Open letter to Singapore's Civil Society - Wake Up & Screw the Hibiscus

[Confuseous]

So even as our civil society gets all hot and horny and starts parading ex-detainees like Chia Thye Poh and Teo Soh Lung as victims of the ISA and let's just say that they do get their wish and the ISA is repealed; does it change the political landscape of Singapore? Nope, except that the PAP will get political mileage and our civil society will be left sucking their thumbs. Are we so stupid not to see that it is the people wielding the ISA, and for that matter, any other legislation? After Spectrum, can we not see that political dissidence is dealt with by court of law under crippling defamation suits?

- http://whenthespinstops.blogspot.com/2011/09/open-letter-to-singapores-civil-society.html

 

[Devil Within]

I hope our opposition will gain power one day and lock up all PAP members under ISA and let them have a taste of their own medicine. ISA is a tool to keep despotic rule in power.

 

[Char_Azn]

U guys talk like they lock up all political opponents all the freaking time. How long has it been since they lock up any political opponent. If they really wanted to they should have done it this time round where they had so much to lose. The fact is they no longer do it since the old man step down. Even the very vocal ones like JBJ, CSJ and the powerful ones like LTK and CST never got anywhere close to getting an invitation from ISA.

I do agree however we need to revise ISA. ISA needs to be revamped, I do not think we should abolish it, just change it to deal with the current Terrorist threat. If they abolish it they'll end up having to create another one to deal with Terrorism anyway. At the same time they need to ensure that anyone detained under the current act has basic rights and detainees an avenue to address their grievances. Maybe just allow for extended periods of detaining a suspect, e.g. 3 -6 months which should be more then enough to conduct investigations. Allowing them to detain for an indefinite amount of time is just ridiculous.

 

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