JBJ: Students should be at the forefront of change

Singapore Democrats, 7 Oct 2008

He may be dead but J B Jeyaretnam's voice is still finding its way to current issues. Ten years ago, the late opposition leader was interviewed by The Ridge, the student newspaper published by the National University of Singapore (NUS). NUS officials wanted to censor the interview. Sounds familiar?

But the student-editors stood firm and after a month of wrangling, the university administration relented and the piece was published.

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