Mr Cheo is, however a real person, and is the boss of an Internet company. He also happens to be a leader in the youth wing of the ruling party (Young PAP).Cheo had bought an autographed copy of MM Lee Kuan Yew's new book for S$10,000 (for charity) and in his interview with the papers, remarked that our founding father was "the equivalent of Nelson Mandela to Singaporeans."
This remark by itself met with some disagreement online and folks were already commenting that the connection was tenuous, at best. Full story
