Hello from Fremont, near San Francisco, California

[chinchai]

I am defying the undertaking that I gave in court on September 12, 2008 when I admitted being in contempt of court.

I am withdrawing the admission and repeating what I have always said that the Singapore judiciary is corrupt for being a stooge to Lee Kuan Yew and his government.

I withdraw all apologies that were given in Court 15, Subordinate Court Singapore to Judge Leslie Chew.

I had also given an undertaking to remove the 2 blog posts, of Sept 1, 2008 and Sept 6, 2008 which referred to my trial and conviction before Judge James Leong in the Subordinate Courts for disorderly behaviour and insulting a policemen, charges entirely made up by the police to discredit me. I will be re-posting those 2 blog posts and stand by every word that I had written in them.



http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/

http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/11/hello-from-fremont-near-san-francisco.html

Friday, November 28, 2008

Hello from Fremont, near San Francisco, California.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am back in my office in Fremont, Northern California. I arrived at San Francisco airport on May 26, 2008 in the evening. Major problems caused by being forced to stay in Singapore for 6 months. Unpaid office rent. Unpaid mortgage. Disconnected telephone lines. Disconnected home utilities. Massive credit card debts.

But I tell you what. I am breathing. I am alive. And I am in America. Where anything is possible. And what is most important, I intend to continue with even greater resolve to expose the dictatorship which is what Singapore is. If Lee Kuan Yew thought even for a moment that he has broken my spirit, he can't be more wrong.

In a way, Lee Kuan Yew has done me a great service. Before my arrest and imprisonment, this blog was well read. But after that he has made it a must read, for a great many. And furthermore, it has given it international publicity. And he has given me credibility to an extent I did not have before.

After my release from prison on the 20th of November 2008, I was allowed to remain in Singapore for 5 days to get my personal affairs sorted out before I left. A condition of being allowed to remain in Singapore for 5 days was that I did not interfere in Singapore's domestic politics. I am prohibited from entering Singapore again unless I have prior permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In effect, I will never be able to return to Singapore.

But even if I was given permission to return it would be unwise to do it, since I could be arrested again under one or more of the litany of laws in place to silence criticism. And for sure, I am not looking forward to more time in a Singapore prison.

I have many matters to take care of presently leaving little time to write blog posts. But Lee Kuan Yew and his government can take this from me now. I am defying the undertaking that I gave in court on September 12, 2008 when I admitted being in contempt of court. I am withdrawing the admission and repeating what I have always said that the Singapore judiciary is corrupt for being a stooge to Lee Kuan Yew and his government. I withdraw all apologies that were given in Court 15, Subordinate Court Singapore to Judge Leslie Chew. The only reason for my apology was a desire to get out of prison as soon as possible. They brought these new contempt charges while I was incarcerated in prison, with only 8 days to go for my release. If I had not apologised as Lee Kuan Yew wanted, there was the possibility that I could be kept in prison for a further period of up to 6 months, according to the law code section.

I had also given an undertaking to remove the 2 blog posts, of Sept 1, 2008 and Sept 6, 2008 which referred to my trial and conviction before Judge James Leong in the Subordinate Courts for disorderly behaviour and insulting a policemen, charges entirely made up by the police to discredit me. I will be re-posting those 2 blog posts and stand by every word that I had written in them.

For the moment goodbye. Too much personal work to catch up. The telephone, the rent, the mortgage etc etc. But I will be blogging again soonest. Have no fear.

Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: [email protected]
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/

 

[chinchai]

4 Comments

Anonymous said...

Welcome back to the country of freedom.

What can't break you will only make you stronger. Screw those agreement and promise of not writing anything against the kangaroo government because the kangaroo government is even much worse in breaking their own promise and oath of serve the country with equality and justice. Robbing the nation of wealth and destroy nation through their own personal greed and follies.

Your ordeal will make you even more audacious in writing post on Singapore kangaroo. Keep up the blog. The world is reading it.

Fri Nov 28, 11:24:00 PM PST


Anonymous said...

Even the WSJ get the taste our world-class kangaroo court system. The day of hip-hoping of this despondent government is numbered. The world now knows the kangaroo and unable to do business with it. Look at how hard the kangaroo trying to sell tiny red dot to the third-world country now. Can't sell to first world , sell to third-world country, and that is how cheap our world-most-expensive government is now.

Fri Nov 28, 11:29:00 PM PST


xNSman said...

Dear Gopalan,

Welcome back to freedom and we are sorry that you have been screwed over and over again while you were in Singapore. We see that the ordeal have made you even stronger instead of subdued when critical of the Singapore Judicial and Government. There are reasons as to why the Singapore Judicial system now do not accept appeals to the Privy Council. Real Gold is not afraid of Fire. Can our Court system stand up to the scrutiny of the Privy Council or ICJ?

Fri Nov 28, 11:59:00 PM PST


Anonymous said...

Ugly PM Lee and his refusing to resign father will ultimatley pay the price of their greed oand ill gotten gains.

Sat Nov 29, 12:37:00 AM PST

 

[tommy]

I'm not surprised. I'm sure Gopalan would love to slam the check out counter at ICA but resisted. That smiling face of Gopalan at Changi Airport tells me he's up to something like that

 

[theblackhole]

why waste so much time on a quitter like this buggy...chay!

 

[panama]

Hello from Fremont, near San Francisco, California

The Attorney General can do nothing, only say review :p

 

[Alu862]

Governor Arnie should kick him out.

 

[kansas]

After a while, nobody is going to pay attention to his blog :p

 

[samurai1110]

After a while, nobody is going to pay attention to his blog :p

That is why he turns beggar now!
Yet he still thinks he is such a wonderful guy.
He must think we are stupid or wat?

 

[tate]

That is why he turns beggar now!
Yet he still thinks he is such a wonderful guy.
He must think we are stupid or wat?

That's true. His mission here is a total failure. He got humilated instead of LKY. Singaporeans don't like failures.

 

[cleareyes]

I am defying the undertaking that I gave in court on September 12, 2008 when I admitted being in contempt of court.

I am withdrawing the admission and repeating what I have always said that the Singapore judiciary is corrupt for being a stooge to Lee Kuan Yew and his government.

I withdraw all apologies that were given in Court 15, Subordinate Court Singapore to Judge Leslie Chew.

I had also given an undertaking to remove the 2 blog posts, of Sept 1, 2008 and Sept 6, 2008 which referred to my trial and conviction before Judge James Leong in the Subordinate Courts for disorderly behaviour and insulting a policemen, charges entirely made up by the police to discredit me. I will be re-posting those 2 blog posts and stand by every word that I had written in them.



http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/

http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/11/hello-from-fremont-near-san-francisco.html

Friday, November 28, 2008

Hello from Fremont, near San Francisco, California.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am back in my office in Fremont, Northern California. I arrived at San Francisco airport on May 26, 2008 in the evening. Major problems caused by being forced to stay in Singapore for 6 months. Unpaid office rent. Unpaid mortgage. Disconnected telephone lines. Disconnected home utilities. Massive credit card debts.

But I tell you what. I am breathing. I am alive. And I am in America. Where anything is possible. And what is most important, I intend to continue with even greater resolve to expose the dictatorship which is what Singapore is. If Lee Kuan Yew thought even for a moment that he has broken my spirit, he can't be more wrong.

In a way, Lee Kuan Yew has done me a great service. Before my arrest and imprisonment, this blog was well read. But after that he has made it a must read, for a great many. And furthermore, it has given it international publicity. And he has given me credibility to an extent I did not have before.

After my release from prison on the 20th of November 2008, I was allowed to remain in Singapore for 5 days to get my personal affairs sorted out before I left. A condition of being allowed to remain in Singapore for 5 days was that I did not interfere in Singapore's domestic politics. I am prohibited from entering Singapore again unless I have prior permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In effect, I will never be able to return to Singapore.

But even if I was given permission to return it would be unwise to do it, since I could be arrested again under one or more of the litany of laws in place to silence criticism. And for sure, I am not looking forward to more time in a Singapore prison.

I have many matters to take care of presently leaving little time to write blog posts. But Lee Kuan Yew and his government can take this from me now. I am defying the undertaking that I gave in court on September 12, 2008 when I admitted being in contempt of court. I am withdrawing the admission and repeating what I have always said that the Singapore judiciary is corrupt for being a stooge to Lee Kuan Yew and his government. I withdraw all apologies that were given in Court 15, Subordinate Court Singapore to Judge Leslie Chew. The only reason for my apology was a desire to get out of prison as soon as possible. They brought these new contempt charges while I was incarcerated in prison, with only 8 days to go for my release. If I had not apologised as Lee Kuan Yew wanted, there was the possibility that I could be kept in prison for a further period of up to 6 months, according to the law code section.

I had also given an undertaking to remove the 2 blog posts, of Sept 1, 2008 and Sept 6, 2008 which referred to my trial and conviction before Judge James Leong in the Subordinate Courts for disorderly behaviour and insulting a policemen, charges entirely made up by the police to discredit me. I will be re-posting those 2 blog posts and stand by every word that I had written in them.

For the moment goodbye. Too much personal work to catch up. The telephone, the rent, the mortgage etc etc. But I will be blogging again soonest. Have no fear.

Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: [email protected]
Blog: http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/

Is democracy so liberal that a me wants and yet people still support him?an with no integrity can do whatever h