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Singapore’s Iron Fist Jails Opposition Leader

Singapore’s Iron Fist Jails Opposition Leader

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Sep 06, 2007
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Chee Soon Juan, the much-jailed, harassed and bankrupted leader of Singapore’s harried opposition Singapore Democratic Party, was ordered back to jail Wednesday after being found unable to pay a fine for violating Singapore’s bankruptcy act.

Chee is to spend three weeks at Singapore’s Queenstown Remand Prison. The fine grew out of the luckless opposition…

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