This is the film Singapore’s censorship board doesn’t want people to see. It’s the story of opposition politician Chee Soon Juan, who has been imprisoned twice for championing democratic change in the city state. The censors declared it a “party political film” and it was pulled from April 2005’s Singapore International Film Festival line-up after the director was warned [sic] he could face two years in jail if the screening went ahead. Directed by Martyn See. ‘Singapore Rebel’ has been selected to premiere in two human rights film festivals this month. The inaugural New Zealand Human Rights Film Festival and the Amnesty International Film Festival (USA) will host a series of screenings in Auckland, Wellington and West Hollywood. Film-maker Martyn See will not attend the festivals. He is now under investigation by the Singapore police for “the making” of ‘Singapore Rebel’
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Ermmm… Interesting. Very interesting. I don’t know how else to describe it. It does provide some amount of insight into Chee Soon Juan’s mind, and we get to hear his side of the story. Still… hmmm.
As for the scene when the police are taking him away, and some people were screaming “On what charge”, I think there is a law regarding political speeches.
And the part where he said that Goh Chok Tong pointed at his pocket in reply to his question, I really don’t believe that, he’s probably just saying that, GCT probably just had his hand at his pocket or something.
Btw, class forum has been down for a couple of hours.
Yes, there is a law on political speeches, or I should say, public speaking, but the law itself is designed to suppress free speech, and it is precisely that which SeeAssJay is fighting against i.e. by directly breaking the law that suppresses free speech.
You can argue that there is actually ‘free speech’ here through Speaker’s Corner and what not, but that probably is not what SeeAssJay had in mind. He was educated in the US, hence, I am keen to believe that he is fighting for the American style of ‘free speech’ — and we don’t have that here.
And the part about GeeSeeTee? God knows. You’d have to be there at that exact time and place to really know.
And, what of his sacking from his prestigious job after he joined the opposition, on account of ‘dishonesty’? The govvy verny menty has mysterious ways.