Congrats MDA, now the whole world knows about Alan Shadrake's book

[SNAblog]

Thanks to MDA for getting the police to arrest Alan Shadrake for his book "Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock.", the international media is now buzzing with this story. Instead of trying to censor this book, MDA has unwittingly given it international fame.

This is the latest list up-to-date:

<a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/singapore-arrests-british-author-20100719-10gak.html">Singapore arrests British author - The Sydney Morning Herald</a>
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/singapore-british-arrest-alan-shadrake">Singapore arrests British author of death penalty book - The Guardian</a>
<a href="http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1571660.php/British-journalist-arrested-for-book-on-Singapore-hangman">British journalist arrested for book on Singapore hangman - Monsters and Critics</a>
<a href="http://news.scotsman.com/news/Briton-arrested-for-defamation-in.6426431.jp">Briton arrested for defamation in Singapore - Scotsman.com</a>
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/singapore/7897532/British-author-Alan-Shadrake-arrested-in-Singapore-over-death-penalty-book.html">British author Alan Shadrake arrested in Singapore over death penalty book - Telegraph.co.uk</a>
<a href="http://bigpondnews.com/articles/World/2010/07/19/Singapore_arrests_UK_author_487002.html">Singapore arrests UK author - BigPond News</a>
<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/world/article/singapore-arrests-uk-author-on-defamation-charge/">Singapore arrests UK author on defamation charge - The Malaysian Insider</a>
<a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/335423,arrested-book-singapore-hangman.html">British journalist arrested for book on Singapore hangman - Earth Times</a>
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10680143">British author of death penalty book held in Singapore - BBC News</a>
<a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/uk-author-arrested-in-singapore/127007-40-103.html">UK author arrested in Singapore - IBNLive</a>
<a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/singapore-arrests-author-after-release-of-book-criticising-use-of-death-penalty/story-e6frg6so-1225894118238">Singapore arrests author after release of book criticising use of death penalty - The Australian</a>
<a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Author-arrested-in-Singapore-over-death-penalty-book/648574">Author arrested in Singapore over death penalty book - Indianexpress.com</a>
<a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/07/201071943838556209.html">Singapore arrests 'Hangman' author - Al Jazeera English</a>
<a href="http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1322734&amp;lang=eng_news">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - eTaiwan News</a>
<a href="http://www.news24.com/World/News/UK-reporter-held-in-Singapore-20100719">UK reporter held in Singapore - News24</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxZ9PpZYmR6qVvqNcAUPE-Dg-MoQD9H1V8O00">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - The Associated Press</a>
<a href="http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Id=1362181&amp;SM=1">British Author Held In Singapore On Defamation Charges - RTTNews</a>
<a href="http://today24news.com/offbeat/alan-shadrake-the-author-of-once-a-jolly-hangman-singapore-justice-in-the-dock-arrested-192058">Alan Shadrake – the author of ‘Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock’ arrested - Today24news.com</a>
<a href="http://www.ibna.ir/vdcc4eqm.2bqpp8y-a2.html"> British author Alan Shadrake arrested in Singapore over death penalty book - Iran Book News Agency</a>
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/19/2958373.htm">Shadrake arrested over Singapore death penalty book - ABC News</a>
<a href="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/66040,people,news,british-author-alan-shadrake-arrested-for-defamation-in-singapore">British author arrested for defamation in Singapore - The First Post</a>
<a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/835487-author-alan-shadrake-arrested-in-singapore-over-death-penalty-book">Author Alan Shadrake arrested in Singapore over death penalty book - Metro.co.uk</a>
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/07/19/business-financial-impact-as-singapore-british-author-defamation_7776944.html?feed=rss_europe">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - Forbes.com</a>
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/19/AR2010071900254.html">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - The Washington Post</a>
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/18/international/i220631D49.DTL">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - San Francisco Chronicle</a>
<a href="http://malaysia-today.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=33202:singapore-arrests-british-writer-for-defamation-&amp;catid=19:newscommentaries&amp;Itemid=100131">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - Malaysia Today</a>
<a href="http://www.vanakkammalaysia.com/English/vm_news/detail_news.php?prop_id=55">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - Vanakkam Malaysia</a>
<a href="http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=282633">Singapore arrests British author - Gulf Daily News</a>
<a href="http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/singapore-arrests-british-writer-of-death-penalty-book-in-defamation-probe-98720359.html?viewAllComments=y">Singapore arrests British writer of death penalty book in defamation probe - Brandon Sun</a>
<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/07/19/singapore_arrests_british_writer_for_defamation/">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - Boston.com</a>
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/singapore-arrests-british-writer-for-defamation/article1644444/?cmpid=rss1">Singapore arrests British writer for defamation - The Globe and Mail</a>
<a href="http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=71920100292">British Author Held In Singapore On Defamation Charges - INO.com</a>
<a href="http://us.asiancorrespondent.com/the-asia-file/british-author-arrested-in-singapore-over-death-penalty-book">British author arrested in Singapore over death penalty book - Asian Correspondent</a>

 

[SNAblog]

Story even appeared on Hong Kong TV station.

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[zuoom]

maybe viral marketing? haha.

 

[exSINgaporean]

Story even appeared on Hong Kong TV station.

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I get steam up whenever I hear the HK lady TV/radio broadcasters. They sound so good and clear. They really touch my soul.

No artificial like those Sinkee announcers.

 

[vamjok]

Hahahhaha nicely backfired