‘People kept poor to ensure support can be bought’
SMU Prof, Bridget Welsh (Malaysiakini, 7 Jul) - The incentive for politicians to keep people poor so that their political support can be bought will persist if problems related to political campaign financing are not resolved, said academician Bridget Welsh. “I think we are already seeing some of that. What is happening in...
SG Embassy to Washington Post: Singapore is no autocracy
Regarding Jackson Diehl’s June 24 op-ed column, “An F in academic freedom”: Mr. Diehl’s labeling of Singapore as an “autocracy” is supercilious. There are different forms of democracy all over the world, shaped by each nation’s history, traditions and ethnic and religious mixes. Since its independence, Singapore...
FT: Singapore brushes off concerns, says Shane Todd death was suicide
(Financial Times, 8 Jul) - The death of a young US engineer in Singapore last year was the result of suicide, a coroner in the city-state ruled on Monday, brushing aside claims by the man’s family that he was murdered. The verdict caps a two-month probe by the Singapore government into the death of Shane Todd, who was found...
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