Alex Au comes AIM-ming back - Part 6

[Confuseous]

Facebook postings about the sale of town council software to Action Information Management Pte Ltd (AIM), a PAP-owned company, fell off dramatically soon after news broke that Lee Hsien Loong’s lawyers had sent me a letter. Possibly, people felt very unsure what was safe to talk about anymore.

Therefore, I think it is important for me to clarify that the statements in the article that I had to take down, and that Lee took exception to, were not, strictly speaking, statements about the sale of the software to AIM, but phrases and sentences pertaining to him. They were statements and questions I had asked that Lee felt questioned his integrity, corruptibility and abuse of power should he not launch an investigation. The 21 readers’ comments that the lawyers cited as defamatory were of the same vein.

I have apologised for them, though readers might want to consider the broader ecology of defamation threats and suits in Singapore. I draw your attention to Angela Faye Oon’s Facebook posting of Friday 4 January 2013 (I hope she doesn’t mind me archiving it here because many readers of Yawning Bread may not be ‘friends’ with her, but I’ll take it down if she asks), Cherian George’s comment in Journalism.sg (For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins) and Tan Kin Lian’s article on his blog (Threat of defamation suit).

Obviously, our ministers do not like people to question their integrity. And as in my experience, you might get into trouble if you did. But it is important to bear in mind that all I have said so far about AIM and the town councils were not cited by the lawyers as defamatory, only those statements directed at Lee.

- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/pap-mis-aimed-faces-blowback-part-6/

 

[cunnilaubu]

Looks like he has tone down for now, but still wants the last words.
Anyway, I still salute him for what he did.

Hopefully, he still finds the courage to continue what he has done so far.

 

[streetsmart73]

hi there


1.
2. aiyoh! from the aim biz track records.
3. it speaks volumes of its existence hoh.
4. the dafter sheep is so mute on the entire saga.
5. well, just wait for what's next on sylvia when she attends the sitting.

 

[wMulew]

Loser gay boy get poked too much in his ass it's affecting his brains. Damn loser keeps making up false accusation about the ruling party. He dare not stand firm on his claims only prove how fake they are. Now trying to do damage control. Maybe he can think better if he doesn't get poked so much and suck less dicks

 

[winners]

This gay, ....oops I mean guy, ....is really boh-kia-see. The Singh's 2nd letter will be on his way to him soon and this time, there'll be no more apologies nor retractions. Want to bite back must also have some cooling periods mah.

 

[tonychat]

can anyone post all his previous posting on AIM into one thread so everyone can see it, or is there all his posting here in this forum?

 

[Prometheus888]

he is right....

just continue the attack on this issue.

without any real evidence, it has nothing directly or factually to do with LHL so leave him out until you have something.

 

[Prometheus888]

something just occured to me.....

isnt it possible for the PAP IB to just go to his website and sabotage him by making these defamatory posts on his blog and force an issue down his throat by LHL's lawyers?

wah... this is damm sneaky man....

 

[wendychan]

something just occured to me.....

isnt it possible for the PAP IB to just go to his website and sabotage him by making these defamatory posts on his blog and force an issue down his throat by LHL's lawyers?

wah... this is damm sneaky man....

So if alex didnt back down, then have to go and check all the Ip Addresses?

 

[Prometheus888]

So if alex didnt back down, then have to go and check all the Ip Addresses?

Alex will have to take responsibility for the defamatory remarks made by others on his blog if he didnt back down because he could be taken to be endorsing their views.


if that was the case, he should just take down the defamatory remarks but why take down his whole article...that is what puzzles me actually.

 

[winnipegjets]

If there is nothing to hide, why does AIM take days and weeks to address public concerns? For goodness sake, AIM is a PAP-owned company and the PAP is supposedly the model of efficiency and competency in sinkapore. What's the excuse?

Then the PAP TC produced laughable justification such as 'cumbersome and efficiency' for the sale of the software. It could be acceptable if full disclosure of the cost and benefits of the sale was produced. One-liners are not good enough.

Information is released by bits ...in haphazard manner. Why?

Come clean ...produce the cost and benefit analysis prepared by the town councils that supported the sale and all related e-mail.

There are so many questions ...yet so little answers.

 

[Prometheus888]

Pap's own form of cronyism and special way of fixing the opposition.

i just wonder how many other companies have the PAP set up like AIM to soak up all these opportunities and monies to be made from the public funds....

I am also interested how many of these big construction tenders have been awarded to their grassroots and PAP affliliates ....

 

[Confuseous]

Mayor Teo, wherefore art thou?

 

[watchman8]

Alex will have to take responsibility for the defamatory remarks made by others on his blog if he didnt back down because he could be taken to be endorsing their views.


if that was the case, he should just take down the defamatory remarks but why take down his whole article...that is what puzzles me actually.

LHL was referring to some of statements made in Alex's post too. Hence he took it down.

Note that Teo Ho Pin is still silent even though Alex's subsequent posts have some strong statements on the handling of the AIM matter.

Note also that LHL has came out in his personal capaciy, and none of his colleagues join him in the legal threat towards Alex.

PAP knows that they are at losing end, and majority of citizens nowadays are no longer as gullible as in the 90s. They can only pinpoint a small portion of Alex series of post on AIM, and then use state controlled media to give impression that Alex retracted all his postings on AIM. Grace Fu then came out to spin the story to become WP was first to terminate, not AIM. When Grace Fu's spin is not even believed by the dumbest kopitiam uncle, they send out Baey YK to spin that town councils are political entities, hence is entitled to behave in entirely partisan manner with regardsto assets and activities of town councils.

 

[enterprise2]

LHL was referring to some of statements made in Alex's post too. Hence he took it down.

Note that Teo Ho Pin is still silent even though Alex's subsequent posts have some strong statements on the handling of the AIM matter.

Note also that LHL has came out in his personal capaciy, and none of his colleagues join him in the legal threat towards Alex.

PAP knows that they are at losing end, and majority of citizens nowadays are no longer as gullible as in the 90s. They can only pinpoint a small portion of Alex series of post on AIM, and then use state controlled media to give impression that Alex retracted all his postings on AIM. Grace Fu then came out to spin the story to become WP was first to terminate, not AIM. When Grace Fu's spin is not even believed by the dumbest kopitiam uncle, they send out Baey YK to spin that town councils are political entities, hence is entitled to behave in entirely partisan manner with regardsto assets and activities of town councils.

Thank God for Tan Cheng Bock who rebutted Baey and shaft it where the sun dont shine!!

 

[cheekenpie]

Tan Cheng Bock former PAP mp also wor..... He also had his balls carried by PA and TCs wor