Breaking News: Amos Yee is World's Youngest Prisoner of Conscience

bigboss · Jun 17, 2015

Tuayapeh said:
...WP don't even dare to say anything when LHL ask him if LTK think wong kan seng should step down . I guess many opp party just concern about their own votes . Useless !! If opp party so scare of the government then what's the point of having opp party ?

WP will not want to get involved in matter involving a kid and the court. To project itself as main political party, LTK will focus on matter of national issue and importance. What the kid said is not really what the WP should repeat or condone.

To keep quiet does not mean the WP is dead or afraid of the pappies. LTK has to play his cards well to project the image of a serious politician, not someone to yelp like a mad dog.

bigboss · Jun 17, 2015

shittypore said:
It would be Sinkies lost if Kenneth does not get voted in tis coming Election.

It is better for this KJ to stand in a SMC in next GE to get himself elected to Parliament rather than contesting in GRC with a whole bunch of unknown kaki. When the other oppo parties make way in SMC for KJ to kick the butt of the pappies candidate, he will surely get elected as the MP.

If KJ continues to contest in GRC, he will have to wait long long for entry to Parliament. Get a seat in Parliament first and show sinaporans what he can do, kicking the butts of ministers, snoozing in Parliament or acting blur like sotong?

bigboss · Jun 17, 2015

Leepotism said:
Why cannot fark evil man at the funeral? It's you who got no conscience.

Whether the dead man is evil or not, it is not for the mortals to say. Is Hitler an evil man? He slaughtered Jews like chickens but to those nationalistic Germans in WW2, he was their God, not the evil man.

To some sinaporans, LKY might not be God but he did bring the island to where it is today, the envy of many countries and the paradise to many foreigners who flocked to the island from their miserable home land.

Is LKY evil? To these foreigners, he is their God. To other sinaporoans, they would like to kick his butt.

bigboss · Jun 17, 2015

Leepotism said:
Kenneth has more guts than all the oppositions put together.

Not really true. In politics, every politician has to be suave and play his cards well to avoid landing into the longkang. Go banging your head does not make one a smart politician. KJ himself will not say he has got more guts nor would he say LTK has got no balls.

Leepotism · Jun 17, 2015

JUNE 16, 2015Protect Our Children from the Unfair Persecution of the State

Put This Badge as Your Profile Picture on Your Social Networking Profiles to Advocate for the Protection of Our Children

The recent events surrounding Amos Yee’s persecution has compelled me to speak up further on the issue.

A few days ago, Amos’s lawyer, Alfred Dodwell, had sent a letter to the judge to highlight the unfair treatment that Amos is facing inside prison, while currently in remand.

Inside his letter, Dodwell said that Amos was “strapped to a bed in a medical facility for approximately one and a half days”. Dodwell said that this was communicated by Amos to him when he met with Amos on 10 June 2015 in prison. It has been several days since Dodwell had shared publicly on this issue but the prison authorities still have not clarified on this.

Why have they been silent on this?

Dodwell explained that Amos had “informed the prison psychiatrists that he was having suicidal thoughts” and was “feeling very depressed”, “due to the long period of incarceration looming ahead of him”.

But the prison had seemed to deem it fit to strap him to a bed instead.

“He was restrained with one of his hands and one of his legs strapped to the bed,” Dodwell reported. “He found it extremely difficult to urinate and defecate. He was expected to urinate into a jar at the side of the bed, which would be left there after he does so notwithstanding the pungent odors which would emanate.”
I have no reason to doubt what was written in the letter.

What I find appalling is that shortly after Dodwell had sent the letter to the judge and posted it on his firm’s website, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), or the government’s lawyer, then told Dodwell to take down the letter.

The Online Citizen had also posted Dodwell’s letter up and also written an article about it. But AGC also asked The Online Citizen to take down the letter. The Online Citizen took down the letter but the AGC still insisted that The Online Citizen also remove the whole article about the letter.

What I don’t understand is this – the AGC is supposed to be the government’s lawyer, which means that it is supposed to protect Singapore, and Singaporeans, right?
Why is it that the AGC did not address the concerns raised by Dodwell in the letter – on Amos’s mistreatment?

On the contrary, why does the AGC want to stop Dodwell and The Online Citizen from reporting about what is going on to Amos inside prison? Why does the AGC want to suppress the information?

Should not the appropriate action taken by the AGC be to find out what is going on to Amos inside prison, to ensure that he is receiving appropriate treatment?
I am shocked by AGC’s actions. Why is its immediate reaction to bully Amos’s lawyers and an online new site, instead of to address the ill-treatment that Dodwell highlighted?

I am perplexed by this. Is the AGC then carrying out justice fairly? Can we trust the government to act fairly, in the interest of Singaporeans?
Amos is currently being held in remand to assess his suitability for reformative training. At the last hearing, the AGC had said that it would expedite the assessment so that Amos would not be required to stay inside there for too long.

But it has since been more than two weeks. Not only does there not look like there is any expedition on the AGC’s part, instead, the AGC has acted expeditiously to stop Dodwell and The Online Citizen from highlighting publicly what is happening to Amos.

Has the AGC gone back on its words, or is the AGC just sitting on its hands?

AGC had fought for Amos to be sent to reformative training. AGC claimed that it wants Amos to be “rehabilitated”. It claimed that it wanted to help Amos.
But as Dodwell had pointed out in his letter, the Reformative Training Centre (RTC) is hardly the best place for children. Dodwell highlighted “rumors” of “people being raped and beaten up in fights”. He also pointed out how RTC is “clearly the harshest punishment possible under the guise of “rehabilitation”.

“RTC is clearly unsuitable for (Amos) as it is meant for hard core offenders requiring a prolonged period of incarceration and regimentation,” Dodwell also wrote.
It is appalling that AGC made two claims that it would expedite the process to assess Amos for RTC and that it wants to “rehabilitate” Amos, in the interest of Amos, but where it was reported that Amos was strapped down, the AGC had shown no signs of acting in the interest of Amos. Neither has it shown any signs of expediting the process.

Instead, Dodwell had to write to the judge to ask if the next hearing could be brought forward.

Look, whatever Amos does in his personal capacity is in his personal capacity. But in the first place, to arrest, charge and jail Amos for simply making a video to criticise Lee Kuan Yew is clearly disproportionate.

By now, Amos has already spent time in prison for more than 30 days. This is more than enough for a “crime” many do not even consider to be one.
In fact, Amnesty International has also informally acknowledge Amos as the youngest prisoner of conscience in the world.

What I am concerned about is this – what Amos is going through now can happen to any of our children. If Amos can face such harsh punishment for a “crime” such as this, how many of us and our children in Singapore will be put on tenterhooks, not knowing when the government might also come down on our children?

Worse still, for a “crime” such as this, is it necessary or even fair for our children to have to serve time in prison for more than 30 days? This is excessive.
Even if Amos should seek help, it should not be done in such a punitive way. If we so truly believe in having a compassionate society, then we should find alternate ways to ensure that the help provided is truly in the interest of the child, and in this instance, Amos. Does Amos deserve to be put into RTC for 18 months, or for that many matter, should any child?

As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. It is the duty of our society to recognise the signs, and to provide the necessary conducive environment to help our children grow and develop to their fullest potential.

It is definitely not to punish them for a “wrongdoing” decided just by a few and to condemn a child for life.
Yes, Amos might be seen by some as being wilful but no matter what he has done, the state’s persecution and treatment of Amos is simply uncalled for and unreasonable.
Today, it is Amos. Tomorrow, it might be our children.

We cannot allow such treatment to persist and lay silent as it is being done. We have to call it out and we have to stop it from happening to Amos, and to our children.
I have created this badge to do so. Some of us might not agree with Amos’s actions. But most of us would agree that the state’s persecution against Amos is wrong, and we also know that we would not allow this to happen to our children.

Put this badge as your profile picture on your social networking profiles to call out the Singapore government’s persecution of a child and to protect our children and their future.

Free Amos Yee. Protect Our Children.

steffychun · Jun 17, 2015

Pope and un dont give a damn for such a crude cry wolf.

Reddog · Jun 17, 2015

frenchbriefs said:
he is prisoner of his own conscience?is that why he wants to commit suicide?

If he is to die, then he is killed by the pap. Period.

Tuayapeh · Jun 17, 2015

bigboss said:
WP will not want to get involved in matter involving a kid and the court. To project itself as main political party, LTK will focus on matter of national issue and importance. What the kid said is not really what the WP should repeat or condone.

To keep quiet does not mean the WP is dead or afraid of the pappies. LTK has to play his cards well to project the image of a serious politician, not someone to yelp like a mad dog.

Nonsense!! What's the use of having a opp party when they don't even stand up for justice. As I said, opp party in singapore are just like the PAP, they only protect itself. LTK, only focus on national issue and importance? Imprisoned a 17 year old boy for political reasons is a national issue. If PAP continue to do that, don't u think it a national issue? Keeping quiet does not solve any problem it just show that LTK is coward and afraid of the PAP. OPP job is to make some noise when things go wrong that's what voters want, no?

Tuayapeh · Jun 17, 2015

bigboss said:
Not really true. In politics, every politician has to be suave and play his cards well to avoid landing into the longkang. Go banging your head does not make one a smart politician. KJ himself will not say he has got more guts nor would he say LTK has got no balls.

Play his cards well, by keeping quiet? Then what's the use of having opp party? A true opp party that have the interest of sinkapore will go all the way to protect the country even it means self sacrifice.

steffychun · Jun 17, 2015

I will not forgive Amos Yee for what he did to Vincent Law.

NanoSpeed · Jun 17, 2015

steffychun said:
I will not forgive Amos Yee for what he did to Vincent Law.

Then you are safe from Amos' attack. By not forgiving, it proves that you are not affiliated to the X'tianity faith.

steffychun · Jun 17, 2015

NanoSpeed said:
Then you are safe from Amos' attack. By not forgiving, it proves that you are not affiliated to the X'tianity faith.

There's a difference between forgiving and forgetting.

NanoSpeed · Jun 17, 2015

steffychun said:
There's a difference between forgiving and forgetting.

Doesn't matter. There is a group whose chivalry is strictly and only to target religions that preach non-retaliation. For obvious reasons, they will not touch the jihadists with a 10-foot pole.

Your dear Vincent, unfortunately, is not a jihadist.

methink · Jun 17, 2015

steffychun said:
There's a difference between forgiving and forgetting.

Doggie stuffychute, does it matter? In the first place you are not given to forgiving!
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sirus · Jun 17, 2015

AGC, judge and MIW 生孩子没有屁股.

shittypore · Jun 17, 2015

steffychun said:
I will not forgive Amos Yee for what he did to Vincent Law.[/QUOTE

You sure Amos need your forgiveness, is there anythng going on between the 3 of you?

winnipegjets · Jun 18, 2015

bigboss said:
WP will not want to get involved in matter involving a kid and the court. To project itself as main political party, LTK will focus on matter of national issue and importance. What the kid said is not really what the WP should repeat or condone.

The principle is free speech. It is important for a democracy unless WP intends to govern like the PAP.
Free speech is a national issue and of utmost importance. We want a society where people can voice their discontent.

To keep quiet does not mean the WP is dead or afraid of the pappies. LTK has to play his cards well to project the image of a serious politician, not someone to yelp like a mad dog.

A serious politician, my foot!
Where is the leadership? His silence indicates the WP support the action of the PAP. If the WP is going to govern like the PAP, then sinkees who seek change for a better sinkapore should abandon WP (aka PAP-lite) and support another opposition party.

winnipegjets · Jun 18, 2015

steffychun said:
There's a difference between forgiving and forgetting.

PAP doesn't forgive and forget. To destroy the PAP and its cronies, we should show no mercy.

winnipegjets · Jun 18, 2015

steffychun said:
I will not forgive Amos Yee for what he did to Vincent Law.

Declare your ties to Vincent Law.

xingguy · Jun 18, 2015

winnipegjets said:
Declare your ties to Vincent Law.

Could be steffychun's gay partner :wink:

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