"I believe, with history as our guide, our people will be free one day," says political exile Francis Khoo is this rare clip from the BBC made presumably in the late 70s. For the record, the following: The local journalist mentioned at the start of the clip was probably Ho Kwon Ping. ...
Don’t shed no tears for my plight I’ll boldly serve my time Let Harry brand our noble fight Thirty two years of crime… “I learned of many years of strife Of cruel laws, injustice rife I saw in Vietnam how they ruled The same colonial way – Protestors beaten, tortured, maimed Divisions...
Detained without trial by Lee Kuan Yew's government for 32 years, Dr Chia Thye Poh was the longest-serving political prisoner of Singapore. This video documents his first public appearance since his release in 1998.
A tribute to Francis Khoo Kah Siang by Tan Wah Piow We take the opportunity of this gathering to pay our respects and register our tribute to Francis Khoo, husband of Ang Swee Chai and a patriotic son of Singapore. Born on the 23.10. 1947, Francis sadly died unexpectedly in London las...
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Ho Piao was 26 when he was detained during Operation Cold Store (2 Feb 1963). He held the dubious distinction of being the third longest held political detainee under the ISA. He was severely tortured by the ISD and released after 18 years, on 1 June 1981. Educated in Serangoon Englis...
ISA detainees in the 1960s and 1970s were not given proper medical care. Sick detainees were treated like sick animals and locked in cages. Mr Chan Fook Wah was diagnosed to be suffering from advanced cancer by fellow detainee, Dr Poh Soo Kai and not the prison doctors. Not only did t...
Dr Poh Soo Kai, Mr Lim Chin Siong and Dr Lim Hock Siew, Assistant Secretary-General, Secretary General and Central Committee Member respectively of the Barisan Sosialis together with at least 120 of their colleagues and friends in the party and trade unions were arrested and imprisone...
Three of Singapore's longest-held ex-political detainees in a recent photo. From left : Dr Chia Thye Poh (32 years), Dr Poh Soo Kai (17 years), Dr Lim Hock Siew (19 years). Seated is the late Mr Tan Jing Quee, twice detained under the ISA. The photo is published in a booklet distribut...
Video : Dr Lim Hock Siew issues challenge to Dr Tony Tan See also : TOC Presidential Face to Face: video preview Face to Face 2: Presidential Forum video Part 1 Why 1987 ISA detentions still relevant to 2011 presidential elections Tony Tan: ISA is a very blunt instrument Open argument...
Tan Jing Quee and Michael Fernandez were the first ISA detainees to speak about their detention in 2006. Both men were detained in 1963 and again in 1977. It took them more than 40 years to talk about their imprisonment. In 2009, Jing Quee composed a poem “ISA Detainee”. There he reco...
As I walked through the doors of the interrogation room, a freezing coldness immediately wrapped itself around me ... I had lost all sense of time. I had been standing there under the pitiless glare of the spotlights. I felt the urge to go to the toilet. I told them. Two Gurkha guards...
'The interrogation room was 16 ft. by 12 ft.. It was soundproof, and two teams of interrogators worked in twelve hour shifts, round the clock for the first three days. The worst treatment was during these first three days. While I was being questioned and shouted at, I was made to sta...
I'm a Singaporean who survived 15 months of police investigation for the making of banned short film 'Singapore Rebel', deemed to be an illegal political film under the law. Has since followed up with 'Zahari's 17 Years', a documentary on an ex-political detainee, and 'Speakers Corner...
I'm a Singaporean who survived 15 months of police investigation for the making of banned short film 'Singapore Rebel', deemed to be an illegal political film under the law. Has since followed up with 'Zahari's 17 Years', a documentary on an ex-political detainee, and 'Speakers Corner...
