Posts Tagged ‘internal security department’
Here’s something you don’t see everyday: a Singaporean bureaucrat almost, but not quite, threatening to sue Lee Kuan Yew for defamation. Temasek Review: The former director of Singapore’s Internal Security Department (1971 – 1974) Mr Yoong Siew Wah had written on his personal blog expressing outrage at factual inaccuracies in the SPH propagandist book about […]
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Tags: francis seow, internal security department, lee kuan yew, men in white, yoong siew wah
Followup: Yoong Siew Wah vs SPH, Lee Kuan Yew
After Temasek Review’s hard-hitting reporting, the Yoong Siew Wah/Men in White flap makes finally it into the mainstream media, but with all mention of Lee Kuan Yew and Yoong’s demand for an apology omitted. Straits Times Channel News Asia See also this interview with Yoong, again courtesy of Temasek Review: Interview with Mr Yoong Siew […]
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Tags: francis seow, internal security department, Interview, isd, men in white, sph, temasek review, yoong siew wah