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In Mr Chong’s letter, which was released on Apr 30, the chairman of the Select Committee had said it was presumptuous of the academics to tell Singapore parliamentarians how to do their jobs. He also said that “the implication that research cannot be questioned runs counter to the basic principles of free speech and academic scholarship”.
In response, Dr Kreager said: “We have not said, as your letter states, that ‘research cannot be questioned’.
“What we said was: ‘the Minister (K Shanmugam) repeatedly expressed disdain for Dr Thum’s research, rephrasing its findings in general terms that misrepresented it, and attempting to get Dr Thum to agree to those rephrasings by attempting to force him to provide only yes/no answers.”
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...hilip-kreager-response-charles-chong-10193772
This AMDK could not have said it better. He should have been sitting in the Meeting alongside Dr Thum. He practically summed up the highest technique of interrogation in just a few words.
Now anyone who repeats the same tactic in cross examination will have his lobang pichak.