Singapore's legendary zeal for public order will be on full display this week when it hosts a summit involving US President Barack Obama and 20 other leaders. Even one-man protests are banned.Protest laws, already among the toughest in Asia, have been further tightened heading into a week of meetings culminating in the November 14-15 summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group.
One of the city-state's most vocal dissidents, Singapore Democratic Party secretary-general Chee Soon Juan, believes the government is using the summit as a pretext to impose permanent restrictions on political gatherings.
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