DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam was almost a victim of ISA himself: ex-ISA detainee Tang

Singapore Democrats, 10 Oct 2011
She singled out Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam who was associated with some of the 1987 detainees. Tharman was also brought in for questioning by the ISD but was not detained.
Mr Tharman should know whether his contemporaries were Marxist conspirators or not. "Tharman was almost a victim of the ISA himself. He should have the courage to do the right thing," said Ms Tang. She also mentioned former minister Mr Dhanabalan who had indicated that he disagreed with the detentions when he was in cabinet. Full story