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P N Balji jealously criticises Cheong Yip Seng, former editor-in-chief of the The Straits Times' book, OB Markers: My Straits Times Story.
For instance, the over-night contraction in ST's coverage (after a phone call, that is) of the 1988 election in which former Solicitor General Francis Seow was an Opposition candidate is never mentioned, the private conversation between Cheong and the second prime minister Goh Chok Tong that the government wanted him to take over as editor-in-chief is not explained and how the paper handled the 1987 Internal Security Act arrests for an alleged "Marxist conspiracy" which rankle the elite till today is erased out.
Balji was also with ST, a deputy editor from 1982-1988. Is he cock sure that he didnt have a hand in hiding the truth of the 1987 conspiracy and the 1998 election? So what's the difference between Balji and CYS? He was also a lapdog but still ranked below CYS.
Pot calling the kettle black.