Singapore blasted for hypocritical stance on Suu Kyi's sentence

The Irrawaddy, 12 Aug 2009
The court’s decision to extend the imprisonment of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was received with a chorus of condemnation from the international community and governments around the region and beyond.
The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia also condemned the verdict, but Singapore, haven of the Than Shwe family and shopping hub for generals’ wives and cronies, took a somewhat hypocritical stance.
The Singaporean foreign ministry expressed “disappointment” at the guilty verdict, but said it was “happy that the Myanmar government has exercised its sovereign prerogative to grant amnesty by halving her [Suu Kyi’s] sentence and that she will be placed under house arrest rather than imprisoned.”
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