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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Was MM liable to be not arrested?</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"></TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>Sikodolauka <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>May-12 11:57 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right>(1 of 8) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"></TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>50853.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD id=msgtxt_1 class=msgtxt>when he talked about the Malays in his book in a way which was not the aboslutely true. I mean even if things are true you cannot create discord and disturb the years of effort put in by decent Singaporeans, be they Chinese, Malays and Indians in balancing the racial harmony.
If any ordinary Singaporean had said that would the ISD have picked him up?
Mr Zainul also thinks support among the Malay voters at the national level was affected by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's remarks on Malays and integration in his book "Hard Truths". This in turn affected the Malay support for the People's Action Party (PAP) at the polls.
But he added that unhappiness over Minister Mentor Lee's comments in his latest book remains in the community.
Mr Zainul said: "MM has already explained that those remarks were made two years ago and the timing of the publication came out earlier this year and in that sense, timing was bad for the GE (General Election).
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If any ordinary Singaporean had said that would the ISD have picked him up?
Mr Zainul also thinks support among the Malay voters at the national level was affected by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's remarks on Malays and integration in his book "Hard Truths". This in turn affected the Malay support for the People's Action Party (PAP) at the polls.
But he added that unhappiness over Minister Mentor Lee's comments in his latest book remains in the community.
Mr Zainul said: "MM has already explained that those remarks were made two years ago and the timing of the publication came out earlier this year and in that sense, timing was bad for the GE (General Election).
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