- Police arrests Singaporean netizen over YOG remarks: Time for chilling effect to take its course
- Vivian and Ser Luck put up “smoke-screens” to obfuscate YOG fracas and demonize critics
- Young Democrats call for support for Abdul Malik
What jumped out at me was this from the Young Democrats’ post …
“During our meeting Mr Malik revealed that, on top of the questions pertaining to the issue, the police had asked him questions such as whether he had joined any political party and what were his political affiliations.
How is Mr Abdul’s political affiliation relevant to the issue at hand, which is about the YOG and his comments in the Facebook group set up to take issue with the Government’s handling of the Games? Is the Singapore Police Force going to decide on its course of action based on the blogger’s political affiliation?”
It seems having any opinion that is different from what is officially sanctioned and approved is not only discouraged but might possibly land the person in a spot of trouble.
Given all that’s happening, one wonders if Singapore will soon see an election similar to what happened in Malaysia in 2008 where opposition parties won 36.9% of parliamentary seats, while BN only managed to secure the remaining 63.1% marking the first time since the 1969 election that the coalition did not win a two-thirds supermajority in the Malaysian Parliament required to pass amendments to the Malaysian Constitution.
A key thought I’d like to share is taken from a barrage of response to TOC’s FB link regarding the questioning of the NSMan … “We sigh, we discuss, we complain, but in the end nothing changes. Until one day we realise we have completely lost all our rights. Vote wisely.” (see highlight below)
