Not all arrests under the ISA are publicised.
Kalu Sarkar, a physiotherapist and personal friend of then President Devan Nair, was arrested and detained under the ISA in March 1984. He was subjected to torture in the PAP's attempt to force him to sign a statement certifying the PAP's version of events in Sarawak.
KS was then a guest of President Devan Nair and stayed at the Istana.
With Despot Lee, Wooden Goh and Phony Tan, the misuse and abuse of power and resources of the state was nothing unusual. What mattered to them most was their political and personal self-interests.
The arrest, detention and torture of Kalu Sarkar, a personal friend and guest of the then President of Singapore, served their political and personal interests.
KS was rudely woken in the wee hours of the morning from his guest room in the Istana. Without the consent or knowledge of the President or the First Lady, he was bundled up into a car by Phony's and Despot's ISD goons and subjected to detention and torture at the Whitley Detention Centre.
As a candidate running for the Presidency, Phony Tan should answer this question: Does he approve of such arrest, detention and torture by the ISD goons of innocent guests of a President?
If not, why did he, as a Cabinet Minister at that time, allow it to happen?
Kalu Sarkar, a physiotherapist and personal friend of then President Devan Nair, was arrested and detained under the ISA in March 1984. He was subjected to torture in the PAP's attempt to force him to sign a statement certifying the PAP's version of events in Sarawak.
KS was then a guest of President Devan Nair and stayed at the Istana.
With Despot Lee, Wooden Goh and Phony Tan, the misuse and abuse of power and resources of the state was nothing unusual. What mattered to them most was their political and personal self-interests.
The arrest, detention and torture of Kalu Sarkar, a personal friend and guest of the then President of Singapore, served their political and personal interests.
KS was rudely woken in the wee hours of the morning from his guest room in the Istana. Without the consent or knowledge of the President or the First Lady, he was bundled up into a car by Phony's and Despot's ISD goons and subjected to detention and torture at the Whitley Detention Centre.
As a candidate running for the Presidency, Phony Tan should answer this question: Does he approve of such arrest, detention and torture by the ISD goons of innocent guests of a President?
If not, why did he, as a Cabinet Minister at that time, allow it to happen?
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