Lee Kuan Yew was retained as the detainees solicitor. Lee asked the Government at the Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting what right the Government had to prevent the detainees from seeing their lawyer who was also the PAP leader in the Assembly. Lee also claimed that the Government intercepted a letter from the detainees to their solicitor. However Lee later stated he received the letter from James while he was in detention and even published the letter in his book ‘Battle For Merger’ as well as in the media.