In Singapore, all bankrupts are required to apply for permission before travelling out of the country. When Dr Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), was invited to speak at the Oslo Freedom Forum (currently underway in Norway), he was denied permission to leave Singapore to attend.
The Associated Press reported that the “government’s bankruptcy office said in a letter earlier this month that it denied Chee permission to travel to the conference because he has failed to make a contribution to his bankuptcy estate.”
The video address is expected to be streamed live from the Oslo Freedom Forum’s official website on 8 May 2012 at about 11pm Singapore time. Full story
