CALD Resolution No. 6 S. 2005

CALD Resolution No. 6 S. 2005

Noting that the Singapore Government has been investigating Martyn See for making the Singapore Rebel, a film about Singapore Democratic Party’s Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan, and that See has been called up for questioning by the police on two occasions and that his filmmaking equipment has been seized.

Concerned that Martyn See’s associates, Jacob George and Tan Pin Pink, have also been called up for interrogation by the police;

Aware that the police had broken up a peaceful protest staged by four activists Chee Siok Chin, Monica Kumar, Charles Tan, and Yap Keng Ho on 11 August 2005 where the protesters called for transparency and accountability in Singapore;

Citing the fact that Boon Suan Ban, the former remisier for the Chief Justice of Singapore, has been remanded “at the President’s pleasure” in the Institute of Mental Health. This happened after Boon had been alleged to have harassed the Chief Justice Yong Pung How on financial matters before Yong became the Chief Justice;

Watching developments of the police harassment of activists at Dr. Chee Son Juan’s book launch when police seized a video disc when it accused the organizers of the book launch of illegally screening a video;

Alarmed that the Singapore Government had stopped Amnesty International spokesman Mr. Tim Parritt from speaking at a public forum in Singapore on the death penalty;

Perplexed at the deportation of Mr. Yeshua Moser from Nonviolence International when he arrived in Singapore to conduct nonviolence workshop for Singaporean activists as well as at the banning of the workshop itself

Be it hereby resolved that the Council of Asian Liberals & Democrats (CALD) registers its concern about the continued undemocratic actions of the Singapore Government and call on it to stop its harassment of democracy activists and oppositions parties and to henceforth respect democratic principles and accord Singaporeans their political and civil rights.

For the CALD Executive Committee:

(sgd)

BI-KHIM HSIAO, MP

Secretary General

October 13, 2005

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