Today, the second of February, we mark the 60th anniversary of Operation Coldstore, when 113 persons were arrested in Singapore under the repressive Preservation of Public Security Ordinance and jailed without legal recourse for an unspecified period of time. … Read more…The Continuing Relevance Of Operation Coldstore
Today is the 60th Anniversary of Operation Coldstore. Some of the political prisoners detained have issued this public statement. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ex-coldstore-detainees-call-for-isa-s-abolition-apology-on-60th-anniversary-mha-says-allegations-not-new https://www.jom.media/the-long-shadow-of-operation-coldstore/
James was released from detention and
“I see no sense in being put in detention time after time on the ground that I am alleged to be a Communist or am sympathetic to Communism. I am
In late November, he was released on condition he would no longer take part in political activities. While in jail, James was conferred the degree of law in absentia. At
Six weeks after the Singapore elections, Lee Kuan Yew requested my presence at Rumah Temasek. “Harry kept me waiting for more than an hour and Harry knows that is one
“When the Singapore elections were held, and PAP had won, I told the police officer called Tze-Toh, I said, ‘Harry is coming to see me.’ He said, ‘You quarreled with
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