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The world’s highest paid footballers are now playing at the biggest stage, the World Cup in Russia. The likes of Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar are expected to deliver world class performances befitting their status as the world’s most expensive footballers. It is a heavy burden but one they have to shoulder. What about our politicians?... 

I read with a mixture of intrigue, cheer and dismay the letter from Mr Sunny Lee, Director, Media Relations, Community Partnership and Communications Group, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) captioned "Score focused on securing jobs for ex-offenders" published in The Straits Times Forum page on 16 June 2018. INTRIGUE I am intrigued... 

Exactly 31 years ago, six people were arrested by the People's Action Party government in what was the final sweep of the 'Operation Spectrum'. About a month before that, sixteen people were arrested and detained without trial under the Internal Security Act. Officially, the PAP government claimed that these detainees were trying...