master chee is going for 5 mths kungfu recluse

February 4th, 2011 | Author: Your Correspondent | Edit

Following the failed appeal against conviction, Dr Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) will be going to Prison on February 10 and will be spending the General Elections(GE) behind bars. This is despite an appeal made to the general public at large for donations in an effort to keep the democracy icon out of jail in order for him to helm the SDP’s General Elections campaign.
The imminent incarceration of the man who first burst onto the scene in the 1992 Marine Parade by-elections whereby he stood against the then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong is another sad indictment of the city state’s harsh and repressive political regime.
For Dr Chee Soon Juan, a former noted Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) who was dismissed under contentious circumstances, the latest salvo by the ruling PAP government against him is just one of many that he has accumulated in his bumpy career as the most outspoken critic and opposition leader.
Throughout his years as the leader of the SDP, Dr Chee has led numerous campaigns and protests to highlight the growing income inequality among Singaporeans and the desperate plight of the lower-income in Singapore to survive. As a result of his unrelenting and uncompromising stance on democracy, human rights and justice in Singapore, he has already spent numerous months behind bars to the detriment of his health. It is widely reported that during his 2006 incarceration, he developed complications that had resulted in him being transferred to Changi General Hospital for immediate medical treatment. Allegations soon surfaced, that he has been deliberately poisoned.
This latest spell of jail-time, is a result of charges of “speaking without a permit” that stems all the way back to the 2006 General Elections. The charges themselves are curious and a misnomer, given that the Republic’s constitution clearly states that…”every citizen of Singapore has the right to freedom of speech and expression”. The timing and length of the trial itself is curious, given that the tendency and history of the Singapore legal system are to process cases efficiently and without delay- this trial itself has dragged on from 2007 until now, conveniently enough to put the democracy icon behind bars just when the General Elections are approaching.
What is noteworthy however, at least to the casual outside observer was the deafening silence from the other local opposition parties with regards to the verdict. Unlike the chorus of condemnation and messages of solidarity that one might expect to find in other countries, the lack of response from the other local opposition parties is a testament to how poisonous the relations are between the opposition parties in Singapore. So far, only Kenneth Jeyaretnam, the youngest son of the illustrious and noted democracy advocate J.B Jeyaretnam (who was himself extremely close to the SDP Secretary-General) and current leader of the Reform Party has spoken out against the ruling and pledged funds to keep him out.
However, despite the childish animosity between the opposition political parties in Singapore, it is important to note that for the local burgeoning civil society and population at large, Dr Chee Soon Juan is still the most popular opposition figure despite his numerous convictions and time behind bars. Indeed, at a recent town-hall style forum organised by TheOnlineCitizen(TOC), the famous democracy icon was greeted with a deafening roar and a thunderous standing ovation as he was introduced, as compared with the more muted response given to the other opposition leaders at the forum.
In recent weeks, in an effort to be free for the duration of the critical General Elections, in a period whereby Singapore is experiencing unprecedented levels of demographic change and a spiralling cost of living, the SDP has launched the earlier mentioned appeal to the public for donations, which has so far failed to achieve its target.
However, for the firebrand and staunch defender of the people, time behind bars, is not something that he fears or dreads.
Indeed, such is his strength of his beliefs and convictions that during the proceedings at the Singapore High Court, upon the dismissal of his appeal, Dr Chee Soon Juan merely said to the Court: “You may convict me but I am comforted that I stand before the judgment of a higher court, the court of History. I do not live for the here and now. My words will speak louder in the future than presently. I rest assured I will be vindicated. It is with this knowledge that I remain an unrepentant defender of the people’s rights and an advocate of their freedom.”
Ne’er a truer word was spoken.
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GenJi

at the last call, SDP CLAN boasted they had collected slightly more than 10k tael. they needed 20k to save master chee from being butt chromed in the notorious changi holiday resort which chee would be in solitary recluse.

it was already such an embarrassment that a mere 20k SDP CLAN also couldn't cough it out. probably they were saving it for the LEE CHEE GUAN's exorbitant bak kwa during thie chinese new year period.

what humiliated the SDP CLAN further was their past boastings about enlarged supports and so on didn't materialise. master chee was booked for a reservation in changi resort. this time it was for 5 months which was many much prolonged than his usual a week or 2.

5 months in solitary kungfu confinement. when master chee was released u bet his arse would be a dignified chromed hardened platinum in the highest honor and purity.

for now, the truth was out: EITHER THERE WASN'T THE SUPPORTS THAT SDP CLAN CLAIMED OR MOST OF THEM WERE JUST MISERS OR LE' MISERABLES.

but wait! this could be another more devious ploy.....a hideous scheme to ply for more public sympathy. then again sympathing is intangible. dollars and cents are more practical now to help master chee. so where's the money?!! - a quote for master chee himself.

something was quite conflicting here: u saw them camel humping in EGYPT. that kind of trip would have cost close to 10k but now the same kind of money was missing to save master chee. goodness!! lots and lots of ?????s