Comet In Our Sky: Lim Chin Siong In History
by Poh Soo Kai /
2015 / English / EPUB
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Lim Chin Siong was the most prominent left-wing leader in Singapore
for a decade until he was eliminated from the political scene by
the infamous Operation Coldstore on February 2, 1963. This book is
an account of Lim's significance in Singapore's political
developments in the decade preceding. It also contains tributes by
his friends and colleagues in Singapore and Malaysia. This new
edition features an essay by Dr Poh Soo Kai and an extract from
Lim's posthumous manuscripts. It will redefine the debate on the
post-war history of both countries and the legacy of continuing
political repression in them.
Lim Chin Siong was the most prominent left-wing leader in Singapore
for a decade until he was eliminated from the political scene by
the infamous Operation Coldstore on February 2, 1963. This book is
an account of Lim's significance in Singapore's political
developments in the decade preceding. It also contains tributes by
his friends and colleagues in Singapore and Malaysia. This new
edition features an essay by Dr Poh Soo Kai and an extract from
Lim's posthumous manuscripts. It will redefine the debate on the
post-war history of both countries and the legacy of continuing
political repression in them.
"The entire Singapore Special Branch file of evidence against
Lim, including the transcription of Lim's 'Pah Mata' speech, has
been unearthed from files recently declassified by the National
Archives of the UK. The Special Branch files show they had no
evidence on which they could convict Lim of any crime. In order
to justify his detention without trial in 1956, the government
deliberately misrepresented Lim Chin Siong's speech. After the
PAP came into power, it did not provide the opportunity for Lim
to clear his name either. It remains an open question if any of
the detentions over the last sixty years were justified. The
Internal Security Act remains in operation today. To ensure that
this Act has been used appropriately and responsibly, an open
Commission of Enquiry into the detentions of Singapore's
political detainees is needed to set the facts straight once and
for all. Only by learning the truth of our own collective past
can we learn and grow as a nation." - Dr Thum Ping Tjin (2014)
"The entire Singapore Special Branch file of evidence against
Lim, including the transcription of Lim's 'Pah Mata' speech, has
been unearthed from files recently declassified by the National
Archives of the UK. The Special Branch files show they had no
evidence on which they could convict Lim of any crime. In order
to justify his detention without trial in 1956, the government
deliberately misrepresented Lim Chin Siong's speech. After the
PAP came into power, it did not provide the opportunity for Lim
to clear his name either. It remains an open question if any of
the detentions over the last sixty years were justified. The
Internal Security Act remains in operation today. To ensure that
this Act has been used appropriately and responsibly, an open
Commission of Enquiry into the detentions of Singapore's
political detainees is needed to set the facts straight once and
for all. Only by learning the truth of our own collective past
can we learn and grow as a nation." - Dr Thum Ping Tjin (2014)