Thinker, Teacher, Rebel, Why? Portraits of Chee Soon Juan is a new book written by several authors about Dr Chee Soon Juan to counter the decades of PAP smear campaign against the SDP leader.
One of the contributors, Ms Constance Singam, wrote in her chapter that during the 2001 elections,
Ms Singam also cited Mr Lee Kuan Yew calling Dr Chee a “political gangster” and noted in her chapter that
Another contributor Dr Wong Souk Yee, NUS lecturer, playwright and ex-ISA detainee, recounts in her chapter Dr Chee’s fight for free speech and the establishment of Speaker’s Corner at Hong Lim Park:
These and other chapters written by 10 contributors will serve to counter the PAP’s demonisation of Dr Chee as well as provide insights into his actions in his fight for democracy in Singapore.
It should be read by all Singaporeans in the lead up to the next general elections. This is the first time the SDP secretary-general will be contesting after 15 years of being barred from running from office through a series of prosecutions and defamation suits brought on by the country’s three prime ministers.
The book will be launched next Saturday, 28 March 2015, 3pm at the Six Flavours Restaurant, NTU Alumni Club Building, 11 Slim Barracks Rise, Ground Floor (see map below).
To pre-order and reserve a copy, please click here or email us at: [email protected]
The book is retailed at $20 and proceeds from the sales will go into the SDP’s GE campaign. So get your copy and let’s get Dr Chee and SDP into Parliament!
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