List of Singaporean dissidents

This is a list of Singaporean political dissidents since 1959.

Detained by Operation Coldstore (1963) and Spectrum (1987)

• Chia Thye Poh, ^[1] Operation Coldstore detainee
• Lim Chin Siong, ^[2] Operation Coldstore detainee
• Said Zahari, ^[3] Operation Coldstore detainee
• Fong Swee Suan, ^[4] Operation Coldstore detainee
• James Puthucheary, ^[5] Operation Coldstore detainee
• Lim Hock Siew, ^[6] Operation Coldstore detainee
• Linda Chen, ^[7] Operation Coldstore detainee
• Poh Soo Kai, ^[8] Operation Coldstore detainee
• Sandrasegaran Woodhull, ^[9] Operation Coldstore detainee
• Tan Wah Piow, ^[10] alleged Operation Spectrum mastermind
• Tang Fong Har, ^[11] Operation Spectrum detainee
• Vincent Cheng Kim Chuan, ^[12] Operation Spectrum detainee

Other dissidents

• J. B. Jeyaretnam ^[13]
• Lee Siew Choh ^[14]
• Tang Liang Hong ^[15]
• Francis Seow ^[16]
• Chee Soon Juan ^[17]
• Martyn See ^[18]
• M Ravi ^[19]
• Kirsten Han ^[20]
• Thum Ping Tjin ^[21]
• Alex Tan ^[22]
• Roy Ngerng ^[23]
• Jolovan Wham ^[24]
• Han Hui Hui ^[25]
• Charles Yeo ^[26]
• Amos Yee ^[27]

See also

• Internal Security Act
• List of Singaporeans
• Human rights in Singapore

References

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4. "Ex-trade unionist, Barisan Socialis leader Fong Swee Suan, 85, dies". Yahoo News. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
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8. "Ex-political detainee Poh Soo Kai tells his story in memoir". 13 March 2016 – via The Straits Times.
9. https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19630203-1.2.2 ^{[ bare URL ]}
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12. "Amnesty International Report 1994 - Singapore". Refworld.
13. Mydans, Seth (3 October 2008). "J. B. Jeyaretnam, Persistent Opposition Figure in Singapore, Is Dead at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
14. "Think Centre Singapore". www.thinkcentre.org. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
15. https://www.amnesty.org/ar/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/asa360031997en.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
16. Gomez, James (1996). "Book Review: To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew's Prison" . Human Rights Quarterly. 18 (2). Project MUSE: 507–510. doi:10.1353/hrq.1996.0017. S2CID   144587847. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
17. Tisdall, Simon (14 April 2006). "Singapore's 'fear factor' fails to silence dissident". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
18. "Police investigation of filmmaker intensifies; SEAPA urges authorities to end probe and repeal Films Act". IFEX. 26 September 2005.
19. "AGC drops criminal defamation charge against lawyer M. Ravi, issues conditional warning". 3 March 2021 – via The Straits Times.
20. "New Naratif co-founder Kirsten Han responds to Shanmugam's remarks on foreign interference". 26 September 2019 – via The Straits Times.
21. "Police seize Thum Ping Tjin's mobile devices, probe New Naratif over alleged paid ads published during GE2020". Yahoo News. 18 September 2020.
22. Gramenz, Jack (2 December 2019). "Australian based Singaporean dissident refuses to take down post government wanted deleted". news.com.au. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
23. Kwan, Rhoda (11 June 2021). "Taiwan's opposition party apologises for tweet calling Singaporean dissident an 'extreme white supremacist'". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
24. "Singapore: Joint Statement on the Sentencing of Human Rights Defender Jolovan Wham". Human Rights Watch. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
25. "Singapore Blogger Bends Under Threat of Huge Fine, Jail Term". www.asiasentinel.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
26. Chelvan, Vanessa Paige. "Lawyer Charles Yeo seeking 'political asylum' in the UK". Archived from the original on 2 August 2022.
27. Karimi, Faith (25 March 2017). "Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee granted US asylum". CNN. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

External links

• Human Rights Watch: Info by country: Singapore
• Overview of Human Rights Developments 1989
• IFEX: Censorship in Singapore