The day MM Lee censored himself

06Sep08

Rather odd article in Today about Lee Kuan Yew’s first televised National Day Rally speech in 1971. Dr Goh must have been horrified when he heard from his seat at the National Theatre that the PM’s speech was going on air live. For Mr Lee was and is not known as one who minces his […]

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Tags: 1971, national day rally, self-censorship, today

Lee vs Chee: Timeline of the “Murderers, robbers, child molesters and rapists” flap

06Jul08

A quick timeline of a bizarre flap that developed over the Wall Street Journal editorial posted here earlier. On June 30, Lee Kuan Yew’s press secretary Yeong Yoon Ying sent in a response to the WSJ where Yeong asserted that: Dr. Chee [Soon Juan] in open court then called the Singapore leaders “murderers, robbers, child […]

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Tags: chee soon juan, child molesters, defamation, lee kuan yew, murderers, rapists, robbers, today, wall street journal, wsj, yeong yoon ying