[FONT=&]There are good laughs to be had reading about some more clear lies by Chee Soon Juan cited in Parliamentary transcripts:
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[FONT=&]""" Let me talk about Chee Soon Juan. Chee Soon Juan's behaviour was most illustrative. When pressed on the obvious contradictions between the SDP team's statements during the Select Committee hearing, and its written defence for the Committee of Privileges hearing, Chee Soon Juan based his "explanations" on a strangely convenient coincidence of typographical errors, confusion and selective amnesia. Or he simply stubbornly stood his ground even though he was wrong, and his answers contradicted themselves.
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[FONT=&]Let me cite you an example. At the Select Committee on Health Care Subsidy hearing on 12th August, BG George Yeo asked Chee Soon Juan: [/FONT]
[FONT=&]`I would like to ask Dr Chee whether he knows the difference between a time series in current dollars and a time series in 1985 dollars.'
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[FONT=&]Chee Soon Juan's answer was, "Yes." (This is in paragraph 1489 of the Minutes of Evidence.)
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[FONT=&]Then on 24th October this year, at the Committee of Privileges hearing, Mr Davinder Singh asked Chee:
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[FONT=&]`Dr Chee, you know the difference between a time series in current dollars and a time series in 1985 dollars?'
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[FONT=&]His answer this time was, "No, I do not." (This is in paragraph 674 of the Minutes of Evidence.)
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[FONT=&]When Mr Davinder Singh pointed out to him that he gave inconsistent answers to the same question asked on two separate occasions, he denied that the answers were inconsistent! With such direct evidence staring in his face, he continued to lie. In fact, it is a perjury before the Committee of Privileges since he was under oath.
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[FONT=&]So even when he was caught lying, committing perjury, he would flatly deny it. We can understand why a naughty and naive 4-year old boy would deny that he was stealing candy from a candy jar, even though he was caught red-handed by his mother with his hand still in the jar. In fact, if Members remember, and I think Dr Vasoo certainly remembers, when Chee Soon Juan was caught secretly taping a conversation he was having with Dr Vasoo, he flatly denied it, claiming that the tape recording was for his class, even though the tape recorder was still running and this part of the exchange was captured on tape. I managed to get a copy of that transcript from Dr Vasoo. Let me read this out. This was a conversation, I believe, which took place in 1992 before Dr Chee put himself up as a candidate of the SDP. I think he went to tell Dr Vasoo that he was going to be a candidate. So he held a tape recorder in his hand, probably outside the room, and said "testing, testing" to make sure that it worked. Then he went into the room and the process of telling Dr Vasoo what he wanted to do and Dr Vasoo's advice to him. And this is how it goes from the start of the conversation:
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[FONT=&]`Dr Chee: I've to give you my, I apply for visit passport. I was hoping, lah, see if I can apply or not. (Pause) No, I tell you Vasoo, I tell you, I came in basically because I hope. No, no, you listen to me, OK? Vasoo.
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[FONT=&]Dr Vasoo: You're taping that? [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Dr Chee: What? [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Dr Vasoo: Taping. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Dr Chee: Taping what? [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Dr Vasoo: You're recording, is it? [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Dr Chee: This is for my own, class one ah, what. Seriously, what a hell eh. No, I can tell you. OK, I'm sorry, I don't. Right now, there's no problem. I need to, I just basically want to say I don't want to.
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[FONT=&]Dr Vasoo: No, no, you see, it's turning or not.
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[FONT=&]Dr Chee: What? [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Dr Vasoo: Recording.
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[FONT=&]Dr Chee: This is for my class one. What is that? No, no, wait, wait, wait, this is for my class one, listen, listen, Vasoo.'
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[FONT=&]I think we all find it very funny, but here is a man who really has no honour, no sense of decency, who went to have a conversation with his Head of Department. He secretly taped the conversation, either hoping to use it against him or for whatever reason. And yet when caught that he was tape recording the conversation, he completely denied it. But remember my story of the 4-year old boy. Dr Chee is not a naughty 4-year old boy. He is a grown man of 34 years old. He has a PhD. He claims to be a trained neuro-psychologist who treats patients and helps them with their brain and behavioural problems.
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[FONT=&]Sir, Dr Chee Soon Juan's propensity to speak the untruth knows no bounds. He does not seem to be a man of principle, honour or courage. You remember, in 1992, he also said, "I have a good brain and a strong heart" and that was what he wanted Singaporeans to believe him to be. A courageous man is not afraid of admitting his mistakes. It is no wonder that even his own SDP members and collaborators have been disappointed by his behaviour."""
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[FONT=&]Tagging Away in No Particular Order: [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)[/FONT][FONT=&] Jaslyn Go [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood[/FONT][FONT=&]Christopher Ang[/FONT][FONT=&] Jeffrey George [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Corinna Liang[/FONT][FONT=&]Yeo Poh Hong[/FONT][FONT=&]Clarence Ziting Zeng[/FONT][FONT=&]Chong W Fung[/FONT][FONT=&]Sng Choon Guan[/FONT][FONT=&]Chee Siok Chin[/FONT][FONT=&]Jufri Salim[/FONT][FONT=&]Ananth Tambyah[/FONT]
[FONT=&]People's Action Party[/FONT][FONT=&]: Thank you for this entertainment.[/FONT]
