Upright my foot!!!! Where was he when LKY was using the ISA to wipe out the opposition?
Where were his questions when Phay Yew Kok was allowed to sneak out of town to avoid any embarrassment and when Tan Wah Piow was framed for rioting?
How upright was he when Christopher Lingle was prosecuted, convicted for libel, fined $70000, and sentenced to jail in 1994 for saying that some East Asian governments, the Singapore one included by implication, relied on a "compliant judiciary to bankrupt opposition politicians".
The conclusions you draw are typical of those who only know half the story or choose only the bits of history that reinforce their erroneous views.