Promising future for PKR in Sarawak     Arfa'eza A Aziz | May 
22, 06 6:53pm analysis With its single seat in the Sarawak assembly and its 
gain in popular votes, PKR leaders feel the party has a bright future in the 
state. More          Must work with other groups        Not 'a Malaya party' 
anymore
   
Arfa'eza A Aziz - May 22, 06 6:53pm 

  analysis Having penetrated the Sarawak state assembly through its sole 
representative Dominique Ng - who won the Padungan seat last Saturday - Parti 
Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has proven that it has the right formula to win the 
hearts of Sarawakians. 

The party’s victory in the Chinese-majority seat in the state capital and the 
increase in popular votes garnered at several Malay seats proved that it is a 
force to be reckoned with in Sarawak. 

Although it failed to win any of the Malay seats held by Parti Pesaka 
Bumiputera (PBB), its popular votes increased tremendously compared to the 2001 
state election. 

In Saribas and Sadong Jaya, which are PBB's traditional Malay and Melanau 
strongholds, PKR garnered almost 50% of the votes cast. 

PKR vice-president and election director Mohd Azmin Ali believed that PKR could 
have performed better if the election was conducted on an level playing field. 

With all the difficulties encountered - BN propaganda, the Election 
Commission’s failure to conduct a free and fair election, unfair media coverage 
by the BN etc, the party still managed to get significant support in several 
constituencies, he said when contacted. 

Politically more mature 

Most locals met expressed their surprise at how fast PKR had shaken off the 
‘party from Malaya’ label which was often used against it during the 10-day 
campaign period. 

In fact, many had thought that Ng, who beat BN’s Lily Yong by a thumping 1,417 
votes, would not stand a chance running under a PKR ticket. 

Who would have thought that a candidate from a Malay-majority party would win 
in a Chinese-majority seat? It is well-known that the Chinese community is 
unhappy with the BN, but many felt that this was not enough to sway their 
support to PKR. 

Ng was of the view that the opposition’s victory in four out of five seats in 
Kuching shows that the Chinese community has matured politically. 

BN’s divide and rule strategies and fear tactics no longer work for the 
Chinese, he added. 

“The message is very clear. The Chinese support can no longer be taken for 
granted. If BN continues with its unfair policies, the Malays are going to 
follow suit,” said Ng. 

Azmin said that Ng’s victory showed that Sarawakians are ready to accept PKR as 
a multi-racial party. 

PKR’s performance had also put to rest doubts that the thousands who attended 
the string of ceramahs (political talks) by party bigwigs including its adviser 
Anwar Ibrahim and president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, would be translated to 
votes. 

Blessing in disguise 

Many had claimed that the majority who attended the ceramah did so out of 
curiosity. Anwar was also portrayed in a bad light by the local media except 
for the Chinese press which was quite sympathetic. 

An Iban journalist believed that the negative reporting by newspapers linked to 
Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud was a ‘blessing in disguise’ for the party. 

“I think the BN campaign to smear Anwar had prompted the people who are already 
dissatisfied with the BN to seek out the truth. 

Unfortunately for the BN and contrary to its claim that Anwar’s presence had no 
effect in Sarawak, the former deputy premier's charismatic personality had 
actually swayed the voters. 

Ng believed that the Anwar factor had helped boost the people’s support for PKR 
when he went to the ground to meet the people. 

“His personal touch had opened the eyes of the Kuching people. He even walked 
with me in the streets of Padungan. It proves that the Chinese do not see him 
as the Muslim radical he has been falsely accused of, Ng said. 

Indeed, Anwar’s presence and that of other top party leaders like Wan Azizah, 
Azmin and youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor had indeed been effective, said 
political science lecturer Dr Ahmad Nizamuddin Sulaiman from Universiti 
Kebangsaan Malaysia. 

“I think the efforts of these top PKR leaders managed to pull in the votes. 
Perhaps the results would be different if they did not make their presence felt 
in Sarawak,” he said when contacted. 

He said another factor for the opposition’s successes was the understanding 
reached by all political parties. The one-to-one contests in many 
constituencies worked in their favour, he added. 

Economic grouses 

According to Ahmad, Chinese voters in the urban areas voted for the opposition 
to express their anger at the recent fuel price hike, the land lease issue and 
the little economic opportunities available which have badly affected their 
livelihood. 

The DAP managed to capitalise on these issues and influence the Chinese 
electorate, he said. 

As for the Malay community, Ahmad believed that the votes cast for the 
opposition candidates came from the youths who are dissatisfied with practices 
of nepotism and cronyism by state leaders. 

“Issues relating to alleged corrupt acts by state leaders were highlighted in 
many PKR ceramah. Elderly voters rarely go for the opposition rallies so they 
were not exposed to such information. So awareness on the issue had swayed 
young voters away from PBB,” he said. 

He dismissed the idea that the Malay anger would subside once Abdul Taib steps 
down as chief minister. 

“I don’t think his retirement would do anything to assuage the dissatisfaction. 
Yes, many are unhappy with him but they also know that he is not the only one 
practicing nepotism and cronyism. There are also others in his circle. 

“Look at PBB Wanita chief Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauziah whose seat was 
inherited and won by her daughter Syarifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali. So it’s 
not just Taib. The others are in the same boat too. 

“Even when he retires, he will probably be replaced by a candidate of his 
choice and so it goes around the same circle. I believe then that this 
anti-establishment sentiments against the government will continue," said Ahmad.
   
  Looking ahead

  What’s next? What should PKR do to ensure that the people’s support will 
continue and grow? It must consider this seriously as it would be facing the 
next general election in less than three years. 

One of its main tasks will be to preserve the informal ties it had with Snap 
and the yet-to-registered MDC under the Barisan Bersatu Sarawak coalition as 
well as its understanding with other opposition parties like DAP and PAS. 

Ahmad said that it should find ways to form a real and practical coalition of  
opposition parties. 

“Apart from Snap and MDC, PKR must work with DAP and set aside their 
differences to form a credible coalition. Also the communication between PKR 
top guns and Sarawakians must continue. 

“If these leaders abandon Sarawak after this, they might not get the same 
treatment when they come back for the next election,” he added. 

Ng said he is confident that the road for the opposition will be clear now that 
it has more representatives in the state assembly. 

“This is a great beginning for the opposition. We have now gained a strong 
foothold in Sarawak. Now we have to get down to work”. 
    
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  Lim: Taib given appropriate b'day present  - 
May 22, 06 12:06pm 

Parliamentary Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang has lauded Sarawakians for giving 
their Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud an ‘appropriate’ birthday present. 

He said voters in the state, especially in the nine constituencies where 
opposition candidates were elected, had firmly rejected Taib’s “third world’ 
demand for a Soviet-style one party legislature”. 

“The message the voters want to convey on Taib’s 70th birthday is that he 
should change his lifestyle and get a first-class mentality,” he added in a 
statement. 

This is because, he said, the standard response of Barisan Nasional (BN) 
leaders to public complaints about the increase in fuel prices is that people 
should ‘change their lifestyle’. 

“Taib should be the first to change lifestyle as a role model in Sarawak - and 
this change must be immediately visible and tangible to all Sarawakians. Then 
all state ministers should follow suit,” he added. 

Of the nine seats that fell to the opposition in the May 20 state elections, 
DAP took six, following a swing of Chinese votes. 

Although BN took 62 out of the 71 seats, the results illustrated the 
coalition’s worst ever performance. 

Adverse reflection 

Meanwhile, Lim said acquiring a ‘first class mentality’ is the key thrust of 
the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) in order to pave the way for Malaysia to become a 
first-world developed nation. 

But before we can acquire this first class mentality, we must become a normal 
democracy and normal country, he noted. 

“It is an adverse reflection of how far we are from a normal democracy that the 
underlying theme of the BN campaign in Sarawak, was wether the opposition 
should be wiped out and Taib be rewarded for his 25-year tenure with a special 
birthday present of a clean sweep,” he added. 

“In the first world developed countries which we aspire to join in 14 years 
time under Vision 2020, if the leader of the ruling party asks the electorate 
to give him a special birthday present with a total knock-out of opposition 
candidates, he would be regarded as a pseudo-democrat, a threat to democracy, a 
joker if not ‘crazy’,” he said. 

The veteran politician said the Sarawak election result showed that democracy 
in Malaysia has started the painful process of growing up. 

He also called on Taib, who is the state BN chief, to work with the opposition 
candidates elected to the state assembly. 
    
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  SUPP chief hears it loud and clear 
May 22, 06 1:46pm 

  The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) suffered its worst ever defeat in 
the May 20 Sarawak elections. It lost eight out of the 19 seats contested. 

Party president and Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister George Chan has acknowledged 
the message from the voters. He said it was loud and clear. 

He admitted that the Barisan Nasional(BN) component party had lost touch with 
some of the issues affecting the people and would take the necessary action to 
make a stronger comeback. 

"We will make concerted efforts to emerge stronger," he was quoted as saying by 
Bernama. 

SUPP lost in Padungan, Pending, Batu Lintang, Kota Sentosa, Engkilili, Meradong 
and Bukit Assek and failed to unseat the DAP in Kidurong. 

Chan said the SUPP would also review and strengthen its organisation, including 
the grooming of young leaders. 

May 20, 2006 would be remembered by the party and its members as one of the 
darkest days of its 46-year history, he said. 

However, he thanked party members and loyal supporters, saying that they must 
remain calm and stay united.
  Lesson for BN 

Immediately after the election results were announced, Chief Minister Abdul 
Taib Mahmud had asked SUPP to carry out a post-mortem on its defeat in the 
eight constituencies. 

Taib, who is the state BN chairperson, said the post-mortem was important to 
find out the causes for the party’s poor showing. 

It is understood the SUPP will conduct a series of post-mortems before 
submitting a report to the top BN leadership. 

In a related development, Deputy Information Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said 
the defeat in nine seats is a lesson for BN not to take voters. 

He said voters were now better informed with the existence of sophisticated 
communication facilities. 

The popularity of a candidate in the print or electronic media was no longer a 
guarantee of victory, he said. 


    
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  Last 3 days separate the men from the boys
Terence Netto - May 22, 06 5:35pm 

  Even as Daniel Tajem covered something like 120 longhouses in the 
constituency of Bukit Begunan, all of March and April this year, and returned 
for another grueling sortie in nearly the same localities in the immediate 
prelude to the May 20 state election in Sarawak, he and his aides knew the last 
three days before polling would be crucial to the outcome. 

That is the time, based on their experience of several past elections, when the 
money bags come out, the village headmen are propositioned, and the outcome of 
the poll would hinge on whether the recipients of largess vote with the money 
or with the way they had responded to the Dayak oppositionist’s talks in 
meet-the-people sessions. 

The ruling Barisan Nasional government’s disclosure a few days before the vote 
that a sum of RM5.7 million was to be paid out to 4,760 village chiefs in 
Sarawak as monthly payments, backdated to March 2006, with the arrears to be 
paid at the end of May, was the obvious cue to the headmen that he who pays the 
piper gets to call the tune. 

A part of the standard routine of a Tajem ceramah at the longhouses where he 
campaigned focused on how the villagers should react when propositioned – 
decline, but if they had to take the offer it did not mean they have to deliver 
the vote. 

The latter would entail some chicanery that may be beyond the level of 
sophistication of the 7,644 voters of Bukit Begunan, 87% of whom are Iban. But 
unless his listeners were engaged in an elaborate charade, where their emphatic 
applause for his espousal of the Dayak situation with respect to Native 
Customary Rights land was so much dissembling, he and his aides had expected 
that grease would not determine the outcome of the poll, this time at least. 
  Trailed badly in most wards

They were chastened to discover that when counting commenced on the evening of 
May 20 that the scarcely-to-be-seen-campaigning BN incumbent, Mong Dagang, who 
had replaced Tajem as the Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) candidate for the 
seat in the 1996 poll while Tajem elected to become Malaysian High Commissioner 
to New Zealand the previous year, was leading in all the wards. 

The only places where Tajem appeared to keep pace with the former bank branch 
manager were in the wards in Banting, a village only accessible by boat along 
the Sungai Seterap boarded at the dilapidated hamlet of Lingga. In all the 
wards accessible by tar-sealed roads, Tajem, who polled 2.076 votes to Mong 
Dagang’s 3,083, trailed badly. 

The conclusion was inevitable: where the men with the lucre could dole out the 
stuff with stealth and with speed, and had the logistics to monitor the 
disbursements and make sure that it served to deliver the vote, the vote went 
in contradistinction to the cheering at Tajem’s longhouse rallies. 

In the immediate prelude to the election Mong Dagang was scarcely visible, in 
contrast to Tajem’s ubiquity, though BN posters and vehicles were everywhere. 
He must have known that it is the last three days, to paraphrase a common 
sports adage, that separate the men from the boys
    
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  Sarawak results a great victory 
Sam - May 22, 06 4:33pm 
  
After having to put up with years of rather nauseating and apple-polishing 
rhetoric from the Barisan National, the real democratic-minded people of 
Malaysia and particularly Sarawak have something marvelous to celebrate. 

Against all possible odds the DAP has won six seats in Sarawak and completely 
decimated the incumbent government in the Kuching area. 

Still the Barisan politicians are talking about 'landslide' and 'new mandate' 
but the real truth behind the just concluded state elections in Sarawak is that 
the opposition parties, and particularly the DAP, have won the landslide and 
not the Barisan. 

The DAP has won nearly 10 percent of the seats in the state legislature and 
this is in the face of an almost complete government block on their access to 
the media, blatant bribing of voters and the unspoken but ever present threat 
of retaliation against those constituencies, villages and towns that dare to 
vote against the ruling coalition. 

If it had truly been a fair and democratic election then there is no doubt that 
the Barisan would have been deservedly turfed out of office and maybe many of 
its members brought to book for their corrupt practices of past years. 

This is a great victory for the democratic aspirations of the people of 
Malaysia and hopefully will herald a dramatic shift away from the money 
politics and incipient corruption that has plagued Malaysia and Sarawak since 
Merdeka. 

It must be particularly heartening for Lim Kit Siang and other DAP stalwarts 
who for years have championed the rights of the downtrodden and oppressed. 
Hopefully they will be motivated to carry on their long and brave fight to 
install a real and not ‘pretend democracy’ in Malaysia. 

We now look forward to some real fireworks in the state assembly sittings in 
Sarawak and hopefully the decrepit and ageing leader of the Barisan in Sarawak 
will fade away quickly to allow younger, more honest and 'crony-less' leaders 
to take over soon
   
  
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  Vox Populi: Sarawak - ‘Writing on the wall’

May 22, 06 3:49pm 

                

  Readers generally welcome the Sarawak state election results which saw the 
opposition making considerable gains at the expense of the ruling Barisan 
Nasional coalition. “The reason the opposition made big gains,” says one 
reader, “was the complete absence of social justice cutting across racial and 
religious lines and the failure to keep promises made. The run-up to the MIC 
elections also gets the attention of readers with the focus on the ongoing 
tussle between the party’s deputy president S Subramaniam and its supremo S 
Samy Vellu. “It is time for Samy to go,” notes one reader. 

On BN retains power, opposition shines and When the Chinese decide to humiliate 
BN ... 

Sufi: Bravo to all in the opposition! This is the sign that the Sarawakians are 
waking up from their nightmare. 

It is the most courageous and wise move for those who voted for the opposition. 
The people in West Malaysia should also give a chance to the opposition in the 
next election. 

Let the voters be brave enough to vote for a change. 

Luk: In the rural areas, the voters can be bought by just a generator to 
provide electricity to a longhouse. That's all is needed to win over their 
votes. 

The voters in the urban areas are more sophisticated and not easily bought. 
Thus, the election result shows that the more informed ones are telling Taib 
Mahmud that enough is enough, please step down. 

Like in most urban areas, most of them are Chinese and this allows BN to 
interpret the result as that the Chinese are fed up with Supp. This is not 
true. 

The true message is that the well-informed Sarawakians are fed up with the 
whole of BN. If you throw in other parties such as Snap, BN will meet its 
Waterloo in the urban areas as well. 

The writing is on the wall. Read it carefully. 

Wabu Sibega: I like your title ‘When the Chinese decide to humiliate BN ...’ 
Perhaps the Chinese-based parties in the peninsula should learn something here. 
Many issues that caused the collapse of the Supp are common to all non-Muslim 
based parties. 

It is not that their people did not work hard but that they really did not have 
an effective voice in the government being partners in BN. They are more like 
beggars hoping to pick up some scraps that fall off the dining table. 

If these politicians continue to close one eye to all the crap that is going 
around, they will hear from the voters sooner or later. 

Idin Votu: My babysitter said she and many from her longhouse were not going to 
cast their votes on Saturday. The reason? Supposedly their customary lands 
around the longhouse have been taken over by Taib's crony who paid the 
‘tuai-rumah’ (house chief) some money to sign over the lands while the other 
families in the single longhouse did not get any compensation. 

Apparently, this is a common practice since it's easier to convince just one 
man to sign, and cheaper to pay good money to one man than pay reasonable 
compensation to 30 families. But of course that is just hearsay. 

But I heard that many did not vote for the Supp because it is seen as 
ineffective in representing the people's views in the state legislature, and 
the Parliament, over issues including Taib's cronyism, monopoly of state 
development funds, native customary land, short land leases (60 years), the oil 
price hike, Malaysia’s proclaimed an Islamic country status, corruption etc, 
etc. 

KSN: The reason the opposition made big gains was the complete absence of 
social justice cutting across racial and religious lines and the failure to 
keep the promise made when the NEP was introduced ie eradication of poverty 
regardless of race and religion. 

BN, do not attempt to put the blame on Supp, not that they are blameless in not 
articulating and delivering on the promises to the Chinese community. The BN 
state government should take full responsibility. 

If you dare call for a general election in Semenanjung, the BN will face a 
disastrous result for the same reasons the opposition won big in Sarawak.. 

Dear PM, if you want to be the leader of all Malaysians, as you have proclaimed 
many times since becoming PM, then you have a lot of work to do to convince our 
people to vote for the BN the next time. Good luck to you. 

Frustrated Peninsular: This is the price you have to pay if you stay too long 
in politics. Even the great former PM knew about it but there are still some 
hanging on - even after more than 20 years - under the protection of BN 
umbrella. 

Either you leave gracefully or get embarrassed. Perhaps our PM knows what to do 
with them. The citizen who is 25 years old today knows no other leader in MIC, 
Gerakan and some in Umno. 

Are we saying that this country has no other capable leaders? I'm waiting for 
next election to show my frustration. 

Vbsmb: Lim Kit Siang should stop asking for a review or a White Paper on the 
recently concluded Sarawak state election. It is pointless as his plea would 
fall on deaf ears. 
  It now time for DAP to start working with PKR to galvanise more support and 
better service for the people in Peninsular Malaysia. 

Concentrate on the MCA, Gerakan and MIC-controlled areas. The Sarawak election 
results was a barometer for a need to check and balance. 

JT: In my opinion, if the state assembly members are to represent their 
people’s voices, I believe the right thing to do is not use physical 
administrative boundaries, but base the representation on population and their 
ratio to the overall number of seats in the assembly. 

For example, if one doctor should serve a hundred patients, the same formula 
should be applied to the state assembly members. A densely populated area 
should be represented by more state assembly members. 

The Election Commission, rightfully, should explain to the public what the 
justification was for them to introduce 11 new seats. DPM Najib Razak said on 
the night of the election victory, ‘We introduced 11 new seats, and we lost 
nine to the opposition and won 62'. 

Of course, the existing government is thinking of the long term. But not for 
everyone’s benefit and only for the prosperity of their own children, 
grandchildren, their cronies and the like. 

Ivan Tugoholidae II: Who paid for Najib's trip to Sarawak to stand beside Taib? 
I hope being a DPM in squeaky-clean Pak Lah's cabinet, he knows better than to 
spend the people's money on travel campaigning for BN. 

Even if he was carrying out some ‘official’ duties. His travel cost should be 
pro-rated so BN can pick up its share of the bills. 

Pak Lah has another chance to show us that his cabinet is operating on a new 
higher standard of ethics and transparency. 

Zeb Johnson: As usual the crooked and corrupted politicians won the election 
and until the end of the time, they will live happily along with their 
relatives and cronies shopping in Paris, dinners in London, summers in New York 
and vacations in Acapulco. 

For all this, Malaysians should be thankful to the SPR (Suruhanjaya Penipuan 
Rakyat). If only one day, aliens from outer space put these crooked and 
corrupted politicians into soup cans. 


On Subra: Is Samy's salvo orchestrated? and Samy: I will expose Subra's shares 
in Nanban 

K Narayanasamy: The MIC deputy president, and for that matter no other MIC 
leader, has been allowed to act independently by its present president. The 
president's hold on the party is almost absolute that there is no chance for 
the growth of any proactive leader with any dissenting views. 

The deputy president, despite not being fielded in the general elections, has 
been calmly holding onto his position. The president probably expected him to 
kick up a row and get himself thrown out of the party! 

Close control of the supporters of Subramaniam - including the suspension of 
branches perceived to be the supporters of him - has been a clear strategy, and 
the latest controversy on the news report is being taken up as another chance 
to discredit the present deputy president. 

If the deputy president has been found to have been involved in any subversive 
activities, the CWC surely has enough powers to deal with it. But as the 
president seems to want to build his own empire with only his devoted followers 
- in the name of party unity and cohesive leadership - he is waging a war of 
attrition to remove other factions that could pose a problem to his followers 
once he vacates his position in the future. 

Maybe this is his reward to his devoted followers as, on their own, they might 
not be able to survive! 

K Arumugam: It's ironic. Instead of praising Samy Vellu for his alleged fair 
comments about Mahathir's regime, there seems to be an anti-reaction by MIC 
members. I praise Samy Vellu for his courage, for being instrumental in 
creating the debate with regard to the status of Indians. 

The present state of the majority of the Indians of the working class is 
pathetic. The increasing social issues are symptomatic of its state of 
marginalisation and being out of mainstream development. 

The children and youths of the Indian community are in real danger of becoming 
victims of neglect to search for their own identity and direction. Samy's 
courage to state the truth is nothing new. 

Ten years ago on the Aug 5, 1996, The Star reported, ‘I apologise, says Samy 
Vellu’. In that report, Samy Vellu said that the community relied on empty 
promises. As such, for 17 years (then) he could not do much for the community. 
Further the report quotes Samy Vellu having said that during British rule the 
Indians were treated like dogs and dirt, it is the same now (then), only that 
we are not called dogs. 

Political Observer: I just can't understand Subramaniam. Why is he still 
hanging around in MIC and allowed to be abused by Samy Velu? If there is any 
pride left in Subramaniam, he should resign and walk out with his head held up 
high. 

If politics is still his passion, he can join one of the opposition parties and 
contribute to nation- building. His continued presence in MIC is so, so, so 
pathetic, and honestly, I don't feel any sympathy for this man at all. 

Robert: It is time for Samy to go. He has made plenty, thanks to Mahathir but 
other than the select few, not much has reached the grassroots. 

Shame on Samy for allowing the Indians of Malaysia to reach such a low station 
in life. 

Watch Out: I find it hard to accept that two Tamil newspapers have reported the 
same news about what Samy Vellu wrongly. Both made the same mistake? 

It does not take a statistician to tell us that this is highly improbable. 

Today Samy attacks and belittles our Tun Mahathir. Tomorrow when our beloved 
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is no longer the minister, I know who Samy will attack. 
Watch our for him, dear prime minister. 


On MPF: Sensitive issues breed overreaction 

KN: MPF founding director Dr. Sheikh Johari Bux has a point when he mentioned 
that "sensitive issues as proposing to amend constitutional provisions on Islam 
will most likely lead to emotional overreactions and manipulations by 
irresponsible quarters". 

Thus, in this respect , it would be marvelous if organisations like MPF could 
work together, for example, with the Article 11 coalition in order to create 
awareness about Islam in the constitutional aspect so that there is no 
‘emotional overreactions and manipulation by irresponsible quarters’ including 
by politicians, political parties , NGOs, religious zealots and etc. 

Let us ponder what Allen White, American writer and newspaper editor 
(1868-1944) once said : ‘Peace without justice is tyranny’. 

On Gomez: NGOs must do more in S'pore 

Singaporean Abroad: Gomez has a point. However, regional and international NGOs 
require local groups to also raise local concerns before they can lend support. 

Bloggers are fine but they are not organised pockets of support for civil 
society voices. Organised groups like the Thinkcentre are too few and far 
between. 

Perhaps in this light, Singapore should be taken as an exception for regional 
and international groups. Concern or appeals should be stepped up in situations 
where it is much needed such as the last general election where opposition 
members were singled out for PAP persecution. 
    
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