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Old 09-03-2016, 04:03 AM
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SPH Straits Times sensationalize TRS lawsuit without evidence

SPH Straits Times sensationalize TRS lawsuit without evidence
By admin - March 8, 2016


http://statestimesreview.com/2016/03...hout-evidence/

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In an attempt to incite ill-will against the TRS duo, Singapore’s government-controlled SPH published an article claiming without basis that Ai Takagi goes by the moniker “Farhan” and that the Australian used the Malay nickname to appear as foreigners. Another website All Singapore Stuff is also using the moniker “Farhan” to which the SPH has no response to. Previously, a pro-Lee Kuan Yew supporter was heavily influenced by media reports and took violent actions against a 16-year-old teenager who criticized Lee Kuan Yew.

Without evidence, Daryl Chin from The Straits Times wrote and speculated: “The posts exploited racist and xenophobic faultlines and drew a substantial amount of traffic to the site, which raked in nearly $500,000 in advertising revenue in 17 months.”

Singapore’s mainstream media under SPH is ranked 153rd in the world for press accuracy. The Real Singapore gained traction and popularity solely because the government-controlled media is biased and the news site successfully pressured the government to act on issues which could have been otherwise covered up like the NEA Brompton bicycles corruption case, PRC scholar Sun Xu, Malaysian ex-NTUC director Amy Cheong and PRC student Wang Peng Fei. It makes no sense for a website to achieve a ranking better than the leading Straits Times in web traffic simply by “exploiting racist and xenophobic fault lines” as SPH claimed.

With their non-compliance to government censorships, The Real Singapore has only various occasions embarrassed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the Singapore government. It was forced to shut down by the authorities in May 2015, in preparation for the General Election in Sep 2015 which the ruling party won a record 69.8%.

Since it’s establishment, SPH has a history of spreading falsehoods and mongering fear previously under the British colonial government and then under Lee Kuan Yew’s time and today’s under the ruling party. Just last month, it’s subsidiary The New Paper and AsiaOne posted an apology and made an undisclosed compensation for manufacturing a fake news in an attempt to defame TRS editor Yang Kai Heng.
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Old 09-03-2016, 04:05 AM
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Re: SPH Straits Times sensationalize TRS lawsuit without evidence

Singapore prosecutors file vicious charges against TRS editors without presenting evidence

By admin - March 8, 2016

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Singapore prosecutors were reported making vicious accusations against the two former TRS editors but without presenting any evidence to back up their claims. 23-year-old Japanese-heritage Australian, Ai Takagi, pleaded guilty to four counts of charges under the country’s draconian Sedition Act today in the Singapore Court. According to the Sedition Act, any action that undermine the Singapore government is seditious.

The Singapore prosecutors made a list of accusations but did not present any evidence including 6 of the 7 alleged articles that are supposedly seditious:

“The seditious posts aimed to fan anti-foreigner sentiments among Singaporeans, targeting foreigners from the Philippines, India and China.

Ai Takagi had concocted “scandalous, provocative and racy material” in a bid to increase TRS’ following and garner “enormous” advertising revenue.

Takagi and husband Yang Kaiheng, 27, who has also been charged, pocketed sums of AU$20,000 to more than AU$50,000 per month.”

Singapore’s government-controlled media quoted an article where TRS made an inaccurate statement in their current affairs report on the Thaipusam incident. A Filipino family was inaccurately reported as being the cause behind the fight between the police and Indian protestors. However, there was no material or reputation losses resulted from the inaccuracy, which was later rectified with an apology.

There were no evidence presented in court to prove the site was fanning anti-sentiments and neither there is any evidence suggesting that the couple pocketed the “enormous” sums of advertising revenue when the duo refused to produce financial statements. No evidence was presented for their claims of “scandalous, provocative and racy material” as well.

The only evidence presented in the Singapore media was the Thaipusam incident, however, paid-commentators have swarmed public forums in order to present a negative image over TRS, which was a very popular anti-government site with Singaporeans.

Singapore’s government-controlled SPH also published an article claiming without basis that Ai Takagi goes by the moniker “Farhan” and that the Australian used the Malay nickname to appear as foreigners. Another website All Singapore Stuff is also using the moniker “Farhan” to which the SPH has no response to.

Without evidence again, The Straits Times wrote and speculated: “The posts exploited racist and xenophobic faultlines and drew a substantial amount of traffic to the site, which raked in nearly $500,000 in advertising revenue in 17 months.”

Singapore’s mainstream media under SPH is ranked 153rd in the world for press accuracy. The Real Singapore gained traction and popularity solely because the government-controlled media is biased. It makes no sense to achieve a ranking better than the leading Straits Times in web traffic simply by “exploiting racist and xenophobic fault lines” as they claimed.
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Old 09-03-2016, 04:07 AM
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Re: SPH Straits Times sensationalize TRS lawsuit without evidence

Singapore Press Holdings apologise and compensate for publishing fake defamatory news
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Singapore 153rd-ranking state media Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) issued a published apology today (Feb 29) and compensated an undisclosed sum to former The Real Singapore (TRS) editor Yang Kai Heng.

On 4 March 2015, SPH’s news outlet, AsiaOne, The New Paper and Stomp published an article, titled “They own posh unit”, claiming Yang Kai Heng of cheating his friend’s money and went into hiding. Below is the defamatory paragraphs by SPH republished in full:

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“A third person linked to TRS, a Malaysian who calls herself Melanie Tan, is believed to be in Australia and has not been arrested.
TNP understands that the duo are still on bail while investigations are ongoing.
They own posh unit, says S’porean student
It is about a 20-minute bus ride from Brisbane’s Central Business District.
Many residents of the apartment complex in the Australian state of Queensland are professionals.
This paper was alerted to the address of Miss Ai Takagi and Mr Robin Yang Kaiheng by Mr Joshua Chern, a fellow Singaporean student there.
Following an alleged business dispute with Mr Yang, Mr Chern hired a private investigator to track him down.
He said: “My sister met Robin in Brisbane and then he asked her to invest in ‘boboshooter’, a business selling game consoles and other gaming accessories.
“He took A$2,000 (S$2,130) from her and promised her a share in the business and that he would use the money to develop and grow the business.”

But they had a falling out and Mr Chern claimed Mr Yang began avoiding them. That was when they hired the investigator.
The investigator’s report showed the couple had registered the apartment’s address in Fairfield, a suburb in Brisbane, as their own.

The apartment is a ferry ride away from the University of Queensland campus where Mr Yang and Miss Takagi are also students.
A check with the Brisbane real estate company involved in the sale of the apartment listed Miss Takagi as the purchaser on the sales chit.
That is a document held by the developer and the agent.
An online real estate search showed the apartment was bought in December 2013 for A$355,000 (S$379,000).
The agent said: “It’s mostly well-established families who make up the more common residents. Other than that, young doctors also live in the area.
“That probably has to do with the hospitals located nearby.”
The address is also listed in a company started by the pair – Ryukun. Miss Takagi and Mr Yang started the company last May.
BRAGGED
Mr Chern said Mr Yang had bragged about his knowledge of online business and his involvement with TRS.
He said in an e-mail: “Sometime in June 2013, Robin approached us to go into online business with him.
“He had operated online businesses previously and he seemed to know his stuff.
“Moreover, he was already telling Singaporean students that he was earning thousands a month from TRS.
“We thought he was a smart businessman.””
Two of The Real Singapore’s former editors, Yang Kai Heng and Ai Takagi, are now trapped in Singapore after leaving Brisbane Australia in Jan 2015 and they are currently facing a trial for 7 charges under the Sedition Act. Another former TRS editor Alex Tan has left Singapore for Australia in Mar 2015 and set up States Times Review after TRS was shut down on 3 May 2015 by order from the Singapore government censorship board, Media Development Authority.

The duo are likely to face jail term if convicted.

Yang Kai Heng and his fiance Ai Takagi had also paid an undisclosed sum to the SPH when the latter filed copyrights charges against them. The duo now manage a popular Japanese Ramen chain shop, Takagi Ramen, with 3 shops in Singapore. Alex Tan has also recently left States Times Review to focus on his career in Sydney Australia.
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Oh, so ham ka cham like seabass la in other words
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Not as sensational when compared to your informations from ur alternative news Lah....
With the amoun of amended pictures of our leaders in various exaggerated poses, kuasimi had exceeded the amount of SPH's so-called sensational reports on trs....
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I totally agree with u... But even so, kuasimi continues to posts articles that's related to politics.... And it seems like the boss does not mind. So what does one do? Ignoring him does not seem to work....
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Old 10-03-2016, 04:55 AM
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The PAP has a long and nasty record of dishing out personal attacks and name calling. It is a tradition that first began with Lee Kuan Yew labelling his opponents at the Barisan Sosialis "Communists", which resulted in the arrest, detention, torture and stigmatisation of thousands of Singaporeans, in particular Chia Thye Poh who lost 32 years of his life to imprisonment without trial.

Name calling by the PAP is no child's play, especially when the party has full control over the local media. As Francis Seow once noted, "Give a dog a bad name and hang it." It can have devastating effects on families and can break lives.

The late JB Jeyaretnam was called "mangy dog", "skunk" and "street hustler" by LKY, who proceeded to bankrupt and crush him, with full co-operation of the entire system.

Labelled a "Marxist" in 1987, Vincent Cheng was locked up and suffered blows to his abdomen til he coughed blood.

Labelled an "Anti-Christian Chinese Chauvinist", Tang Liang Hong had his assets seized and was exiled, leaving his wife and daughter in mental duress.

Labelled a "political gangster" and "psychopath" by LKY, Chee Soon Juan was prosecuted, bankrupted, mocked and maligned for 20 years of his political and personal life.

During the LKY era, personal attacks were often amplified by the media. When Chee was called a "psychopath", Chua Lee Hoong quoted unnamed medical experts in an entire article to support LKY's diagnosis of the former psychology lecturer.

In the post-LKY era, the dirty work has largely been farmed out to a shadowy brigade of keyboard lynch mobs. Sometimes operating under a shroud of pseudonymity, character assassinations have since taken an even nastier tone.

Recent recipients of such venom include not just opposition politicians (Vincent Wijeysingha, Yaw Shin Leong, Nicole Seah) but lawyers (M. Ravi), bloggers (Roy Ngerng, Kirsten Han), rights activists (Jolovan Wham, Gilbert Goh), website editors (TRS, TOC) and now even parents seeking justice for their dead children.

Next to detention without trial and legal suits, launching personal attacks is PAP's most effective strategy to silence and crush its critics. And it has also worked wonders in perpetuating a culture of self-censorship. No one likes to have his personal life exposed to all and sundry as a consequence for merely challenging the authorities.

But the complete impunity enjoyed during the LKY era is now gone. Politicians who engage in gutter politics are now as vulnerable as the opponents they target. For everytime Chan Chun Sing attacks Chee Soon Juan, the gut reaction of netizens is to reciprocate with even lower blows against the minister. For everytime K. Shanmugam threatens a critic, the subject of his divorce gets another airing. For every Yaw Shin Leong, there is always a Michael Palmer waiting to be found out.

But will the PAP elevate itself from such an-eye-for-an-eye political discourse?

Highly unlikely. Personal attacks and name-calling has proven to serve the PAP very well over the decades. It is very much in the party's DNA. To extricate it from itself, it needs to re-evaluate and denounce LKY's use of such a method to crush opponents. No one is betting on that to happen.
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http://singaporealternatives.blogspo...offensive.html

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2007
PAP's Internet Offensive
Saturday February 3, 1:09 PM
S'pore's PAP rebuts online critics anonymously--daily


SINGAPORE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Members of Singapore's long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) are posting anonymous messages in Internet forums and blogs to rebut online criticism of the party, a leading daily reported on Saturday.
The postings were an initiative driven by two sub-committees under the PAP's "new media" committee chaired by Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen, the pro-government Straits Times said, citing unnamed sources.

A government spokeswoman contacted on Saturday declined to comment.

The two sub-committees, made up of politicians and some technology-savvy party activists, were formed after the May 2006 general election, the Straits Times said. The PAP's share of the vote slid to 66.6 percent last year, from 75.3 percent at the previous election in 2001.

The panels had been set up to express the PAP's views online where there were few pro-establishment voices, the newspaper said, quoting a member of parliament who heads one sub-committee.

"The identity is not important. It is the message that is important," Baey Yam Keng was quoted as saying.

The Straits Times quoted Baey as saying that the messages were only effective if they were not "too obvious" lest they resemble "propaganda".

A PAP activist involved in posting the anonymous messages was quoted as saying that he tracked popular blogs and forums to "see if there is anything we can clarify" on controversial issues such as the impending hike in the goods and services tax.

The PAP, which has ruled Singapore since independence in 1965, has been criticised by human rights groups such as Amnesty International in the past for its curbs on freedom of expression.

Party leaders say tight regulation of public debate and the media in the city-state is necessary to maintain law and order.


The above Reuters article is derived from Straits Time article below:

Feb 3, 2007
PAP moves to counter criticism of party, Govt in cyberspace

By Li Xueying

THE People's Action Party (PAP) is mounting a quiet counter-insurgency against its online critics.

It has members going into Internet forums and blogs to rebut anti-establishment views and putting up postings anonymously.

Sources told The Straits Times the initiative is driven by two sub-committees of the PAP's 'new media' committee chaired by Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen.

One sub-committee, co-headed by Minister of State (Education) Lui Tuck Yew and Hong Kah GRC MP Zaqy Mohamad, strategises the campaign.

The other is led by Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Baey Yam Keng and Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Josephine Teo. Called the 'new media capabilities group', it executes the strategies.

Both were set up after last year's General Election. Aside from politicians, some 20 IT-savvy party activists are also involved.

When contacted, Mr Baey declined to give details of the group's activities, but he outlined the broad principles of the initiative.

It was necessary for the PAP to have a voice in cyberspace as there were few in the online community who were pro-establishment, he said.

As such, the committees aim to 'observe how new media is developing and see how we can use the new media as part of the overall media landscape', he added.

'How do we facilitate views that are pro-party and propagate them through the Internet?'

The approach reflects comments by Rear-Admiral (NS) Lui at the PAP's party conference in December. He called on younger activists to put up views 'to moderate the vitriol and balance the skewed comments' on the Internet.

But this can only work if activists are not 'too obvious' about it, Mr Baey said yesterday. Otherwise it comes across as 'propaganda'.

'The identity is not important. It is the message that is important,' he added.

One activist who is involved said that when posting comments on online forums and the feedback boxes of blogs, he does not identify himself as a PAP member.

He tracks popular blogs and forums to 'see if there is anything we can clarify' on hot-button topics such as the impending hike in the Goods and Services Tax.

But he added: 'We don't rebut everything. Sometimes, what is said is fair enough, and we send the feedback on to the committee.'

This latest initiative comes on top of a blog site with posts by 12 MPs born after Singapore's Independence in 1965.

It recognises that more younger Singaporeans are relying on the new media as a main source of information.

An Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) study conducted last year found that younger and better-educated Singaporeans relied on information from the Internet when shaping their voting choices at the last GE.

Among the opposition parties, members and supporters of the Workers' Party, in particular, post regularly on forums online.

But IPS senior research fellow Tan Tarn How wonders about the effectiveness of the PAP's campaign.

He said Internet users who post on forums such as Sammyboy tend not to be interested in 'intellectual debate' and so will not be persuaded by PAP activists anyway.

As for more serious-minded bloggers, he said the views that the activists may put out are already available in the mainstream media.

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You may want to read Mr. Wang Says So and Xeno Boy articles on this topic. There is also a good analysis on why PAP "leaks" the "secret" operations here.

I share similar sentiments with Mr. Wang on this particular report. I am very surprised that the ST article was allowed to published.

First of all, to reveal such "secret strategy" is disastrous to PAP's internet image! Hey, c'mon, as the largest and powerful ruling party that has dominated Singapore's political scene, its members do not dare to identify themselves as PAP members when communicating with other Singaporeans on the internet platform? Are they ashame or too afraid to be identified with PAP or what?

But on second thought, I think PAP has found out that their "secret covert operations" may be too slow and ineffective in covering the whole internet sphere, thus, to "leak" this information in a hopeful bid to create fear in bloggers and internet writers.

Personally, I am proud of my past association with WP even when it was just a political party on the development path. What are the PAP members afraid of by openly declaring their association with PAP? What's the matter with them? Aren't they proud of their own party which has contributed much to Singapore's progress for the last 5 decades?

As all of you could observe from the many "anonymous" comments recorded here on my blog for the past few months, one would now really put serious doubts on whether they are really "PAP's internet fighters"! How many of these comments come from them, I really wonder!

I have hoped that one day, this PAP's secret internet offensive will be revealed to the public and thus, insisted to keep the comment column open to anonymous posters. Interesting enough, after I declare my intention of capturing all those possible agents' vicious attacks on me so that the whole world will know about it, there is a dramatic decrease in such anonymous comments!

If you read those comments in my blog, you will know why PAP wanted their internet fighters to stay anonymous. Many of the remarks are even defamatory in nature!

As a matter of fact, I have long suspected that PAP has started to carry out its "internet management" plan as far back as July 2006 when I had a meeting with a few WP members and associates. The successful application of internet by WP back in GE 2006 as well as the active engagement of WP members 2 years prior to GE 2006 has made PAP rethink about the possible impact of the new media. Prior to GE 2006, PAP has taken the view that the new media, internet, will have little impact on the political front even though that it has been dominated by anti-PAP sentiments for a almost a decade. But apparently GE 2006 has changed their mind.

The sudden increase of aggressive comments posted on my blog as well as forums right after GE 2006 is an interesting indicator of how PAP's internet fighters work. They may be very clumsy but they may be effective in a sense that I might have possibly become one of their trophy!

Well, life still goes on in the internet sphere with or without PAP internet fighters. But I guess now most people will be more skeptical when they see "Pro-PAP" or "Anti-Opposition" postings on the net... the question will always be on our mind "Hey, is this from the PAP internet fighters?"

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The editors of the The Real Singapore, Ai Takagi and Yang Kaiheng, have been charged with sedition for stirring up ill will between Singaporeans and foreigners. Takagi has already pleaded guilty to four counts whilst her husband is claiming trial.

Many of us Singaporeans are still unsure what sedition actually is even when we know it’s a law left over on the statute books from the British colonial oppression. The common law understanding of sedition is of a political crime or speech threatening to overthrow the State by unlawful means. Singapore’s Sedition Act departs from common law understanding in several distinct ways one of which includes “the promotion of feelings of ill will or hostility between races or classes…” Whilst the alleged editors of TRS mostly upset the feelings of PRC Chinese and Filipinos, this expansion of the Sedition Act is more often used to protect the sensibilities of Malays who are largely Muslim. This stems from Article 152 of the Constitution which protects our Malay Singaporeans as the indigenous people of Singapore and Islam as their religion.

It is important to remember that the Right to Free Speech which is guaranteed to us by Article 14 of the Constitution does not exist as a stand alone right in Singapore. Free Speech is not in fact free but is restricted by eight grounds one of which is Sedition. For bloggers and netizens in our beloved Republic not knowing the definitions can be rather risky. When you cross the blurry line you can end up facing criminal and/or civil charges. Sedition carries a maximum fine of S$5,000 and up to 3 years in jail.

Luckily I can now shed some light on the mystery of Sedition Singapore style. Hopefully this will keep you all safe whilst you post rabid thoughts on Facebook, Twitter or WordPress at one 0′ clock in the morning. Here is my foolproof guide to staying out of jail. You are welcome!

KJ’s guide to staying out of prison for offences including but not limited to Sedition

1. Post a disclaimer. It can be a lie or insincere such as “Everything I say is untrue and I’m just making fun of races and ethnic minorities or Singaporeans with darker skin so I’m not an actual racist ok ah?” Choose your own words. Try to reference satire. That’s a fail safe ‘get out of jail even for racists’ card.

2. Tell the truth. (Best used to prevent charges of defamation) This is a method that seems to work for me as I’ve never been sued no matter how unpalatable the questions I ask. I’m not a racist or Foreigner-hater either which helps, although I continue to question our open door immigration policies or suggest fairer deals for Singaporean citizens.

3. Join a Political Party and not necessarily the PAP. Obviously being a high up in the PAP or grassroots or a founding father of the Nation brings its own ‘get out of jail card’. Yet, most Singaporeans think they are safe staying under the radar by blogging as individuals or not actually joining a Party. This was the big mistake of the so-called Marxist conspirators in 1987. By failing to join the Workers Party they lost the protection of legitimate political expression and left themselves open to claims that they were in fact secret Communists. (Note this does not keep you safe in Malaysia)

4.“TRS made $500k from ads in 17 months”.


Be careful not to make any money. I can reveal that the best way not to cross the sedition line is to avoid making any money or attracting a large number of views. So do not monetise your blog. Whatever you do, do not advertise on your blog or ask for donations because it’s clear from the reports that what is really eating the Government is the amount of money the alleged editors of TRS made. The State Times headline today on page 8 is that, “TRS made $500k from ads in 17 months“. The report also adds “But, in fact, it was a big cash cow that raked in almost half a million dollars in advertising revenue for its owners in just 17 months.”

One wonders whether their actual crime was in running a profitable business? While I find TRS’s stoking of xenophobia distasteful, it is unfortunately one of the things that comes with a free media. In the US and the UK several newspapers make a living by stirring up xenophobia, such as the Daily Mail. They may not uphold the highest standards of journalistic ethics but as long as they do not cross the line into advocating violence they have a right to report. UK readers have a right to complain to an independent Press Complaints Commission which can order that the newspaper publish a retraction or make redress. But no one disputes their right to make money from journalism or their right to appeal to the prejudices of their readers in an effort to make money.

In Singapore’s case of course double standards apply. What really exercises the PAP Government is seeing that an independent media not be allowed to develop in Singapore. The best way to stop that happening is to cut off a publication’s source of funding, particularly advertising. TRS’s huge numbers of views (134 million page views in its last year) make the State online media look bad by comparison despite the monopoly that they enjoy. Ultimately if TRS was not shut down and made and example of they would threaten the financial viability of the Government media. I suspect TRS’s popularity in terms of views was stealing readers directly from STOMP.

The campaign to shut down TRS has direct analogies to the way LKY waged war against the foreign media in the 1980s. He said that if they carried reports critical of him or his Government that he would ensure that they earned no advertising revenue in Singapore. Newspapers like the Wall Street Journal, the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Economist were sold in Singapore without adverts when they fell foul of LKY. Western Governments spinelessly failed to defend their newspapers against what amounted to an illegal trade restriction in breach of World Trade Organisation rules. In time the newspapers kowtowed and self censored eventually not carrying anything too critical of the PAP or the Lee dynasty. LKY was absolutely right of course. The perfect way to control overseas media or any critical voice is to hit them in their pockets.

The PAP in essence run Singapore like a Communist state although this is heavily disguised and often misunderstood. Most of the economy including the Media is controlled by the Government. Even private businesses are often dependent on contracts to supply Government-owned companies or on subsidies paid for by the taxpayer. Almost all land is ultimately owned by the Government making the Government the Landlord of most businesses. If you tow the line or better still support the PAP enthusiastically then you will be allowed to make money. If you fail to play the game you will soon find yourself in trouble for breaching vague and ill-defined regulations or sued into bankruptcy using oppressive defamation laws.

Those laws that may be breached are vaguely defined in the first place and interpreted by judges who in turn are appointed by the people suing, the very definition of conflict of interest. The PAP has extracted money by milking the citizen cash cow, hobbling her, failing to provide adequate health care and then housing the Cash Cow in a very basic yet severely overcrowded barn. By these means the PAP has built up our supposedly huge reserves which are a very useful tool indeed when it comes to buying friends and influencing people abroad.



The DPP has accused the TRS duo of fabricating stories yet the State media do this all the time. Stomp, owned by the State Times, frequently runs similar stories to TRS yet they are allowed to get away with appalling standards of journalism. The Finance Minister and the Government fabricate figures in the Budget where vast sums of money are unaccounted for. Money is allocated to funds which then disappear with no accountability.

Takagi and Yang who presumably ran a business for profit are accused of “pocketing” money yet the Government, not supposed to be a for profit business, does that. If this case was really about stopping the stirring up of ill will between different races then LKY would have been convicted long ago for his comments about Malays, Indians, Muslims, Africans and whites. What it is really happening here is that no one who criticises the Government or the Lee family can be allowed to make a living in Singapore. There is a direct line running from the suing of foreign newspapers in the 1970’s to the bankruptcy of my late father JBJ , the persecution of Doctor Simon Shorvon and the recent action against Roy Ngerng and Amos Yee and all others who dare to offer an alternative to the PAP/Lee family hegemony.
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Stop sabotaging Singaporean will you "kuasimi"
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the clones are here to discredit our govt, brainwash S'porean, make every issue a mountain out of a molehill so no point reasoning with them.


what we need to do is to create awareness and let S'porean know that their intention is to brainwash S'porean especially the young and illiterate by :


1) disseminate false information to the public via their own private blogs, social media, Facebooks, Twitters, Instagrams, Youtubes, Whatsapp, all types of Internet forums etc


2) continuously post negative news links about how bad and incapable our govt is,



3) making use of our young innocent teenager to mock our retired politician(s) with the intention to flame our govt and the judiciary system for being uncompassionate towards young juvenile if get punished in court,



4) sabotage Singapore and S'porean by participating in foreign forum(s) criticizing foreign politician(s) as corrupted and inciting their citizens to hate S'porean by claiming the criticism is made and written by Singaporean,



5) teamed up with foreign media to fabricate stories, spread untrue rumours, endlessly create negative criticism via online platform 24/7, and continuously made allegations flaming our govt on every issue, including some hypocrite Social Activist on the PRETEXT of claiming doing something good for the country,



6) true blue S'porean who rebutted, opposed and exposed them, immediately they'll use all the clones to criticize and attacked you as if many genuine S'porean disagreed with your view



7) Is this how the foreign media, the Social Activist, the fugitives, the disgruntled individual and the no-substance no-solution bickering parties going to lead our country for the next 50 Years ???



8) continuously posting new messages and media links to overwrite our Awareness Campaign messages not to let people read our postings,

(in future those who are reading, pls scroll back a few pages to find our postings)



By stirring more shit, you will improve the readerships, a big thank you to those who works in the media industry !!!



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