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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - SDP Chee: SPH leeporter misquote me</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>2:53 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 2) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>30214.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Mar 17, 2010
Chee claims ZB interview implied he was anti-S'pore
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THE report, 'Chee on foreign funds, Chiam's exit from SDP' (March 1), stated: 'In the (Lianhe Zaobao) article, the interviewer asked him (Dr Chee Soon Juan) about rumours that he had been able to engage in civil disobedience and other activities here because he received financing from foreign donors.
'The article said that, after much probing, he replied: 'I am an academic, and will occasionally receive research funding from overseas. I have written award-winning books, and have taken part in overseas research programmes.'�
'But Dr Chee did not say what the research entailed. All he would say was: 'Maybe research like human behaviour.''
The way that the report is written is clearly an attempt to portray me as being evasive about my income. I had told the Zaobao reporter, Ms Yew Lun Tian, clearly that I depended on my books and from time to time, help from my relatives for survival.
Because she found it hard to believe that this was sufficient, I told her that we lived simply and frugally.
At one point, she said she felt embarrassed about having to ask me where I lived and what kind of HDB flat I lived in.
This is an indication that she was aware that she was probing into my personal matters. Nonetheless, I obliged her by answering her question.
Yet Ms Yew reported it in such a way that I was trying to avoid her answer and had something to hide.
What is left unsaid, although clearly implied, is that I may be a stooge of a foreign agent conducting activities against Singapore.
This is the favoured line of an autocratic regime and its controlled media: They portray their opponents as traitorous individuals in cahoots with foreigners to undermine the country.
In all my years of service to this country, I have always worked with one and only one objective in mind: To speak up for my fellow citizens and empower them so that they can stand up for themselves.�
In what way do I harm Singapore's interests by fighting for democracy and the political rights of Singaporeans?
Chee Soon Juan
Secretary-General
Singapore Democratic Party
EDITOR'S NOTE: Our report was based on an article in Lianhe Zaobao. The editor of Zaobao has said that he stands by the article.
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Chee claims ZB interview implied he was anti-S'pore
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THE report, 'Chee on foreign funds, Chiam's exit from SDP' (March 1), stated: 'In the (Lianhe Zaobao) article, the interviewer asked him (Dr Chee Soon Juan) about rumours that he had been able to engage in civil disobedience and other activities here because he received financing from foreign donors.
'The article said that, after much probing, he replied: 'I am an academic, and will occasionally receive research funding from overseas. I have written award-winning books, and have taken part in overseas research programmes.'�
'But Dr Chee did not say what the research entailed. All he would say was: 'Maybe research like human behaviour.''
The way that the report is written is clearly an attempt to portray me as being evasive about my income. I had told the Zaobao reporter, Ms Yew Lun Tian, clearly that I depended on my books and from time to time, help from my relatives for survival.
Because she found it hard to believe that this was sufficient, I told her that we lived simply and frugally.
At one point, she said she felt embarrassed about having to ask me where I lived and what kind of HDB flat I lived in.
This is an indication that she was aware that she was probing into my personal matters. Nonetheless, I obliged her by answering her question.
Yet Ms Yew reported it in such a way that I was trying to avoid her answer and had something to hide.
What is left unsaid, although clearly implied, is that I may be a stooge of a foreign agent conducting activities against Singapore.
This is the favoured line of an autocratic regime and its controlled media: They portray their opponents as traitorous individuals in cahoots with foreigners to undermine the country.
In all my years of service to this country, I have always worked with one and only one objective in mind: To speak up for my fellow citizens and empower them so that they can stand up for themselves.�
In what way do I harm Singapore's interests by fighting for democracy and the political rights of Singaporeans?
Chee Soon Juan
Secretary-General
Singapore Democratic Party
EDITOR'S NOTE: Our report was based on an article in Lianhe Zaobao. The editor of Zaobao has said that he stands by the article.
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