PAPee Brand Commies As Terrorists. Then Why Shake Hand With PRCs?

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<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Sep 23, 2009
ELDERLY EX-COMMUNIST TERRORISTS
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Betong exiles not banned from returning home
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to last Friday's letter, 'Let them come home' by Mr Patrick Low.
Mr Low said in his letter that 'the friendly reconciliation of the independence-era freedom fighter rivals stands in stark contrast to the situation of the Betong exiles who have been banned from returning home', and added that 'it would be a magnanimous gesture by the Government to let these elderly exiles realise their nostalgic longing' (to return to Singapore).
The Betong exiles refer to a group of former communist terrorists (ex-CTs) living in the Betong Peace Village on the Malaysian-Thailand border. The Government has, in fact, allowed a number of these ex-CTs of Singapore origin to return to Singapore, contrary to Mr Low's suggestion that they have been 'banned from returning home'.
Ex-CTs and Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) members who wish to return to Singapore have to meet three basic and minimal conditions - renounce communism, sever links with the CPM and agree to be interviewed by the Internal Security Department on their past activities.
These three conditions have been clearly made known in the past.
Some ex-CTs and CPM members had accepted these conditions and returned to settle in Singapore, including leading cadres like Eu Chooi Yip and P.V. Sarma. They and their families have returned, settled down and built new lives for themselves in Singapore.
Some others have refused to accede to the conditions and have chosen not to return.
Toh Yong Chuan
Director (Corporate Relations)
Ministry of Home Affairs

 

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<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>June 18, 2009
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->FOR the first time, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has teamed up with China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to conduct a joint counter-terrorism (CT) training exercise.
The nine-day exercise, which is held in Guilin, China, starts on Thursday and ends on June 26.
Codenamed COOPERATION 2009, the joint CT training exercise will involve 60 participating troops each from the SAF and the PLA. It will focus on the conduct of security operations for major events and consequence management concepts related to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Explosive (CBRE) threats.
The SAF's participating troops are from the 2nd People's Defence Force and the SAF CBRE Defence Group. They will exercise with personnel from the PLA Emergency Response Office and Guangzhou Military Region.
Said the Ministry of Defence: 'COOPERATION 2009 marks the first bilateral training exercise between the SAF and the PLA, and underscores the progress made in the defence relationship between Singapore and China following the signing of the bilateral Agreement on Defence Exchanges and Security Cooperation in January 2008. 'COOPERATION 2009 also serves to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship between the SAF and the PLA, which interact regularly through exchanges of visits, courses, seminars and port calls.'

 

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Or as long u're critic of the Familee, you're labelled as a terrorist, so that they can justify persecuting you?