Pressure groups, whether in Suhakam-style or Thai-style Red Shirts are just not welcome in Singapore. Premier Lee Hsien Loong did not name those groups when addressing his compatriots last week but made it plain that in the run-up to a widely expected general election to be called anytime soon; politics will continue to be the way it has always been: polite, docile and consensual-based.Lee’s comments could not have come at a worse moment than what the country’s widely circulating daily, the Straits Times reported of Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) admonishing the city-state’s use of libel suits to snuff out views it considers as ‘bad taste’ Full Story
