My 11th letter to PM Lee Hsien Loong

From: Yan Jun <medp1128@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, 28 February, 2019 14:37
To: Lee Hsien Loong (lee_hsien_loong@pmo.gov.sg) <lee_hsien_loong@pmo.gov.sg>
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Subject: Protest at Raffle Place at 5pm today

Dear Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong,

I refer to my email dated Dec 31, 2018 and Jan 14, 2019.

I have decided to protest at Raffles Place MRT on Feb 28, 2019 at 5:00pm. At this moment, I am at bus 7 stop, which is next to traffic light and is close to the main entrance of an embassy, on Napier Road (embassy area).

I am going to leave the bus stop at 3:30pm so police have enough time to arrest me before my protest at Raffles Place.

My protest

It is evident that the People’s Action Party (PAP) government has put me under 24 hours surveillance to prevent me from protesting at Raffle Place when the timing is not good for the government. If I inform the international community one day in advance, the government will most likely arrest me to stop my protest, as police did on Dec 31, 2018. In my email sent to AG Lucien Wong on Feb 22, 2019, I clearly stated the harassment I suffered.

In addition, I believe the government has every intention of using the 3rd Trump-Kim Summit, if any, to win back its damaged reputation from the international community. It is evident that the primary purpose of the North Korea–United States Summit is to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula, so I hope that both parties could agree to end Korean War at the current summit.

The response from the international community

Despite Singapore has recently been ranked the least corrupt country in Asia by Transparency International, it is clear to the world that Singapore under PAP government is not just an authoritarian country but a police state because the justice system is totally corrupt.

In addition, the ruling PAP government successfully changed the culture of Singapore by hijacking people with patriotism, or the notion that PAP is equivalent to Singapore. The notion that social and economic rights of the nation go before the individual rights should not be accepted at the expense of fundamental justice such as citizen’s right against arbitrary arrest.

I think the international community including the US government ought to state its position on the authoritarian rule by the PAP government. As a result, an ordinary person can easily find out whether democracy advocated at the international level is justice-based or interest-based.

Regards,

Yan Jun

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