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Singapore's Speaker's Corner Shut Down for Polls

Singapore's Speaker's Corner Shut Down for Polls

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Mar 16, 2011
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Singapore's very limited haven for free speech is not such a haven anymore with elections looming.

The only place in the city-state where citizens can speak their minds in public without a permit or fear of arrest, Speakers' Corner, Singapore's version of London's Hyde Park, will be off limits during the campaign period for coming general elections witho…

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