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Book Launch: The 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore – Commemorating 50 years
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It was at a session of the present parliament, elected in the landmark 2011 election, that a question that has not been asked for the last 50 years was raised. In a written answer to NCMP Lina Chiam, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean who is also the Minister for Home Affairs, Co-ordinating Minister for National Security and Minister-in-charge of the Civil Service revealed that a total of 2,460 were arrested from 1959 when the PAP came into power to 1990 under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance and its successor legislation, the Internal Security Act. Of this, 1045 received detention orders, renewable at the minister’s discretion every two years.
As is well known, Chia Thye Poh, detained in 1966, was a free person only after 32 years.
The use of the ISA is usually associated with the 1960s and especially, Operation Coldstore. In fact, the ISA has been used more frequently than just the 60s. In the 70s, more than 800 were arrested and 235 detained. From December 2001 to 2013 about 89 people were arrested and 64 were detained.
These statistics are highlighted in the book. ‘2 February’ survivors have written accounts of their political activities, lives in prison, and thereafter. They affirm that they posed an electoral threat to the PAP in the 1963 election, resolutely refuting charges that they were out to subvert the political system to benefit a foreign power. Even when the PAP won that election with 37 seats to the Barisan’s 13, three of the newly elected Barisan MPs were detained and another two became refugees even before they stepped into the legislature. They remain political exiles till today.
In the pre-Coldstore period, the PAP government was regularly asked to account for the number of detainees. Such detentions were associated with colonial rule and that of its lackeys. The electorate voted the PAP into power in 1959 in expectation that the detainees would be freed. Huge fanfare accompanied the immediate release of the eight biggest names. The women detainees were released only three months later. The majority continued to be imprisoned.
It has taken fifty years before information on the number of detentions under the Internal Security Act was given in parliament. During the ‘Marxist Conspiracy’ debates in parliament, it was Chiam See Tong, then the sole opposition MP who demanded accountability for the government’s action.
The launch of this important book reminds us of how little we know about our history and how much the ISA is tied to our politics.
Book launch details:
The 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore: Commemorating 50 years, ed. Poh Soo Kai, Tan Kok Fang and Hong Lysa
Venue: Harvest Care Centre
165 Sims Avenue
Date: 16 November 2013
Time: 2.30 pm (to be seated by 2.15 pm)
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/267604823387089/
As is well known, Chia Thye Poh, detained in 1966, was a free person only after 32 years.
The use of the ISA is usually associated with the 1960s and especially, Operation Coldstore. In fact, the ISA has been used more frequently than just the 60s. In the 70s, more than 800 were arrested and 235 detained. From December 2001 to 2013 about 89 people were arrested and 64 were detained.
These statistics are highlighted in the book. ‘2 February’ survivors have written accounts of their political activities, lives in prison, and thereafter. They affirm that they posed an electoral threat to the PAP in the 1963 election, resolutely refuting charges that they were out to subvert the political system to benefit a foreign power. Even when the PAP won that election with 37 seats to the Barisan’s 13, three of the newly elected Barisan MPs were detained and another two became refugees even before they stepped into the legislature. They remain political exiles till today.
In the pre-Coldstore period, the PAP government was regularly asked to account for the number of detainees. Such detentions were associated with colonial rule and that of its lackeys. The electorate voted the PAP into power in 1959 in expectation that the detainees would be freed. Huge fanfare accompanied the immediate release of the eight biggest names. The women detainees were released only three months later. The majority continued to be imprisoned.
It has taken fifty years before information on the number of detentions under the Internal Security Act was given in parliament. During the ‘Marxist Conspiracy’ debates in parliament, it was Chiam See Tong, then the sole opposition MP who demanded accountability for the government’s action.
The launch of this important book reminds us of how little we know about our history and how much the ISA is tied to our politics.
Book launch details:
The 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore: Commemorating 50 years, ed. Poh Soo Kai, Tan Kok Fang and Hong Lysa
Venue: Harvest Care Centre
165 Sims Avenue
Date: 16 November 2013
Time: 2.30 pm (to be seated by 2.15 pm)
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/267604823387089/
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We invite everyone to join us for the "The 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore: Commemorating 50 Years" Book Launch.
Speakers: Poh Soo Kai, Tan Kok Fang, Loh Miao Ping, Lee Tee Tong, Hong Lysa, PJ Thum
Chair: Lim Pai
Operation Coldstore remains the most contentious event in the history of post-colonial Singapore. On 2 February 1963 and the weeks that followed, 133 men and women were arrested and detained. The country was deprived of the top leaders of the opposition parties, trade unions, rural organisations, and Nanyang University student and alumni associations. The collapse of political pluralism and the open exploration among the people of Singapore for the kind of society they envisaged ensued. In all but one of the five decades since, the Internal Security Act which permits detention without trial has been and continues to be used.
Despite attempts by the state to silence survivors of Operation Coldstore, the authors in this volume have now placed on record their perspective and understanding of the event as left-wing political actors who responded to the call of anti-colonialism and the challenge of shaping a new society.
In remembering Operation Coldstore, we affirm the personal price that the most resolute leaders of that generation have paid, in order that Singaporeans will be able to better understand the nature of State power that runs through their society.
Venue: Harvest Care Centre
165 Sims Avenue #04-01, S (387606)
(Between Lorong 17 and Lorong 21 Geylang)
Nearest MRT: Aljunied (about ten minutes’ walk)
Bus numbers: 2, 13, 21, 26, 51, 62, 63, 67, 80, 100, 125, 158, 158B, 853*
Date: 16 November 2013
Time: 2.30 pm (Please be seated by 2.15 pm)
If you wish to purchase a book, please bring a bag to carry it in.
Speakers: Poh Soo Kai, Tan Kok Fang, Loh Miao Ping, Lee Tee Tong, Hong Lysa, PJ Thum
Chair: Lim Pai
Operation Coldstore remains the most contentious event in the history of post-colonial Singapore. On 2 February 1963 and the weeks that followed, 133 men and women were arrested and detained. The country was deprived of the top leaders of the opposition parties, trade unions, rural organisations, and Nanyang University student and alumni associations. The collapse of political pluralism and the open exploration among the people of Singapore for the kind of society they envisaged ensued. In all but one of the five decades since, the Internal Security Act which permits detention without trial has been and continues to be used.
Despite attempts by the state to silence survivors of Operation Coldstore, the authors in this volume have now placed on record their perspective and understanding of the event as left-wing political actors who responded to the call of anti-colonialism and the challenge of shaping a new society.
In remembering Operation Coldstore, we affirm the personal price that the most resolute leaders of that generation have paid, in order that Singaporeans will be able to better understand the nature of State power that runs through their society.
Venue: Harvest Care Centre
165 Sims Avenue #04-01, S (387606)
(Between Lorong 17 and Lorong 21 Geylang)
Nearest MRT: Aljunied (about ten minutes’ walk)
Bus numbers: 2, 13, 21, 26, 51, 62, 63, 67, 80, 100, 125, 158, 158B, 853*
Date: 16 November 2013
Time: 2.30 pm (Please be seated by 2.15 pm)
If you wish to purchase a book, please bring a bag to carry it in.
Speech by Dr. Thum Ping Tjin, a historian in the book launch of "The 1963 Operation Coldstore in Singapore" describing what do the two significant happenings in Singapore have in connection and whether or not if there were any evidence that justify the arrests made during Operation Coldstore.
[video=youtube;GwviaaULeiY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwviaaULeiY[/video]
[video=youtube;GwviaaULeiY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwviaaULeiY[/video]
(Photo credits: Ho Choon Hiong – https://www.facebook.com/hochoonhiong/media_set?set=a.10151993932742453&type=1)
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This is excellent. Learn something here about merger, operation cold store and the detainees (if they are communists).
Would Dr. Thum Ping Tjin be updating wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Coldstore) to reflects the points he made (The Tunku, merger, operation cold store, Borneo States, MI5 in Singapore dismissing the report etc) in this video?
Would Dr. Thum Ping Tjin be updating wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Coldstore) to reflects the points he made (The Tunku, merger, operation cold store, Borneo States, MI5 in Singapore dismissing the report etc) in this video?
may be Dr Thum would be arrested shortly.. we dont know.
his speach was very explosive... and damaging to PAP,...
Not going to happen. Dr Thum is safe. The British declassified their files, Dr Thum got most of his materials (The Tunku, merger, operation cold store, Borneo States, MI5 in Singapore dismissing the report etc) from the declassified files. The truth is out now, no way Lee Kuan Yew can deny this or arrest anyone of them.
You may be wrong. The invisible hands can just make Dr Thum maid to confess that Dr Thum harrass her and squeeze her boobs (just an example).
The kangaroo court can just nail Dr Thum and send him to jail.
Remember Dr Chee Suan Juan termination from NUS?
Prof Cherian George contract was not renewed?
many more....
remember the author of this book?
http://www.law.hku.hk/ccpl/pub/TeyTsunHang.html
Remember Christopher Langle?
If invisible hands happen to Dr Thum, then it is pretty obvious - just too coincidental - that Dr Thum is framed. That will lead people to question the cases of Dr Chee Suan Juan, Prof Cherian George, Christopher Langle etc. PAP don't want that to happen, their integrity will drop. Already, Operation Coldstore dented Lee Kuan Yew's integrity, has Lee not said they were communists? The cat is out of the bag, Dr Thum will remain a free man.
If Old Fart is around in 2016 after the defeat of the PAP, he should be hauled before the court to answer for their crimes. Likewise the past and present leaders of the PAP. It will heartening to see them all incarcerated for a long time.
The court will be independent - yes, foreign judges known for their independent thinking will preside. We have to give them a fair trial.
The court will be independent - yes, foreign judges known for their independent thinking will preside. We have to give them a fair trial.
never trust wikipedia
which court? must be a proper one
