Chee Never Stops, Never Surrenders, Never Surprises

Dr Chee fashions himself more as a civil disobedience activist rather than a politician. The more he feels he is cut off from mainstream politics because of the media and government’s actions steered by the PAP, the more Dr Chee subscribes to civil disobedience antics. Everything he does now has to be loud and colourful [...]

Mas Selamat’s Escape: Closure and Managing Public Expectations

With these actions, plus the COI report released last month, the government expects closure.
I presume that the hunt for Mas Selamat is still on as that is the only means of atonement. The government has been eager to show self-flagellation and that it is not a cover-up by sacking the Superintendent of the centre, who [...]

What now for FEER?

FEER is being sued by MM Lee and PM Lee over a 2006 pro-Chee Soon Juan article. Those familiar with the Lees’ pattern of lawsuit to counter defamation against them would know that this tactic is specifically for opposition members like JBJ and Dr Chee Soon Juan, but not Workers’ Party or Singapore Democratic Alliance [...]

The Patriarch Speaks on Taiwan

The Patriarch’s message to the new Taiwanese government on official and unofficial Singapore-Taiwan ties with the Taiwanese media as the wild card,
“When Lee Hsien Loong was Deputy Prime Minister, he visited Taiwan. The Taiwanese media made big play of his visit. Beijing objected and suspended all government to government negotiations with us. [...]

Another Minister Goes Down

But not ours. Taiwan, a rambunctious democracy where fighting in parliament is ridiculously seen as a reflection of passion in politics, is going to have a new Foreign Minister very soon. $30 million intended for buying over PNG in the China-Taiwan chequebook diplomacy has vanished. Embezzlement in a foreign policy that the Foreign Minister has [...]