Earthtimes.org
12 Jul 2008
Singapore - Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew dismissed criticism from human rights organizations over Singapore's style of government and said they were trying to "do us in."In response to the groups' assertions that the city-state is not a liberal democracy, the founding father and former prime minister said Friday night that they have never run a country and do not know what is needed.
"There is a conspiracy to do us in," Lee told the Economic Society of Singapore. "Why? ... They see us as a threat."
The groups have seen that Russians and Chinese have been coming and studying Singapore's success story, Lee said. The leaders of these countries ask, "How does this little country with so little talent keep its ruling party in place and run a tight ship, honest, and effective, and make progress?"
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