How Singapore Policed the Foreign Press
The Irrawaddy- June 29, 2012 A few years ago the word “gazetted” was possibly the most feared word for any publication operating in Asia, especially Southeast Asia. The term described the way the Singaporean government policed the foreign press by selectively curtailing or expanding a publication’s circulation within the...
Singapore’s Legal Secrecy Fueling Complaints Of One Law for the Rich, Another for the Poor
The Jakarta Globe- June 25, 2012 A plastic surgeon with the unlikely name of Woffles Wu has sparked an online row about whether Singapore’s justice system is biased in favor of the wealthy. To many of the island nation’s increasingly feisty citizens, the government’s denials have been less than convincing. The curious...
Who is Ho Yeow Sun?
Sun Ho (26 Jun) - Who is the woman behind beleaguered City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee, now at the centre of the most shocking probe into a religious organization in Singapore? Ho Yeow Sun, who now styles herself Sun Ho, is no stranger to controversy or the spotlight. She is expected to come even under more scrutiny after...
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