Singapore: Government misusing the law to muzzle critics

Singapore: Government misusing the law to muzzle critics

Index Number: ASA 36/005/2006
Date Published: 14 December 2006
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Singapore

Amnesty International called on the Singapore government to stop using restrictive laws and defamation suits to muzzle critics and opposition party members. Dr Chee Soon Juan, Secretary General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), is in his third week of imprisonment having been convicted of speaking in public without a permit.