new Public Order Act, which further restricts the human right to freedom of peaceful assembly and enhances policing powers to the exclusion of adequate safeguards to prevent abuse.
The government stated that the Act was needed in advance of the [...]

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Passing of Public Order Bill: ‘We, the citizens of Singapore’ are not free from blame

There have been responses to the passing of the Public Order Bill by the PAP-dominated parliament.
See here, here, here, here and here for some good ones online.
In parliament, the Workers’ Party’s Sylvia Lim spoke about the party’s opposition to the Bill and so did Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong. (Watch the videos of [...]

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My message to Singaporeans out there is don’t be afraid – Kenneth Jeyaretnam

Son of Singapore’s late opposition icon enters politics
AFP, 10 Apr 2009
A son of Singapore’s late opposition icon J.B. Jeyaretnam said Friday he had joined his father’s pro-democracy party and may run for parliament in the next general elections.
British-trained economist Kenneth Jeyaretnam, 50, told AFP he had been approached to join other parties but decided going [...]

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Still a Mad World

Mad World, the original 1982 version by Tears for Fears

The 2003 cover by Gary Jules & Michael Andrew which was also a big hit

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There’s nothing positive about politically motivated and ruinous defamation suits

Kelvin Teo, in his article, wrote “..it can be ironically argued that defamation suits may end up being a positive selective pressure in improving the quality of political discourse.”
Ng E-Jay has written a good piece in response to that article.
I’m not a lawyer or academic or politician or university student. But i’ve been an activist [...]

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Video – Flutter: The New Twitter

Have a good laugh with this mockumentary by Slate V.

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Flogging of 17-year-old by Taliban captured on video

WARNING:  Very disturbing images in the following video
See these news reports about this incident:
Video of girl’s flogging as Taliban hand out justice – The Guardian
Outcry in Pakistan after video of a 17 year old’s flogging by the Taliban is shown on TV – The Guardian
Video of Taliban flogging girl stirs anger in Pakistan – Los [...]

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Line between PR/Journalism crossed in The New Paper’s ‘exclusive’ interview with Nepal’s former crown prince?

Apr 2 update @ 10.20am: At the time of my original post below, i provided three links to the printer-friendly versions of the articles that were still available on TNP’s website. I just discovered they’re not available anymore.They have been removed.
The titles of the 3 articles: Killer trigger: Foiled $23M gun deal; ‘The smell of  [...]

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