Two weeks ago, I wrote a series of article warning that the regime’s tolerance for Mr Tan Kin Lian is reaching its limit. It appears that my worst fears have materialized: the official state-sponsored character assassination of Tan Kin Lian has begun.
After 5 weeks of near total silence on the minibond rallies in the Straits Time Forum, a letter appears from nowhere from a Chua Sheng Yang castigating Mr Tan for organizing the rallies.
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Who will dare to write such a letter containing defamatory content against NTUC INCOME ? Instead of proof-reading and omitting this portion, the Straits Times actually publish it knowing well the irreparable damage it can cause to Mr Tan’s reputation and public stature.
In fact, the gist of the entire letter lies in the above sentences: it aims to attack Mr Tan’s character in order to diminish his standing among the investors and ordinary Singaporeans, many of whom have now regarded him as a people hero and champion of the underdog.
Without backing from somebody or some group higher up in the establishment, this letter will never be published with the Straits Times’ “blessing”.
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This is only the beginning. We should expect more ghost writers like Mr Chua appearing out of nowhere to cast aspersions on Mr Tan’s morals and motives including ex-NTUC colleagues, subordinates and even minibond investors themselves.
The regime is becoming increasingly concerned at the large turnout at Hong Lim Park in spite of its exhortations to the investors to go through proper channels to settle their claims. Not since the days of Barisan Socialis did Singapore witness such a large assembly of people in a public area.
The blogosphere should stay on guard to repulse any more character assassination of Mr Tan. Expect more lame tactics and dirty tricks to demolish him. Have we forgotten about Dr Chee, Tang Liang Hong and Andrew Kwan, a PAP cadre himself ?
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/19/the-official-smear-campaign-against-tan-kin-lian-has-begun/
After 5 weeks of near total silence on the minibond rallies in the Straits Time Forum, a letter appears from nowhere from a Chua Sheng Yang castigating Mr Tan for organizing the rallies.
XXX
Who will dare to write such a letter containing defamatory content against NTUC INCOME ? Instead of proof-reading and omitting this portion, the Straits Times actually publish it knowing well the irreparable damage it can cause to Mr Tan’s reputation and public stature.
In fact, the gist of the entire letter lies in the above sentences: it aims to attack Mr Tan’s character in order to diminish his standing among the investors and ordinary Singaporeans, many of whom have now regarded him as a people hero and champion of the underdog.
Without backing from somebody or some group higher up in the establishment, this letter will never be published with the Straits Times’ “blessing”.
XXX
This is only the beginning. We should expect more ghost writers like Mr Chua appearing out of nowhere to cast aspersions on Mr Tan’s morals and motives including ex-NTUC colleagues, subordinates and even minibond investors themselves.
The regime is becoming increasingly concerned at the large turnout at Hong Lim Park in spite of its exhortations to the investors to go through proper channels to settle their claims. Not since the days of Barisan Socialis did Singapore witness such a large assembly of people in a public area.
The blogosphere should stay on guard to repulse any more character assassination of Mr Tan. Expect more lame tactics and dirty tricks to demolish him. Have we forgotten about Dr Chee, Tang Liang Hong and Andrew Kwan, a PAP cadre himself ?
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/19/the-official-smear-campaign-against-tan-kin-lian-has-begun/
