TR EMERITUS

OK, Putin in 1991 when he was working for the mayor of St Petersburg. Harry believed in the iron fist but in 1991 Putin said it would lead to  “totalitarianism”. “But the danger lies not in the law enforcement organs, nor in the state security services nor in the police – and not even in the army. The danger lies in... 

21 May 1987 is the day when 16 social workers were arrested and accused by the Singapore government of Lee Kuan Yew of waging a “conspiracy” to topple the government. Later, 6 more were arrested for the same reason. The accused were never charged in open court where they would be allowed to defend themselves, and more importantly,... 

When LKY passed away in 2015, my first concern is about Singapore's diplomacy. Observing how his son had conducted himself in various occasions, like visiting Taiwan right before he assumed the position as Prime Minister and how he unwittingly joked about smoke in Beijing right in front of the US President, I feared very much...