Dr Chee and several SDP members protest

As you people around the world will have heard. Singapore is a very strict country.It is very brave for this people to stand up. But it think its really very unreasonable for the government to do this. Its not like they caused any harm to any persons or property. Just let them have their peaceful protest, its not even politically connected. Well there is where it went wrong. what ever Doc chee does, any protest, he has to add in against the government or something alike.

Chee stages protest against Myanmar, Singapore

DR Chee Soon Juan and several members of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) staged a protest outside the Myanmar embassy yesterday.

They were asking members of the public to sign petition letters not only against the Myanmar government, but also the Singapore Government.

Responding to media queries, the police said in a statement last night that “Chee’s organising of a petition letter campaign per se is not unlawful” and petitions can be organised through lawful means.

“However, Chee has decided to do so in an unlawful manner even when advised by police not to do so.

“He chose to collect signatures from the public for his petition by staging an assembly with his handful of party supporters without a permit.”

The police also pointed out that officers had advised the public to leave after they had signed the letters, however, “Chee and his supporters instead called for the public to remain in defiance of police advice”.

While many left after signing the petition, several remained behind.

Police noted that “this incident is the latest by Chee in a series of similar incidents of staging illegal assemblies as acts of civil disobedience against the Singapore authorities”.

In contrast, the police praised officials of the Sasanaramsi Burmese Temple who had reminded the Myanmese community here to conduct themselves within the bounds of the law.

In fact, temple officials explicitly advised devotees not to take part in the illegal assembly staged by Dr Chee.

Source: http://www.todayonline.com/articles/214322.asp

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